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1938 Sako, South Baffin Island, Canada - 2002 Sako, South Baffin Island, Canada. Known for: Inuit drawing, carving, graphic art.
Napatchie Pootoogook was born in 1938 at Sako, a small camp on south Baffin Island. She died in December, 2002, of cancer. Napatchie, also spelled Napachie, was the only daughter of the late... Read full biography
Napatchie Pootoogook was born in 1938 at Sako, a small camp on south Baffin Island. She died in December, 2002, of cancer. Napatchie, also spelled Napachie, was the only daughter of the late Pitseolak Ashoona. Napatchie began to draw in the late 1950's while living at Keakto, a camp near Cape... Read full biography
Napatchie Pootoogook was born in 1938 at Sako, a small camp on south Baffin Island. She died in December, 2002, of cancer. Napatchie, also spelled Napachie, was the only daughter of the late Pitseolak Ashoona. Napatchie began to draw in the late 1950's while living at Keakto, a camp near Cape Dorset. Several people living at the camp, including Napatchie's mother and Kenojuak Ashevak had already begun to draw, encouraged by James Houston. Napachies' early drawing exhibited a free and... Read full biography
Napatchie Pootoogook was born in 1938 at Sako, a small camp on south Baffin Island. She died in December, 2002, of cancer. Napatchie, also spelled Napachie, was the only daughter of the late Pitseolak Ashoona. Napatchie began to draw in the late 1950's while living at Keakto, a camp near Cape Dorset. Several people living at the camp, including Napatchie's mother and Kenojuak Ashevak had already begun to draw, encouraged by James Houston. Napachies' early drawing exhibited a free and uninhibited style, still very evident in her contemporary works. She incorporates many aspects of Inuit culture in her work, usually retrieved from her own personal experience. For all but a few years in the early 1970's, Napatchie had drawn consistently. In... Read full biography
Napatchie Pootoogook was born in 1938 at Sako, a small camp on south Baffin Island. She died in December, 2002, of cancer. Napatchie, also spelled Napachie, was the only daughter of the late Pitseolak Ashoona. Napatchie began to draw in the late 1950's while living at Keakto, a camp near Cape Dorset. Several people living at the camp, including Napatchie's mother and Kenojuak Ashevak had already begun to draw, encouraged by James Houston. Napachies' early drawing exhibited a free and uninhibited style, still very evident in her contemporary works. She incorporates many aspects of Inuit culture in her work, usually retrieved from her own personal experience. For all but a few years in the early 1970's, Napatchie had drawn consistently. In the mid-1970's she experimented with mixed media works using coloured pencil and black felt pen in conjuncti... Read full biography
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