Simeonie Killiktee

Artist Bio: Simeonie Killiktee

Simeonie Killiktee was born in 1973. He is from the small Nunavut hamlet of Kimmirut (formerly Lake Harbour) in Southern Baffin Island.

As with most Inuit soapstone carvers, Simmeonie comes from generations of craftsmen, as he learned the art from a young age that passed down from his father and grandfather at the time the family, like many others, still lived in the traditional way of life by Òliving off the landÓ.