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Born 1946 Lake Harbour, near Cape Dorset, Canada. Known for: Inuit hand carved sculpture, beadwork.
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Oopik Pitseolak was born in Lake Harbour and moved to Cape Dorset in 1960 where her father, Tommy Manning, worked for the Hudson Bay Company. Oopik began carving soon after settling in Cape Dorset.... Read full biography
Oopik Pitseolak was born in Lake Harbour and moved to Cape Dorset in 1960 where her father, Tommy Manning, worked for the Hudson Bay Company. Oopik began carving soon after settling in Cape Dorset. As a young girl she began working with her father-in-law, Peter Pitseolak, helping him polish the... Read full biography
Oopik Pitseolak was born in Lake Harbour and moved to Cape Dorset in 1960 where her father, Tommy Manning, worked for the Hudson Bay Company. Oopik began carving soon after settling in Cape Dorset. As a young girl she began working with her father-in-law, Peter Pitseolak, helping him polish the finished carvings. Her grandmother, Simatuq, taught her how to do beadwork. Oopik often combines these two talents by adding beadwork to her sculpture. In 1994 Oopik enrolled in art courses at Nunavut... Read full biography
Oopik Pitseolak was born in Lake Harbour and moved to Cape Dorset in 1960 where her father, Tommy Manning, worked for the Hudson Bay Company. Oopik began carving soon after settling in Cape Dorset. As a young girl she began working with her father-in-law, Peter Pitseolak, helping him polish the finished carvings. Her grandmother, Simatuq, taught her how to do beadwork. Oopik often combines these two talents by adding beadwork to her sculpture. In 1994 Oopik enrolled in art courses at Nunavut Arctic College to further her artistic skills. She learned about printmaking, watercolour painting and clay sculpture but decided to specialize in jewelery and metalwork. Her imagery is drawn from Inuit traditions and the Arctic environment.(1). “When... Read full biography
Oopik Pitseolak was born in Lake Harbour and moved to Cape Dorset in 1960 where her father, Tommy Manning, worked for the Hudson Bay Company. Oopik began carving soon after settling in Cape Dorset. As a young girl she began working with her father-in-law, Peter Pitseolak, helping him polish the finished carvings. Her grandmother, Simatuq, taught her how to do beadwork. Oopik often combines these two talents by adding beadwork to her sculpture. In 1994 Oopik enrolled in art courses at Nunavut Arctic College to further her artistic skills. She learned about printmaking, watercolour painting and clay sculpture but decided to specialize in jewelery and metalwork. Her imagery is drawn from Inuit traditions and the Arctic environment.(1). “When I first started to carve, I carved for money but now I come up with personal expression from my life and feelings… you have to commit your... Read full biography
Ookpik Pitsiulak - Artist Info
About Ookpik Pitsiulak: Keywords
Keywords (12)
Art Method
- •Beadwork, Beading
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Eskimo, Inuit Culture: Genre and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
Added Description
- •Artist Has Artist Family Members
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Inuit, Eskimo
Artist Colony
- •Cape Dorset, Nunuvat, Canada (Inuit Art)
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Eskimo Canada