Pootoogook Kingwatsiak

Pootoogook Kingwatsiak is the wife of Iyola Kingwatsiak (1933-2000) the illustrious sculptor/printmaker who has been active in the Cape Dorset (now Kinngait) print shop from itsearliest days. Her mother, Iqaluq Petaulassie (1914-1989), also known as Echalook Goo, had some prints in the annual Cape Dorset collections during the 1970s and early 1980s. Pootoogook drew for a brief time during the 1960s and also carved occasionally. She had four prints in the annual collections between 1960 and 1966.

Excerpted, with light edits, from Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings by Jean Blodgett and Susan Gustavison, published by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, January 1993.