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Annie Pootoogook
Canadian Inuk artist
Annie Pootoogook (Inuktitut: ᐊᓂ ᐳᑐᒍ, May 11, – September 19, ) was a Canadian Inuk artist known for her pen and coloured pencil drawings.[1] In her art, Pootoogook often portrayed the experiences of those in her community of Kinngait (then known in English as Cape Dorset), in northern Canada, and memories and events from her own life.
Early life and education
Annie Pootoogook was born on May 11, , in Cape Dorset (now Kinngait), Canada. Pootoogook grew up in a family of artists all of whom worked out of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, one of the first artist Co-ops established in the north in [2] Her family worked in multiple mediums and styles and Pootoogook became interested in art at an early age.
Her mother, Napachie Pootoogook, was a draftswoman and her father, Eegyvudluk Pootoogook, was a printmaker and stone sculptor. Pootoogook was the granddaughter of Pitseolak Ashoona a renowned graphic artist, the ni
