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Mayoreak was born in 1946 at the South Baffin camp known as Saturituk. She was married to Kaka Ashoona (now deceased), a notable carver and the son of the late Pitseolak Ashoona. After Kaka’s death, Mayoreak and her children moved back to Cape Dorset
from their isolated camp on the southern coast of Baffin Island.
Mayoreak began drawing in 1963, and is known for her imaginative and highly coloured graphics. She has been consistently represented in the Annual Print collections from Cape
Dorset since her work was first published in 1978. She has recently begun to carve again, and is developing a reputation as a master carver in her own right.
Mayoreak has contributed to exhibitions presented in Canada, Germany and Japan. In
1986, she took part in the exhibition entitled "Northern Exposure: Inuit Images of Travel" organized by the Burnaby Art Gallery with the Department of Northern Development and the Government of the Northwest Territories. She was one of nine featured
artists in the acclaimed exhibition Isumavut: The Artistic Expression of Nine Cape Dorset Women, which opened at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in the fall of 1994.
Mayoreak lives in Cape Dorset with her family and continues to participate
in workshops offered by the Kinngait Studios, although much of her energy in recent years has been devoted to her carving.
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