30.25 x 35.25 in (76.8 x 89.5 cm) including frame
Private Collection, Winnipeg
Kananginak Pootoogook
Kananginak Pootoogook was an Inuk draftsperson, printmaker, sculptor, and community leader born in Ikerasak, an outpost camp near Kinngait (Cape Dorset) on South Baffin Island, Nunavut. Raised by his father, the respected camp leader Josephie Pootoogook, he spent his youth hunting, fishing, and living on the land before relocating to Kinngait in the late 1950s.
In 1959, Pootoogook was instrumental in establishing the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative (WBEC), serving as its founding president for over two decades. He received technical training in printmaking and drawing, helping build the co-op's printmaking program into a major centre for northern graphic arts. His artistic output focused heavily on detailed depictions of Arctic fauna, birds, traditional hunting practices, modern northern infrastructure, and historical narratives of Inuit life.
Pootoogook's work gained national and international recognition throughout his career. In 1980, he was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA). His public commissions included an Inuksuk constructed at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, unveiled in 1997. In 2010, he received a National Aboriginal Achievement Award (now Indspire Award) for his career achievements in arts and culture. Posthumously, in 2017, his work was featured at the 57th Venice Biennale, marking the first time an Inuk artist was included in the international exhibition.
Works by Pootoogook are held in permanent museum collections across Canada and internationally, including the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and the Glenbow Museum in Calgary. Pootoogook died in Ottawa in November 2010.
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