Cape Dorset Suclpture: Derek Norton & Nigel Readingone of the three sculptor sons of master carver Joe Jaw, Pootoogook has been carving from an early ageuses a wide range of subjects in his work and his style varies depending ont he nature of the stone that he is dealing withat times his sculptures have multiple figures interacting and are almost obsessively detailed; at other times, particularly when working with very hard stones, his work is simpler and more iconic.his quiet sense of humour often surfaces in his work------------------------CollectionsMusee d'art Inuit Brousseau, Quebec City, QCMuseum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BCExhibitions2002 Ohito Ashoona & Pootoogook Jaw, Albers Gallery of Inuit Art, San Francisco, CA2001 Baffin Island Sculpture, Albers Gallery of Inuit Art, San Francisco, CA1996 New Visions, Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver, BC1995 Inuit Mythology, Arctic Experience, Hamilton, ON1995 Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of Arts & Crafts from the Dene & Inuit of Canada, Institute of Amcerican Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM1995 Inspiration - Four Decades of Sculpture, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC1992 Our Hoods are Full, Arctic Artistry, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY1992 Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the Artists of Cape Dorset, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC1990 Inuit Masterworks, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BCPublications2005 Cape Dorest Sculpture FEATURED PAGE 741995 Institute of American Indian Arts Museum KEEPING OUR STORIES ALIVE: An Exhibition of Art & Crafts from Dene & Inuit of Canada. Santa Fe, NM1994 Dewar, Patricia YOU HAD TO BE THERE, Nepean, ON: Inuit Art Quarterly, 9(1) Spring 1994, pp. 20-281993 Goo-Doyle, Ovilu TIME WILL MAKE YOU A CARVER: An Interview with Pootoogook Jaw of Cape Dorset: Inuit Art Quarterly 8(2) Summer1992 Marion Scott Gallery ARCTIC ICE: SCULPTURES IN MARBLE BY THE ARTISTS OF CAPE DORSET, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery1990 Inuit Gallery of Vancouver INUIT MASTERWORKS: Nov 2-24, 1990. Vancouver, BC: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver1988 Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art MONUMENTS IN STONE: Recent Sculpture from Cape Dorset Toronto: The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art--------------www.elcalondon.comDate of Birth/Date de naissance09/02/1959Community/CommunautéCape Dorset / Iqaluit (Frobisher Bay)CollectionsMuseum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia References Dewar, Patricia  YOU HAD TO BE THERE. Nepean,Ont.: Inuit Art Quarterly, 9(1) Spring 1994, pp. 20-28. Goo-Doyle, Ovilu  "TIME WILL MAKE YOU A CARVER": An interview with Pootoogoo Jaw of Cape Dorset. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No.2, Summer, 1993. Institute of American Indian Arts Museum  KEEPING OUR STORIES ALIVE: An Exhibition of Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada. Santa Fe, N.M.: Institute of American Native Arts Museum, 1995. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  INUIT MASTERWORKS: November 3-November 24, 1990. Vancouver, B. C.: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1990. Marion Scott Gallery  ARCTIC ICE: SCULPTURES IN MARBLE BY THE ARTISTS OF CAPE DORSET, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1992.------------

Exhibitions

• Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the Artists of Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories, Marion Scott Gallery
• Inspiration Four Decades of Sculpture, Marion Scott Gallery
• Inuit Masterworks, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Inuit Mythology, Arctic Experience
• Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
• Our Hoods Are Full, Arctic Artistry

Collections

• Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver