Ohotaq was born in 1936 and lived in Cape Dorset (Kinngait) with his wife Haunak (Quanaq), also a well-known carver, and traditional throat-singer. His brother Pee is also an artist.

Ohotaq began drawing in the early years of the Cape Dorset print program, and his print, Eskimo Fox Trapper, was released in 1961. He became less involved with drawing as the community grew, working full time instead for various community agencies. 

Exhibitions

• Canadian Eskimo Sculpture, Canadian Embassy
• Cape Dorset Graphics *61, (annual collection)
• Cape Dorset Printmaking 1959-1989, McMichael Canadian Collection
• Cape Dorset Revisited, McMichael Canadian Art Collection
• Cape Dorset Revisited - a collection of previously unreleased prints, exhibited at selected commercial galleries, organized by, West Baffin Eskimo Co-op
• Cape Dorset Sculpture, Eskimo Art Inc.
• Eskimo Sculpture '69, Robertson Galleries
• Graphic Art by Eskimos of Canada: Second Collection, Cultural Affairs Division, Department of External Affairs, Canada
• The Abbott Collection of Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher Collection of Inuit Art, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina

Collections

• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City
• Glenbow Museum, Calgary
• Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg