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Egevadluq Ragee
Canadian, 1920 - 1983
Egevadluq Ragee was a graphic artist from Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU. Ragee was born to Pamiaktok and Sorisolutu at the campsite of Ikarasak in 1920 and moved to live with her grandparents in a nearby camp after her sister was born. Ragee married Kootoo and the couple had a son and daughter. The son died as an infant and Kootoo himself died shortly after of illness. Ragee married again to a sculptor and graphic artist Sakiassie Ragee when her daughter was a toddler. The couple adopted four children and lived in Nuvudjuak before moving to Tikerak. From 1955 to 1958, Ragee, Sakiassie, and their oldest adopted son, Peter, were in Brandon, MB receiving treatment for tuberculosis.
After returning to Tikerak, Ragee began to draw in 1959. Ragee’s early works done in graphite pencil filled entire sheets of paper, featuring mythical creatures and images from reality alike. By the mid-1960s, the family had settled in Kinngait and Ragee was using crayons and coloured felt pens on paper. Ragee became one of the first in Kinngait to work with acrylics by the 1970s. Ragee’s artistic pursuits influenced her children, two of whom became involved in the arts community in Kinngait: her daughter from her first marriage, Sorosilutu Onalik, a graphic artist and carver, and Peter Ragee, a stencil-maker.
Ragee’s work with acrylic led to a solo exhibit in Montreal in 1980. Additionally, Ragee's works have been exhibited across Canada and internationally. Most recently, her works have been featured at the ULAG 2020 exhibition Unikkausivut, as well as From the Collection, in 2019.
After returning to Tikerak, Ragee began to draw in 1959. Ragee’s early works done in graphite pencil filled entire sheets of paper, featuring mythical creatures and images from reality alike. By the mid-1960s, the family had settled in Kinngait and Ragee was using crayons and coloured felt pens on paper. Ragee became one of the first in Kinngait to work with acrylics by the 1970s. Ragee’s artistic pursuits influenced her children, two of whom became involved in the arts community in Kinngait: her daughter from her first marriage, Sorosilutu Onalik, a graphic artist and carver, and Peter Ragee, a stencil-maker.
Ragee’s work with acrylic led to a solo exhibit in Montreal in 1980. Additionally, Ragee's works have been exhibited across Canada and internationally. Most recently, her works have been featured at the ULAG 2020 exhibition Unikkausivut, as well as From the Collection, in 2019.