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1969 Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada - 2016 Ottawa, Ontario. Known for: Colored pencil drawing of local Inuit genre, narrative themes.
Following is the obituary of the artist from CBC News, Ottawa September 23, 2016. "Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook found dead in Ottawa". Police seek public's help retracing movements leading up to her... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist from CBC News, Ottawa September 23, 2016. "Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook found dead in Ottawa". Police seek public's help retracing movements leading up to her death. Prominent Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook has been identified as the woman whose body was found... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist from CBC News, Ottawa September 23, 2016. "Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook found dead in Ottawa". Police seek public's help retracing movements leading up to her death. Prominent Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook has been identified as the woman whose body was found in Ottawa's Rideau River earlier this week. Officials with the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative in her hometown, Cape Dorset, Nunavut, confirmed the death of the chalk-and-ink artist, who rose to... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist from CBC News, Ottawa September 23, 2016. "Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook found dead in Ottawa". Police seek public's help retracing movements leading up to her death. Prominent Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook has been identified as the woman whose body was found in Ottawa's Rideau River earlier this week. Officials with the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative in her hometown, Cape Dorset, Nunavut, confirmed the death of the chalk-and-ink artist, who rose to prominence when she won the Sobey Award in 2006. Pootoogook, 47, had been living in Ottawa. Her drawings offered a contemporary take on her culture, where old customs intermingled with modern technology and goods. Her work is part of the collections at... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist from CBC News, Ottawa September 23, 2016. "Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook found dead in Ottawa". Police seek public's help retracing movements leading up to her death. Prominent Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook has been identified as the woman whose body was found in Ottawa's Rideau River earlier this week. Officials with the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative in her hometown, Cape Dorset, Nunavut, confirmed the death of the chalk-and-ink artist, who rose to prominence when she won the Sobey Award in 2006. Pootoogook, 47, had been living in Ottawa. Her drawings offered a contemporary take on her culture, where old customs intermingled with modern technology and goods. Her work is part of the collections at the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario and was recently part of an exhibition on Ind... Read full biography
Annie Pootoogook - Artist Info
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Art Media
Art Subject
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Narrative, Story Telling
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Awards/Recognition
- •Sobey Art Award
Added Description
- •Drawing Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Inuit, Eskimo
Exhibition of Museum
- •Inuit Modern: Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario