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Johnny Pootoogook

Johnny Pootoogook

Biography

In 1970 Johnny Pootoogook was born in a traditional Inuit camp called Ikerasak, near Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU. He 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 printmaker himself. The artist's work is inspired by his Inuit culture. Johnny Pootoogook has had several exhibitions throughout his career, his latest one being in 2016 at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco.

Artist Work

About Johnny 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.

Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU
1970
Exhibition

Linked: An Exhibition to Raise Awareness about Climate Change, 2016

Public Collection

Art Gallery of Hamilton

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March 21, 2019 Profile edited by Tobi Bruce