Mialia Jaw

(1934 - 2006)

Mialia was born August 10, 1934. As handsome woman in her early 70s, she arrived late to the table of the Kinngait Studios. She was represented in the 2005 annual print collection by two images, both lithographs printed in bold, primary colours. The colours enhance her playful images, in which she is clearly enjoying inverting the natural order of things.

Mialia was an active woman who liked to spend time “on the land” at the traditional camping areas down the coast from Cape Dorset. Her husband Joe Jaw is deceased, but her sons Mathew, Pootoogook and Kingwatsiak are all carvers of some note. Mathew (known as Mathew Saviakjuk) is especially well-known for his powerful, stylized sculpture.