Elijah Pootoogook
Settlement: Cape Dorset / Kinngait
(1943) — E7-1175
husband of Ilquarlik pootoogook, son of Etidlooie, adotped by Sarni and Pudlat Pootoogook, brother of Sarah Putugu ----------- Elijah Pootoogook (Eliyah;Pudlat) Born: July 4, 1943 Community: Cape Dorset Male - Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, Printmaking Eliyah is the son of the late graphic artist Etidlooie Etidlooie (1911-1981), but was adopted by artists Sarni and Pudlat Pootoogook (1919-1985). Eliyah's sister Sarah Pootoogook and his wife Iqarlik are also artists. His work is included in many important collections including the Canadian Museum of Civlization and the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art in Texas, U.S. In 1960, Elijah was one of five artists commissioned by Imperial Oil to produce a special folio of prints. In 1967 he was commissioned to produce a mural for the Tundra Restaurant at the Canadian Pavillion of Expo '67 and in 1970 he was invited to attend Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan.
Exhibitions
- Canadian Eskimo Arts Festival, Alaska Methodist University Galleries
- Cape Dorset - A Decade of Eskimo Prints & Recent Sculpture, National Gallery of Canada, in cooperation with the Canadian Eskimo Art Committee
- Cape Dorset Graphics *60, (annual collection)
- Cape Dorset Graphics *66, (annual collection)
- Cape Dorset Graphics *67, (annual collection)
- Cape Dorset Graphics *68, (annual collection)
- Cape Dorset Print Collection (printmaker) *61, (annual collection)
- Cape Dorset Print Collection (printmaker) *72, (annual collection)
- Cape Dorset Through the Years: 25 Years of Graphics and Sculpture, Arctic Artistry
- Images of the Inuit: from the Simon Fraser Collection, Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University
- Inoonoot Eskima: Grafik och Skulptur fran Cape Dorset och Povungnituk, Konstframjandet
- Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990, Arctic Artistry
- Inuit Graphics from the Past, Arctic Artistry
- Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare Prints from the Arctic, Arctic Artistry
- Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987, Arctic Artistry
Collections
- Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth
- Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal
- Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
- Glenbow Museum, Calgary
- Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
- Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal
- Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
Exhibitions
Canadian Eskimo Arts Festival
Alaska Methodist University Galleries
Cape Dorset - A Decade of Eskimo Prints & Recent Sculpture
National Gallery of Canada, in cooperation with the Canadian Eskimo Art Committee
Cape Dorset Graphics *60
(annual collection)
Cape Dorset Graphics *66
(annual collection)
Cape Dorset Graphics *67
(annual collection)
Cape Dorset Graphics *68
(annual collection)
Cape Dorset Print Collection (printmaker) *61
(annual collection)
Cape Dorset Print Collection (printmaker) *72
(annual collection)
Cape Dorset Through the Years: 25 Years of Graphics and Sculpture
Arctic Artistry
Images of the Inuit: from the Simon Fraser Collection
Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University
Inoonoot Eskima: Grafik och Skulptur fran Cape Dorset och Povungnituk
Konstframjandet
Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990
Arctic Artistry
Inuit Graphics from the Past
Arctic Artistry
Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare Prints from the Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987
Arctic Artistry
Public Collections
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art
Fort Worth
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull
Glenbow Museum
Calgary
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal
Montreal
Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg
Artwork
| Title | Last Sold At Auction | |
|---|---|---|
| BIRD OF SPRING | 2020-08 (August 2020) | |
| FLIGHT OF BIRDS | 2018-11 (November 2018) | |
| POLAR BEAR SHAMAN | 2017-06 (June 2017) | |
| RAVEN AND YOUNG | 2010-09 (September 2010) | |
| SEAL AND HER PUP | 2012-02 (February 2012) | |
| STANDING BEAR | 2011-12 (December 2011) | |
| STANDING CARIBOU | 2014-04 (April 2014) | |
| TROTTING CARIBOU | 2014-11 (November 2014) | |
| WOMAN CLUTCHING BOSOM | 2021-12 (December 2021) |
