Yearling by Malaija Pootoogook

$350.00

 

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Print will go on sale on Saturday, October 16. See 2021 Dorset Print Collection for further information or contact us at info@ukpikart.ca to inquire about print.

 

Artist:                     Malaija Pootoogook

Community:         Cape Dorset / Kinngait

Year:                      2021

Media:                Etching & Aquatint

Paper:                Arches White

Printer:             Studio PM

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Description

Gorgeous new print from the 2021 Dorset Print Collection: Yearling by Malaija Pootoogook

I enjoy drawing the different kinds of birds. I like to watch them fly; they look so peaceful and free.
-Malaija Pootoogook

Malaija Pootoogook was born in Iqaluit in the cold winter month of January, 1971. She is the adopted daughter of Paulassie Pootoogook and Ishuhungitok Pootoogook, both now deceased. Malaija has been surrounded by artists in her family. Her father, Paulassie was highly regarded as a sculptor and her brother, Mosesee, is also a talented stone
carver. Her brother, Itee Pootoogook, has received critical and popular acclaim for his contemporary drawings. Malaiya did her first drawing in 1994, inspired by the work of her great-grandmother, the late Pitseolak Ashoona. She was represented in the annual print collection for the first time in 2011 with two affecting images of the Arctic Owl. Expressive and monumental depictions of birds and Arctic wildlife are a continuing theme in her work.

Print will go on sale on Saturday, October 16. See 2021 Dorset Print Collection for further information or contact us at info@ukpikart.ca to inquire about print.

Print will be shipped from the Netherlands  through Canuit Inuit Art. Contact info@ukpikart.ca for a shipping quote.

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Additional information

Weight 0.99 kg
Dimensions 12.4 × 13.2 × 1 in

Biography Malaija Pootoogook

MALAIJA POOTOOGOOK
Date of Birth: January 7, 1971
Place of Birth: Iqaluit, NU
Mother: Ishuhungitok
Pootoogook
Father: Paulassie
Pootoogook
Female

Malaija Pootoogook is primarily a graphic artist. She did her first drawing in 1994, inspired by the work of her great-grandmother, the late Pitseolak Ashoona. She was represented in the annual print collection for the first time in 2011 with two affecting images of the Arctic Owl. Expressive and monumental depictions of birds and Arctic wildlife are a continuing theme in her work.

EXHIBITIONS:

2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection Dorset Fine Arts
Toronto, ON (illustrated catalogue)

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