Ookpik Pitsiulak facts for kids

Ookpik Pitsuilak is an Inuk carver and sculptor who works in the Cape Dorset community of Inuit artists in Canada.

Early life

She was born in Lake Harbour, Northwest Territories, now Kimmirut, Nunavut, in 1946. Pitsuilak was raised in Lake Harbour and Cape Dorset, where some of her relatives worked for the Hudson's Bay Company trading posts in the area.

Artwork

Pitsuilak works in soapstone, often using female figures as subjects. She also works in beadwork, and incorporates beading into her sculptures. Pitsuilak's works are part of collections in the Canadian Museum of History, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Winnipeg Art Gallery.