Inuit Artists

Agnes Nanogak Goose

Agnes Nanogak Goose and her family settled in Holman when she was fourteen years old. Through her father, who was from Nome, Alaska, and her mother, a Mackenzie Delta Inuit, ...

Akesuk Tudlik

Tudlik began carving in the very early 1950s. He carved mostly animals throughout the 1950s, including bears, but especially charming owls that influenced his son, the famous Latcholassie Akesuk

Alan Alikatuktuk grew up in Paallavvik, near Broughton Island ans is the youngest of five children. Three of his siblings are artists: Annie Pitsiulak and Ananaisie Alikatuktuk, and Thomasie Alikatuktuk ...

Alasuaq Sharky

Alasua started carving at a very young age, around 13 or 14 years old. He was inspired by his late stepfather, Shorty Killiktee.

Allashuwa Sagiatuq

Name: Allashuwa Sagiatuq Gender: Male Style: Inuit Region: Cape Dorset, Nunavut Territory, Canada

Ame Papatsie

Ame Papatsie from Pangnirtung, Nunavut, is a passionate Inuit artist, story teller, tour guide, designer and illustrator of childrens' books. Ame is famous for his technique of drawing simultaneously with ...

Ananaisie Alikatuktuk

Ananaisie Alikatuktuk was a graphic artist and carver who produced hundreds of drawings for the archives held at the Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts in Pangnirtung. Ananaisie passed away ...

Andrew Qappik, RCA

Andrew Qappik was born in 1964 in Nunataq, a camp about 40 miles from the east Baffin Island settlement of Pangnirtung, he moved with his parents into the community when ...

Annie Kilabuk

Annie Kilabuk was part of the group of elders in Pangnirtung who spent their formative years in nomadic camps. Born at Qimmisuuq camp, she was 36 when she moved to ...

Annie Naulalik Qappik

Annie Naulalik Qappik is a printmaker who resides in Panniqtuuq (Pangnirtung), NU. Her drawings have been turned into tapestries and prints by the Uqqurmuit Centre and she got the opportunity ...

Annie Pitsiulak

Annie's husband is sculptor and graphic artist Lipa Pitsiulak. She is the sister of graphic artists Alan and Ananaisie Alikatuktuk.

Aoudla Pudlat

Aoudla has exhibited with the Cape Dorset Graphics collection from 1980-1989, with the exception of 1985. As well he has participated in "Emerging Canadian Artists" in 1981. His exhibitions also ...

Ashley Qavavau

Ashley Qavavau started drawing in April 2023. She likes to draw everyday used items like amuati, ulu, and others. Her great grandmother, Sheojuk Etidloie, and great grandfather, Pudlo Pudlat, were ...

Axangayuk Shaa

Beatrice Alguina

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Cee Pootoogook

Cee Pootoogook was born on August 1, 1967. Around 1990, Cee began carving and he developed a solid reputation for his curious and well executed depictions of spirits and transformations.

David Armstrong

David Armstrong - Inuit Art - Pangnirtung, Nunavut - presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts No Bio available

David Poisey

David Poisey has won many awards and is recognized as a mentor of Inuit within the film industry and art world and is a proponent of Inuit telling their stories.

Davidee Akpalialuk

Davidee Akpalialuk - Inuit Art - Pangnirtung, Nunavut - presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts No Bio available

Eegyvudluk Ragee

“I started drawing because I was tususkuk (when I saw other people doing it, I wanted to do the same things)…When I start to make a drawing, I have a ...

Eena Angmarlik

Eena Angmarlik was born outside of Pangnirtung in a camp called Nunataa. She has been drawing from an early age and was able to take her drawing skills to a ...

Ekidluak Komoartuk

Ekidluak Komoartuk - "Once I get an idea of the design, I make a drawing, and bring it to the Co-op. I’m not trying to be the best artist; I ...

Eleeshushe Parr

Eleeshushe Parr was married to famous sculptor and printmaker Parr. They raised nine children together and worked to become some of the most prolific artists in Cape Dorset. The couple ...

Elisapee Ishulutaq, OC

Elisapee Ishulutaq was born in 1925 at Kagiqtuqjuaq, one of several small seasonal camps situated near Pangnirtung (also known as Panniqtuq) on Baffin Island. Although Europeans had been present in ...

Elisapee Quinangnaq

Elisapee (or Elizabeth) Quinangnaq is a recognized Inuk textile artist and printmaker based in Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake), Nunavut. She is celebrated for her traditional and narrative wall hangings and textiles ...

Elsie Klengenberg

Elsie Klengenberg was one of the first artists to learn and develop the stenciling technique that is used to great effect in Holman today. She is a member of a ...

Enookie Akulukjuk

Enookie Akulukjuk was born in 1943 in Illunganjuit (Bon Accord). The son of Malaya Akulukjuk, one of Pangnirtung’s most famous artists, he resided in Pangnirtung since 1964. Enookie was among ...

Enoosik Ottokie

Etidlooie Etidlooie

For most of his life, Etidlooie was occupied with being a good hunter and provider...Around 1976 Etidlooie's involvement with art increased significantly.

Eva Noah

Eva Noah was born to unilingual parents, the late Silas Aittauq and Peggy Qablunaaq, in Baker Lake, Nunavut. She was also raised by late grandmother Jessie Oonark, a world-renowned artist. ...

Evie Anilniliak

Evie Anilniliak was born in 1927 and lived in Sauniqtuuraajuk as a child. She relocated permanently to Pangnirtung with her husband in 1965 so that the children could attend school. ...

Françoise Oklaga

Françoise Oklaga was the sister of Cape Dorset artists Pudlo and Ooshutsiak Pudlat, but she was adopted at an early age and grew up in the area of Chesterfield Inlet. ...

Gabriel Bourassa

Gabriel Bourassa grew up in Pangnirtung, and left to attend school in Yellowknife. He moved back to Pangnirtung in 1998 and has been there ever since.

Geela Maniapik

Geela Maniapik - Inuit Art - Pangnirtung, Nunavut - presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts No Bio available

Geela Sowdluapik

Geela’s husband Markosie, and her son, Sakiasie Sowdlooapik, are both carvers

Geetaloo Akulukjuk

Geetaloo Akulukjuk - Inuit Art - Pangnirtung, Nunavut - presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts No Bio available

Gyta Eeseemaillie

Gyta Eeseemaillie - Inuit Art - Pangnirtung, Nunavut - presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts No Bio available

Hannah Kigusiuq

Born near Garry Lake in the Central Canadian Arctic, Hannah Kigusiuq grew to adulthood living much the same as her Inuit ancestors had before her—residing in snow houses in the ...

Harold Qarliksaq

Qarliksaqls parents, Utak and Qajaviniq, were Hanningajuqmiut from Hanningajuq, located 150 miles northwest of Baker Lake. Urak and Qajaviniq also travelled in search of caribou and fish in the Akiliniq ...

Haunak Mikkigak

A daughter of graphic artist Mary Kudjuakjuk, Qaunaq grew up traditionally on the land and began to make small carvings after her father’s death when she was still a girl. ...

Ida Karpik

Ida Karpik was acknowledged internationally for her unique prints and drawings. Karpik left her mark on both the hamlet and arts community. She began to draw seriously in 1974 and ...

Innukjuakju Pudlat

Pudlat (alternatively known as Inukjurakju, Innukjuakjuk, Inujurakju, Innukjuakjuk Pudlat, Inukjurakju Pudlat, Innukyuarakjuke Pudlat, Innukjuarakjuke Pudlat) was a graphic artist with the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative in Cape Dorset. She and ...

Irene Avaalaaqiaq

Born in 1941 in the Kazan River area, Avaalaaqia moved to Baker Lake in 1958, where she still lives. Avaalaaqiaq is one of this country's most prominent Inuit artists and ...

Itee Pootoogook

A meticulous draughtsman, Pootoogook looks primarily to contemporary northern life for his subject matter. He is especially interested in modern local architectural forms, producing works in graphite and coloured pencil ...

Iyola Kingwatsiak

Iyola Kingwatsiak’s wife is a graphic artist. Several of his siblings are or were also artists in Cape Dorset. His sister the late Tye Adla (1936-1990) was a carver and ...

Jacoposie Tiglik

Jacoposie Tiglik - Inuit Art - Pangnirtung, Nunavut - presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts No Bio available

Jamasie Mike

Jamasie Mike - Inuit Art - Pangnirtung, Nunavut - presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts No Bio available

Jamasie Teevee

Jamasie began to draw in the early 1960s while living in an Inuit Camp on the coastline of southern Baffin Island. During that time, he concentrated primarily on the copper ...

Janet Kigusiuq

Janet Kigusiuq is best known for her graphics but has also gained significant recognition in the medium of fabric art. She was born in the Back River area of the ...

Jessie Oonark, RCA, OC

Jessie Oonark, "Una," OC, artist (born 1906 in the Back River area, NWT [now Nunavut]; died 2 March 1985 in Churchill, MB). Jessie Oonark was elected to the Royal Canadian ...

Joanasie Papatsie

Joanasie Papatsie - Inuit Art - Pangnirtung, Nunavut - presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts No Bio available

Joe Talirunili

Joe Talirunili was one of the founders of the Puvirnituq print shop. Common themes in Joe’s works included hunting trips and migration scenes. Joe is perhaps best known for his ...

Joelee Maniapik

Joel Maniapik, Saa Pitsiulak, and their son Mosesie in front of the tapestry hanging in the legislative assembly.

Johnny Pootoogook

Johnny Pootoogook is a talented sculptor and printmaker, who currently lives in Kinngait pursuing his artistic career. His father, Kananginak, a prominent and involved community leader, was a sculptor and ...

Jolly Atagooyuk

Jolly is dedicated to keeping his culture strong through artwork. Much of the strength of the print tradition thriving in his home community of Pangnirtung, Nunavut Territory, can be attributed ...

Jonah Akpalialuk

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Josea Maniapik

Josea Maniapik - Inuit Art - Pangnirtung, Nunavut - presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts No Bio available

Josephee Kakee

We started drawing together, but from the very first, Josephee had his own style. He wanted Lo show the clothes people wore, and the way they used to hunt. In ...

Josie Pootoogook

Josie started to draw in her school years and continued to do graphic arts as she entered into adulthood. Josie was inspired to draw by admiring drawings by her uncle, ...

Jutai Toonoo

With a vision that is at once highly personal and often politically subversive, Cape Dorset’s Jutai Toonoo is a dynamic voice in contemporary Inuit art and in Canadian art more ...

Kakee Ningeoseak

No bio available at the moment.

Kakulu Saggiaktok

I like to draw birds, Sedna, seals and beluga whales. They are the most fun and I really enjoy seeing them in the wild.

Kananginak Pootoogook, RCA

Kananginak Pootoogook, sculptor, designer, draftsman, printmaker (born a Ikerrasak camp, south Baffin Island, NWT, 1935). Son of the great camp leader, Pootoogook, he came to Cape Dorset in 1958, when ...

Kania Etungat

Keeleemeeoomee Samualie

Keeleemeeoomee Samualie was born on the land on the west coast of Baffin Island, NU. Samualie’s work was featured in several Cape Dorset Annual Print Collections from 1969-1983, and has ...

Kenojuak Ashevak, RCA, CC

When I first started to make a few lines on paper, my love, Johnniebo, smiled at me and said, ‘Inumn,’ which means ‘I love you.’ I just knew inside his ...

Kiakshuk

Kiakshuk (Keeakshook) was born in 1886 on the south coast of Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin Island), Nunavut. He would move with his family to the Andrew Gordon Bay area east of Cape ...

Killiktee Killiktee

Kingmeata Etidlooie

Born at Itinik camp near Lake Harbor, Northwest Territories, Canada, Kingmeata Etidlooie grew up and spent most of the first half of her life in similar sites along the southwest ...

Kovinaktilliak Parr

Kovinaktilliak is the son of well-known graphic artists Parr and Eleeshushe. He is the brother of carver Eqaluk Parr, carver Nuna Parr (by adoption), the late carver Pauloosie Tooloogak, and ...

Kudluajuk Ashoona

Kudluajuk Ashoona was born in Cape Dorset on December 2, 1958. Her biological parents were the well-known carvers, Kabubuwa and Tayara Tunnillie. She was adopted by the family of the ...

Laina Geetah

Laina comes from an artistic family on the Pootoogook side. She is a self-taught artist and started drawing at the age of 18. She likes to draw anything or everything ...

Leetia Alivaktuk

Leetia Alivaktuk - Inuit Art - Pangnirtung, Nunavut - presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts No Bio available

Lipa Pitsiulak

Lipa Pitsiulak - "I do drawings that may not seem to make any sense at all to some people because they are about the really old, old way of life. ...

Lizzie Saggiak

Born in Arctic Quebec, Lizzie Saggiak remembers crossing Hudson Strait with her family to settle at Igalaalik Camp in the Andrew Gordon Bay area. Lizzie’s husband Saggiak (1897-1980), who was ...

Louie Nigiyok

Louie Nigiyok began working as a printmaker for the print shop in 1981, at the same time as his mother, Mabel Nigiyok. He continues today as one of the foremost ...

Lucy Qinnuayuak

Lucy Qinnuayuak is a prolific graphic artist, well known for illustrations of her favorite theme — the bird image, either singularly or in groups, and in all sorts of situations ...

Luke Anguhadluq

Luke Anguhadluq was born in 1895 near Chantrey Inlet into a group of Inuit known as the Utkuhikhalingmiut. Contact between these Inuit and white explorers, traders and missionaries during the ...

Luke Iksiktaaryuk

Luke Iksiktaaryuk was born in 1909 in the Kazan River area. He was a we shaman and his figures carved mostly in antler appear lonely and trancelike. Some of his ...

Lydia Jaypody

Name: Lydia Jaypody (1926 – 1991) Gender: Female Style: Inuit Region: Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada

Mabel Nigiyok

Mabel Nigiyok began learning stencil printmaking in the Holman printshop in 1981, and her work was published the following year. She has since become one of its most productive artists ...

Malaija Pootoogook

Malaija Pootoogook was born in Iqaluit in the cold winter month of January, 1971. She is the adopted daughter of Paulassie Pootoogook and Ishuhungitok Pootoogook, both now deceased. Malaija has ...

Malaya Akulukjuk

Malaya Akulukjuk was a talented, versitile and prolific Pangnirtung artist. She was an admired and respected artist in the community. Malaya lived a traditonal life on the land before settling ...

Marion Tuu’luuq

Marion Tuu’luq is known primarily for her textile works but also produced graphic works, contributing to 13 editions of the Baker Lake print collection. Her work is tied to her ...

Marjorie Esa

Marjorie Esa was born near Iglulik and adopted as newborn child by Louis Tapatai and Hahha Siksik who were living in the area near Baker Lake. Tapatai worked and travelled ...

Mark Emerak

Emerak’s first drawing was of solely a bow and arrow; Tardy encouraged him to draw more, so his next drawing was of the same bow and arrow with a very ...

Martha Ittulukatnak

Ittuluktnak’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is found in the collections of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Winnipeg Art Gallery, the MacDonald Stewart Art Center and the ...

Mary Okheena

Mary K. Okheena has worked for the Holman print shop since 1977, longer than any other artist or printer currently working. To date, 74 of her drawings have been made ...

Mary Pudlat

A prolific Canadian Inuit artist, Mary Pudlat retains clear memories of her early years living in the traditional Inuit hunting lifestyle in the area near Povungnituk in Arctic Quebec. Orphaned ...

Mathewsie Maniapik

Mathewsie Maniapik is a printmaker based in Panniqtuuq (Pangnirtung), NU.

Matthew Flaherty

Matthew Flaherty was born on February 13, 1998 in Iqualuit. He started carving at the age of 7, and his first carving was walking bear. Matthew is a self-taught carver, ...

May Lonsdale

May Lonsdale - Inuit Art - Pangnirtung, Nunavut - presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts No Bio available

Mayoreak Ashoona

Mayoreak Ashoona - Inuit artist from Cape Dorset, Nunavut Territory presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts

Meelia Kelly

Melia Jaw

Melia is a talented and prolific carver. She is married to Cape Dorset artist, Joe Jaw and they have five sons. Melia has strongly encouraged them to learn the art ...

Mialia Jaw

Mialia was born August 10, 1934. A handsome woman in her early 70s, she too has come late to the stable of the Kinngait Studios. She is represented in the ...

Mosesee Mangitak

Mosesee comes from a family that has had as its members, a longlist of very well-known and respected artists. Mosesee herself however did not begin drawing until very recently. Mosesee ...

Mosha Ragee

Name: Mosha Ragee Gender: Male Style: Inuit Region: Cape Dorset, Nunavut Territory, Canada

Myra Kukiiyaut

Myra Kukiiyaut was born in Baker Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, where her father worked for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but was raised on the land where she lived a ...

Napachie Ashoona

Napachie started sculpting at seven years old, and started drawing in 2021. He likes to draw animals and hunting scenes, and was inspired to draw by watching his late mother ...

Napachie Pootoogook

Although much of Napachie's early work, such as the print ‘Eskimo Sea Dreams’ (1960), presents a lyrical, dream-like reflection of Inuit beliefs in the spirit world, the main thrust of ...

Napatchie Toonoo

Napatchie Toonoo started drawing back in 2020 to earn money to support her family. She enjoys doing artwork, and her favorite themes are owls and drums. However, she likes to ...

Natsivaar

Natsivaar (Netsivarr) (1919 - 1962) died two years after the first Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection; consequently, only two of her graphic works were ever released through that venue, "Mother ...

Nicotye Samayualie

Nicotye is the daughter of Kudluarjuk Ashoona and Johny Tunnillie Samayualie. Nicotye’s grandmother, Keeleemeeoomee Samayualie was a well-known graphic artist whose prints were represented in the Cape Dorset annual print ...

Ningeokuluk Teevee

Born May 27, 1963, Ningeokuluk is the daughter of Joanasie Salomonie (deceased) and his wife Kanajuk. Her father, Joanasie, was much loved in Cape Dorset for his sense of humour, ...

Niviaksiak

Niviaksiak was a sculptor and printmaker based out of Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU and was amongst the first Inuit to create graphic work when it was introduced through the Kinngait ...

Noah Maniapik

Noah Maniapik - My work as an artist and printmaker are foremost in my career goals. I am exploring innovative applications of traditional hand stencil printmaking to unique individual artistic ...

Nujalia Quvianaqtuliaq

Nujalia started in the lithograph studio as a sponger and in 2014 became a lithograph trainee. Nujalia began drawing through the influence of his brother Niviaksie Quvianaqtuliaq, a printmaker with ...

Nuna Parr

Nuna Parr's interest in hunting and his regard for the animal life of the Arctic are directly reflected in his work. His rounded forms have great movement and a natural ...

Ohito Ashoona

The son of artists Mayureak Ashoona and Qaqaq Ashoona, Ohito learned to carve from his father and from his uncle, Kiawak Ashoona. Ohito began carving when he was about twelve, ...

Ohotaq Mikkigak

Ohotaq Mikkigak began drawing in the early years of the print program in Cape Dorset, and his print, “Eskimo Fox Trapper” was released in 1961. He became less involved with ...

Olooreak Etungat

Ooleepa Papatsie

Ooleepa Papatsie - Inuit Art - Pangnirtung, Nunavut - presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts. No Bio available

Ooloosie Saila

As a child, Ooloosie was inspired to draw through occasional visits to the home of Kenojuak Ashevak. At age 14 she won first prize at her high school drawing contest.

Padloo Samayualie

Pudloo Samayualie is a multi-disciplinary artist from Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU who is best known for her illustrations and technical virtuosity. Samayualie began drawing in high school, encouraged by her ...

Papiara Tukiki

I enjoy drawing animals and I’m amazed at how they survive up here in the north. Without them, my family would never have survived. I also draw people camping because ...

PARR

Parr is a highly important artist from twentieth century Inuit art history. His drawings visualize an important period of transition from semi-nomadic life to relocation in settlements. While Parr's work ...

Pauloosie Karpik

Pauloosie Karpik was the father of graphic artist Annie Akulukjuk, and the stepfather of artists Imoona and Solomon Karpik. "Pauloosie Karpik knew about the aspects of Inuit life that are ...

Pauojoungie Saggiak

Growing up Pauojoungie lived in various camps, the last one being just southeast of Cape Dorset. It is here that she had an opportunity to see all manner of birds ...

Pauta Saila, RCA

Pauta grew up on the land and began carving as a teenager, making implements and tools from ivory. Later, he carved narrative camp and hunting scenes.

Pee Ashevak

Peter Aliknak

Peter started as a carver and started working in graphics in the 1960s. His works often depict aspects of traditional life, such as shown in "Eating Dry Fish," which we ...

Peter Kilabuk

Peter Kilabuk (born 27 September 1960 in Pangnirtung, Nunavut) is a Canadian politician, who was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of Pangnirtung in the ...

Peter Malgokak

Peter Malgokak was born in the Berkeley Point area, at the northernmost camp on west Victoria Island. He is the son of Malgokak and Alikamik. His brother, Joseph Kitekudlak, is ...

Peter Palvik

Peter Palvik grew up in the Minto Inlet area. His family moved into Holman in the mid-1960s when he was old enough to go to school. His father, Albert Palvik, ...

Philippa Iksiraq

Philippa and Thomas Iksiraq are among the founding members of the Baker Lake Printmaker’s Co-Operative in Nunavut. Their images speak to the contemporary challenges faced by the Inuit people as ...

Piona Keyuakjuk

Piona Keyuakjuk has created prints that are available at Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts. His favorite carvings encompass traditional activities and animals: drum dancers, kayakers, narwhal, seals, and even ...

Pitaloosie Saila, RCA

Pitaloosie was born in 1942 on the southwest coast of Baffin Island near what is now the community of Cape Dorset. She spent her childhood years in various hospitals in ...

Pitseolak Ashoona, RCA OC

Pitseolak was the mother of several Cape Dorset artists, the Ashoonas: Ottochie, Koomwartok, Kaka, and Kiawak; and Napatchie Pootoogook. She is a member of the Order of Canada and was ...

Pitseolak Niviaqsi

Pitseolak Niviaqsi - Inuk artist from Cape Dorset, Nunavut Territory presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts.

Pitseolak Qimirpik – Cape Dorset

Pitseolak Qimirpik is a young Cape Dorset carver who’s quickly established himself as both apprentice (his father is renowned Dorset carver Kelly Qimirpik) and contemporary artist. Indeed, Qimirpik has successfully ...

Pudlalik Shaa

Pudlalik has exhibited his work in North America and Europe, showcasing his talent and unique artistic vision to audiences around the world. His style is characterized by meticulous attention to ...

Pudlo Pudlat

Pudlo Pudlat lived for much of his life in the Kimmirut region, hunting and fishing to provide for his family. He moved to Cape Dorset in the late 1950s, and ...

Qaluituk Kingwatsiaq

Qaluituk took part in the 2010 etching workshop in Cape Dorset conducted by Studio PM and her unusual drawing of a feathered fan in the shape of a butterfly (Tarrilikitaarq, ...

Qaunaq Mikkigak

A daughter of graphic artist Mary Kudjuakjuk, Qaunaq grew up traditionally on the land and began to make small carvings after her father’s death when she was still a girl. ...

Qavavau Manumie

Qiatsuk Ragee

Qiatsuq used to carve in 1980’s and 1990’s, but is now primarily a graphic artist whose work focuses on the animals of the Arctic.

Quvianaqtuk Pudlat

Quvianatuliak Takpaungai

Kov was one of the youngest artists to be selected for the important exhibition “Sculpture/Inuit. Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic,” which toured the world (1971-73). He ...

Rex Kangoak Goose

Rex Goose is best known as a carver, but he has been active in the graphic arts at Holman since 1978. He is from a family of artists. His father, ...

Rose Okpik

Rose Okpik: “The Arts in the Arctic are precious and garner respect worldwide, they must not be ignored, not by the Government or by our own people. Since we cannot ...

Ruth Annaqtuusi Tulurialik

Tulurialik's drawings combine a powerful narrative with her distinct graphic style and have been featured in exhibitions across Canada, such as the touring exhibition "The Vital Vision: Drawings by Ruth ...

Saggiassie Ragee

Saggiassie (Sakiassie) lived for many years in Tikirak camp near Cape Dorset. "The old way of drawing was very different. There was a lot of imagination then. Now, actual creatures ...

Saimaiyu Akesuk

When I went down to the litho shop to sell my first drawing, I was very nervous wondering whether they would buy it or not. My first drawing was an ...

Salamonie Kanayuk

Salamonie Kanayuk - Inuit Art - Pangnirtung, Nunavut - presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts No Bio available

Samantha Qappik

Samantha Qappik - Inuit Art - Pangnirtung, Nunavut - presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts No Bio available

Sarni Pootoogook

Sharnie is the sister of Pauta, a well-known carver. She was married to the carver and graphic artist, Pudlat Pootoogook (1919 – 1985). Sharni’s daughter, Sarah Putuguk is a printmaker; ...

Sheojuk Etidlooie

Etidlooie’s style was both minimal and abstract. Her most frequent subjects were animals, including dogs, caribou, fish and often birds. Etidlooie visualized figures as loosely naturalistic to outright fantastical depicting ...

Sheouak Petaulassie

Sheouak Petaulassie (also known as Sheouak, Sheowa Sheouak, Sheowak Sheouak, Sheoak Sheouak) was involved with the graphic art production at the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative. She was one of the ...

Shuvinai Ashoona

Shuvinai Ashoona was born in Cape Dorset in August, 1961. She is the daughter of Kiawak Ashoona and Sorosilutu, both well known for their contributions to the arts in Cape ...

Simionie Teevee

Simionie began to draw around 2010. He was inspired by his wife, well known artist Ningiukulu Teevee and his work is influenced by memories of watching his father Jamasie Teevee ...

Simon Shaimaiyuk

Simon Shaimaiyuk was born in Umanaqjuaq (Blacklead Island) to father Natiapik (Christian name Jimmy) and mother Unapik (Christian name Mary) during the last years of the whaling era. His older ...

Simon Tookoome

My name is Simon Tookoome, I live in Qamanittuaq, Baker Lake. I am originally from Uqhuqtuuq, Gjoa Haven. I moved as a young lad to Baker Lake. I first got ...

Sita Saila

Sowdluq Nakashuk

Sowdluq Nakashuk - Inuit Art - Pangnirtung, Nunavut - presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts No Bio available

Susie Malgokak

Susie Malgokak grew up in the Minto Inlet area. At the age of six, Malgokak, her sister, and cousin were taken by airplane to attend boarding school in Inuvik. She ...

Susie Saila

Susie comes from an artistic family; her father, Toonoo Sharky, is a well known sculptor and late grandfather, Mikisiti Saila, was also a sculptor. Her grandma, Sita Saila, is also ...

Therese Putugok

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Thomas Iksiraq

Thomas was born in October 23rd in 1941 in the Back River area. His father, Mark Oyarai, died in the spring of 1954. “When I was 6 or 7 I ...

Thomasie Alikatuktuk

Thomasie Alikatuktuk - Inuit Art - Pangnirtung, Nunavut - presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts. No Bio available

Tim Alivaktuk

Tim Alivaktuk is a printmaker and artist based out of Panniqtuuq (Pangnirtung), NU. On top of printmaking Alivaktuk carves working with soapstone, antler and bone as his predominant mediums.

Tim Pitsiulak

I am a hunter and I know the land and animals of the north. I am particularly inspired by the bowhead whale, because nobody really knows much about them. My ...

Tommy Novakeel

Several Inuit artists working in Pangnirtung, including Tommy Nuvaqirq, came from generations whose life and work were closely tied to whale hunting in the Cumberland Sound. Although the white whale ...

Towkie Qarpik

Towkie has been a versatile artist throughout her life. She began sewing as a young woman and eventually that talent led to tapestry weaving. Carving came later in life, with ...

Tukiki Manomie

Tukiki’s easily recognized carvings used the basic shapes of hands, claws and antlers as motifs , carving the appendages into bird and animal heads that expressed his vision of the ...

Tyler Kilabuk

Tyler Kilabuk, a high school student at Attagoyuk school, produced “Approaching the Kill.” Because Kilabuk was so keen to attend the workshop with New Leaf, his school principal gave him ...

Ulayu Pingwartok

Inuit graphic artist Ulayu Pingwartok was born near Lake Harbour on southwestern Baffin Island in 1904. She started drawing after she moved into the settlement of Cape Dorset in 1959

Victoria Mamnguqsualuk

Victoria Mamnguqsualuk is one of the best-known Canadian Inuit artists of her generation. Born near Garry Lake, Northwest Territories, she lived a migratory existence on the land until she was ...

Wayne Goose

One of very few Inuit Holman artists who does woodcuts, Goose chooses whimsical subjects, such as a traveler carried through the sky by geese.

William Noah

William began carving and drawing in 1963 and has devoted himself to graphic art since 1970. Typical of his drawings are the depiction of skeletons and internal organs of shamans ...

Willie Kolola

Willie Kolola is an Inuit artist from Cape Dorset, Nunavut, hailing from a family deeply rooted in artistic tradition. Growing up in Kimmirut, a community in the Qikiqtaaluk region with ...

Winnie Tarraq

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Winnie Tatya

Winnie Tatya began drawing, and in the early 1970s she began making wall hangings. Her fabric work has been in many exhibitions since 1974, including the international touring show Northern ...