Canada Council Art Bank

Place: Born in Kimmirut; raised and lives in Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Nunavut About the artist: Jimmy Manning is a self-taught Inuk photographer and an integral member of the Cape Dorset arts community. In the early 1970s he worked as a carving

Place: Born in Kimmirut, Nunavut; based in Cape Dorset for most of his life About the artist: Timootie (Tim) Pitsiulak was one of Canada’s most sought-after contemporary Inuit artists. Best known for his drawings, he was also a jewellery-maker, sculptor, lithographer

Place: Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Nunavut and Ottawa About the artist: Annie Pootoogook was an internationally recognized, contemporary Inuit artist, whose rich depictions of everyday life in the North challenged expectations of Inuit art and culture. Her drawings and prints focused

Place: Born in Whitehorse; raised in Teslin, Yukon, where he now resides About the artist: Doug Smarch is a conceptual artist who works in sculpture and animation. Raised in a traditional lifestyle of the Tlingit Nation, he began carving wood