Kananginak Pootoogook

Kananginak Pootoogook
Kananginak Pootoogook in 1980
Born1935
Ikerasak, Nunavut
DiedNovember 23, 2010(2010-11-23) (aged 75)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Known forsculptor, printmaker
StyleInuit art
AwardsIndspire Award
2010
ElectedRoyal Canadian Academy of Arts
1980

Kananginak Pootoogook RCA (1 January 1935 – 23 November 2010) was an Inuk sculptor and printmaker who lived in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, in Canada. He died as a result of complications related to surgery for lung cancer.

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