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Samuel (Sam) Ash spent his first couple of years with his parents in Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation in Northern Ontario. Sam was 2 when his mother died in childbirth and after, he became ill and lost his hearing. He was in foster care in Umfreville, until at 6 years old, he was sent to the Ontario School for the Deaf in Belleville, Ont. It was here that he began painting. Sam was self-taught. He was influenced by Norval Morrisseau’s style. Comparisons with other Indigenous artists led to his inclusion in the Woodland Group of Artists. Sam had his first art show in 1973 at Confederation College, Thunder Bay. Sam went to prison for a few years, and painted a large and vibrant work that now hangs in the Toronto Reference Library.

Born: 1951-04-09
Died: 2021-04-08