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Eegyvudluk Pootoogook

Biography

Best known for his extensive contributions as a printmaker to numerous Annual Cape Dorset Print Collections, artist Eegyvudluk Pootoogook was also an accomplished sculptor creating stylized and realistic work with fine detail, a skill that perfectly complemented his role as printmaker. Pootoogook began his career as an artist selling small sculptures to passengers on the Hudson Bay Company supply ship RMS Nascopie. In 1960, he moved from his family’s nearby camp to the community of Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU, at the behest of his brother Kananginak Pootoogook to work in the print shop at the newly formed West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative.

Pootoogook was one of four original stonecut printmakers at the studio to learn printmaking techniques from Japanese master artist Un’ichi Hiratsuka in 1958. During his long career, Pootoogook produced 170 prints and contributed to 21 of the Annual Cape Dorset Print Collections. His work is in the collections of major museums around the world, including the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, QC, the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, ON, the Tate Gallery in London, UK, and the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Manitoba.



This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé en partie par le gouvernement du Canada.
Mieux connu pour son importante contribution comme graveur à de nombreuses collections d’impressions annuelles de Cape Dorset, l’artiste Eegyvudluk Pootoogook était aussi un sculpteur accompli qui créait des œuvres stylisées et réalistes aux délicats détails, une habileté qui s’harmonisait à son rôle de graveur. Eegyvudluk Pootoogook a débuté sa carrière d’artiste en vendant de petites sculptures aux passagers du navire d’approvisionnement de la Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson, le RMS Nascopie. En 1960, il a quitté le campement de sa famille à proximité pour aller vivre dans la collectivité de Kinngait (Cape Dorset), au Nunavut, à la demande de son frère Kananginak Pootoogook et travailler dans l’atelier de gravure de la nouvelle coopérative esquimau de West Baffin. Eegyvudluk Pootoogook a été l’un des quatre premiers graveurs sur pierre du studio à apprendre les techniques de gravure auprès de l’artiste et maître japonais Un’ichi Hiratsuka, en 1958. Au cours de sa longue carrière, Eegyvudluk Pootoogook a créé 170 gravures et a contribué à 21 des collections de gravures annuelles de Cape Dorset. Ses œuvres se retrouvent dans les collections des plus grands musées du monde, notamment au Musée des beaux-arts de l’Ontario, à Toronto, au Musée canadien de l’histoire de Gatineau, au Québec, au Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, à Ottawa, en Ontario, à la Tate Gallery de Londres, au Royaume-Uni, et au Musée des beaux-arts de Winnipeg, au Manitoba.
ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᓯᐊᖓᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᑎ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᒫᑦ ᑭᙵᐃᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᐃᖅ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ, ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎ ᐃᒡᕗᑦᓗᒃ ᐳᑐᒍᖅ ᐱᐊᓂᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓪᓚᕆᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᕗᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᓯᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᑭᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᐱᐅᔫᑎᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᐅᓈᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᓈᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐳᑐᒍᖅ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᔅᓴᕆᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᒥᑭᔪᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᒐᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅ RMS Nascopie. 1960−ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓚᖏᓪᓗ ᑕᒻᒫᕐᕕᒋᔭᖅ ᖃᓂᐊᓂ ᑭᙵᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᑎᓕᔭᐅᓯᒪᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᓂᖓᓂᑦ ᑲᓇᖏᓇᖅ ᐳᑐᒍᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖁᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᕐᕕᒃ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᓄᑖᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᐊᓐᓇᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᓐᓂ. ᐳᑐᒍᖅ ᑎᓴᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᔭᕋᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᐃᑦ ᒥᙳᐊᑦᑎ ᓴᓇᕝᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᔭᐸᓃᔅ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᒻᒪᕆᐊᓂᑦ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎ ᐅ’ᓐᐃᑦᓯ ᕼᐃᕌᑦᓱᑲ 1958-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐳᑐᒍᖅ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ 170 ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᓯᐊᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ 21-ᒋᔭᖓᓂᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᒫᑦ ᑭᙵᐃᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ. ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᑯᒐᓐᓈᒐᖃᕐᕕᓐᓂ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ, ᐃᓚᒋᓗᒋᑦ, ᓴᓇᙳᐊᒐᐃᑦ ᑕᑯᒐᓐᓈᒐᖃᕐᕕᒃ ᐋᓐᑎᐅᕆᔫ, ᑐᕌᓐᑐᒥ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑕᑯᒐᓐᓈᒐᖃᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᑕᐃᑦ ᒐᑎᓅ, ᑯᐱᒃ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑕᑯᒐᓐᓈᒐᖃᕐᕕᒃ ᐋᑐᕙ, ᐋᓐᑎᐅᕆᔫ, ᑏᑦ ᑕᑯᒐᓐᓈᒐᖃᕐᕕᒃ ᓚᓐᑕᓐ, ᔪᓇᐃᑎᑦ ᑭᖕᑕᒻ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕕᓂᐲᒃ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᒐᐃᑦ ᑕᑯᒐᓐᓈᒐᖃᕐᕕᒃ ᒫᓂᑐᐸᒥ.

About Eegyvudluk Pootoogook

Medium:

Graphic Arts, Sculpture

Artistic Community:

Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU

Date of Birth:

Artists may have multiple birth years listed as a result of when and where they were born. For example, an artist born in the early twentieth century in a camp outside of a community centre may not know/have known their exact date of birth and identified different years.

1931

Date of Death:

Artists may have multiple dates of death listed as a result of when and where they passed away. Similar to date of birth, an artist may have passed away outside of a community centre or in another community resulting in different dates being recorded.

2000