Inuit

BORN:
January 17, 1967

BIRTHPLACE:
Iqaluit, Nunavut

Pitseolak Qimirpik was born in Iqaluit, where he now resides. He has also lived in Lake Harbour. His adoptive parents, Nuyaliaq and Annie Qimirpik, are stone carvers. His step-brother, Michael Nakashoo, is also a carver. Pitseolak's work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally in shows such as Stone & Bone: The Inuit Master Carvers of the Canadian Arctic at the Sun Valley Centre for the Arts & Humanities in Ketchum, ID, in 1997; Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art & Crafts from Dene & Inuit of Canada at the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum in Santa Fe, NM, in 1995; and Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art from the Collection at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Winnipeg, MB, in 1988.