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Pitseolak
Niviaqsi
, RCA
Photo: Pitseolak Niviaqsi
Credit: Photo by H.G. Jones
Pitseolak
Niviaqsi
, RCA
Medium:
printmaking, sculpture/carving, stone
Artistic Community:
Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU
Gender:
Male
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.
Kanngia outpost camp, NU
22 January 1947
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.
2015
Work
Pitseolak Niviaqsi
(Kinngait (Cape Dorset))
Dancing Sednas (n.d.)
Credit: Courtesy Waddington's
Biography
Pitseolak Niviaqsi, RCA was a carver and printmaker from Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU. Niviaqsi was renowned for his talents as a lithographer, transferring hundreds of drawings into prints at the Kinngait Studios and was credited in nearly every Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection from 1975 to 2011. Niviaqsi’s works are held in the permanent collections of multiple prominent institutions, including the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Winnipeg, MB, the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, QC and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, ON. In recognition of his work Niviaqsi was invested as a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
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Publications
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Title
Year
Author
The Art and Artistry of Mother and Child
May 8, 2020
Roger Catlin
Celebrating 30 Years of Supporting Inuit Artists
Fall 2017
Alysa Prodica
Tribute: Pitseolak Niviaqsi (1947-2015)
Spring 2016
William Ritchie
Exhibitions
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Name
Year
Gallery
The Voiced Plate: Contemporary Inuit Prints
Dec 2016-Jan 2017
Marion Scott Gallery
Art Forms Winter 2015
December 2015
Marion Scott Gallery
Animal Power: Images in Contemporary Inuit Art
Apr-June 2013
Marion Scott Gallery
Achievements
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Achievement
Year
Organization
Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection
2011
Dorset Fine Arts
Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection
2010
Dorset Fine Arts
Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection
2009
Dorset Fine Arts
Filmography
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Title
Release Date
Role
Cape Dorset printmaker Pitseolak Niviaqsi at work
December 09, 2010
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Public Collections
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Collection
Location
Canadian Museum of History
Gatineau, QC, Canada
Indigenous Art Collection at Indigenous Affairs and Northern Development Canada
Gatineau, QC, Canada
La Guilde | The Guild
Montreal, QC, Canada
Edit History
February 15, 2018
Create by: Rebecca Gray
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