Kavavaow Mannomee

Kavavaow Mannomee (also known as Qavavau Manumie) (born September 21, 1958) is an Inuk printmaker who lived and worked in Nunavut.

[1] He was born in Brandon, Manitoba, when his mother was hospitalized there for tuberculosis.

[2] However, the family returned to Cape Dorset soon after, where Mannomee has stayed ever since.

[4] Mannomee was involved in the West Baffin Eskimo Co-op and the Kinngait Studios, first making lithographs and later stonecuts.

[1][3] His first solo exhibition, featuring his original drawings, happened in Toronto in June 2008.

The Kinngait Printshop