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1934 near Ghoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada - 2010 Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada. Known for: Inuit drawings, printmaking, sculpture, illustration.
Simon Tookoome (1934 – 2010). An important Canadian Inuit* draftsman*, printmaker, sculptor and illustrator (see sources), Simon Tookoome (disc number* E2-426) was born near Gjoa Haven, King William... Read full biography
Simon Tookoome (1934 – 2010). An important Canadian Inuit* draftsman*, printmaker, sculptor and illustrator (see sources), Simon Tookoome (disc number* E2-426) was born near Gjoa Haven, King William Island (near Chantrey Inlet) Keewatin [now Nunavut]. He moved to Baker Lake, Nunavut in 1965, where... Read full biography
Simon Tookoome (1934 – 2010). An important Canadian Inuit* draftsman*, printmaker, sculptor and illustrator (see sources), Simon Tookoome (disc number* E2-426) was born near Gjoa Haven, King William Island (near Chantrey Inlet) Keewatin [now Nunavut]. He moved to Baker Lake, Nunavut in 1965, where he lived for the rest of his life and died. He was listed in the Canadian Who’s Who books and is mentioned in two articles of The Canadian Encyclopedia. Hundreds of his works are in over thirty major... Read full biography
Simon Tookoome (1934 – 2010). An important Canadian Inuit* draftsman*, printmaker, sculptor and illustrator (see sources), Simon Tookoome (disc number* E2-426) was born near Gjoa Haven, King William Island (near Chantrey Inlet) Keewatin [now Nunavut]. He moved to Baker Lake, Nunavut in 1965, where he lived for the rest of his life and died. He was listed in the Canadian Who’s Who books and is mentioned in two articles of The Canadian Encyclopedia. Hundreds of his works are in over thirty major museum collections such as the British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of the American Indian), the Canadian Museum of History, and the National Gallery of Canada. (1). His mediums included graphite*, colored pencil, wax crayon,... Read full biography
Simon Tookoome (1934 – 2010). An important Canadian Inuit* draftsman*, printmaker, sculptor and illustrator (see sources), Simon Tookoome (disc number* E2-426) was born near Gjoa Haven, King William Island (near Chantrey Inlet) Keewatin [now Nunavut]. He moved to Baker Lake, Nunavut in 1965, where he lived for the rest of his life and died. He was listed in the Canadian Who’s Who books and is mentioned in two articles of The Canadian Encyclopedia. Hundreds of his works are in over thirty major museum collections such as the British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of the American Indian), the Canadian Museum of History, and the National Gallery of Canada. (1). His mediums included graphite*, colored pencil, wax crayon, linocut*, stonecut*, stencil*, stone, bone, antler, wood, steel and mixed mediums. His subjects included faces, figures, fant... Read full biography
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Keywords (35)
Art Method
- •Carving of Walrus, Caribou, Antler, Baleen, Whalebone
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Printmaking
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bone
- •Colored Pencil
- •Linoleum Cut Block, Linocut
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Steel, Stainless Steel
- •Stencil and/or Theorem, Pochoir Painting
- •Stonecut Prints
- •Wax
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
- •Woodblock, Woodcut, Wood Engraving
- •Works on Paper
Art Style
- •Inuit Art
Art Subject
- •Fantasy, Fancy, Fables, Dreams, Visions, Mystery, Creatures
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Mythology, Legends
- •Outdoor Sporting Scenes, Field and Stream, Hunting
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Awards/Recognition
- •Canada Council Grant for the Arts
Added Description
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Inuit, Eskimo
Exhibition of Museum
- •Agnes Etherington Art Centre
- •Art Gallery of Ontario
- •Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
- •Inuit Modern: Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- •Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
- •Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada