Pitseolak qimirpik biography samples

 ( ) | Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Pitseolak Qimirpik was born on July 26th, in Iqaluit, Nunavut. He was born in Iqaluit like almost all children born in the community of Cape Dorset after   Very few births still happen in Cape Dorset as there is no hospital in the community.

The artist from Kinngait, NU, has been working with stone since he was just thirteen, but in he began to create vibrant coloured pencil drawings that pop.

Pitseolak "Pits" Qimirpik (Born ) is active/lives in Canada.

Pitseolak Qimirpik is a Kinngait (Cape Dorset) – based carver.

This Dancing Walrus by Pitseolak Qimirpik is a good example of his ancestral roots and formal influences.

He is the son of well established carver, Kellypalik Qimirpik, and is a rising artist in the Inuit art market.

As a child Pitseolak would go out camping and hunting, living on the land during spring and summer with his family. Pits’ grandfather Qimirpik produced some carvings and drawings over his lifetime. His uncle Allashua Atsiaq carved as did his cousin Noo Atsiaq and Pitseloak’s older brother Moe sometimes carves inuksuks.

The biggest influence for Pitseolak has been his father Kellypalik Qimirpik.

Kellypallik is well known for his dancing sculptures and Pits likes his father’s dancing musk ox carvings the best.

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Pitseolak would help his father and mother with filing and sanding his dad’s carvings. Kellypalik went to Polar North in Montreal for a while to carve when Pits was younger. Pit