Mayureak Ashoona

Mayureak Ashoona (née Mayureak Petaulassie; born September 27, 1946) is an Inuk artist, known for her works on paper.

In 2010, she participated in the exhibition Nipirasait: Many Voices Inuit Prints from Cape Dorset in the art gallery of the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C. In 2009–2010, she was part of the exhibition Uuturautiit: Cape Dorset Celebrates 50 Years of Printmaking at the National Gallery of Canada. She was included in the 1995 book, Inuit Women Artists: Voices from Cape Dorset. She lives and works near Cape Dorset, Nunavut. was a graphic artist and one of the first women to participate in the drawing projects of the 1950s. Her father was Agiak Petaulassie, an Anglican minister.

Ashoona first started carving and drawing in the 1970s while she was living at an outpost camp with her husband, and fellow artist Kaka Ashoona (1928–1996). The camp, on the southern coast of Baffin Island, required a certain level of self-sufficiency and Ashoona's carvings occupied her time and provided the family with income.

In 1986, her pieces were part of the exhibit "Northern Exposure: Inuit Images of Travel" by the Burnaby Art Gallery.

Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada,