Mikigak Kingwatsiak

Mikigak Kingwatsiak Artist Bio: Mikigak Kingwatsiak (1943-2002) Mikigak is an carver from Cape Dorset, Nunavut, and hails from an artistic family, as he is the brother of ÊIyola Kingswatsiak, a re-known sculptor and printmaker. MikigakÕs daughter, Qaluituk...

Kananginak Pootoogook

Kananginak Pootoogook Artist Bio: Kananginak Pootoogook (1935-2010) Kananginak Pootoogook was born near Cape Dorset, Nunavut (then in the Northwest Territories), and was the son of Josephie Pootoogook, leader of the camp. The family lived a traditional lifestyle;...

Pudlo Pudlat

Pudlo Pudlat Artist Bio: Pudlo Padlat (1916-1992) Pudlo Padlat lived for much of his life in the Kimmirut region in Nunavut, hunting and fishing with his family. Pudlo began drawing in the early 1960Õs after he abandoned the semi-nomadic way of life and settled in...

Lucassie Echalook

Lucassie Echalook Artist Bio: Lucassie Echalook (b. 1942) Lucassie is brother to re-known carver Thomassie Echalook. He was born in 1942 in a small hunting camp near Inukjuak; a community in Nunavik, Northern Quebec. When LucassieÕs father passed away in 1950,...