Pitseolak Qimirpik

Settlement: Lake Harbour / Kimmirut

(1986)

Pitseolak was born in 1986 in Kinngait, Nunavut, Inuit Nunangat. He comes from a carving family, with his father being the well known carver Kellypalik Qimirpik, as well as his uncle Allashua Atsiaq and cousin Noo Atsiaq.

Qimirpik started carving at 13 as an apprentice to his father, and is known for his fusion of pop culture iconography in traditional mediums. This often includes figures like Muskoxen, dancing walruses, and drum dancers with features of pop culture as props. These props sometimes include iPods and MP3 players.

This juxtaposition of tradition and modernity allows Qimirpik to be at home in both the world of Inuit art and contemporary art.

Exhibitions

2006 Rhythms in Motion:, Gallerie D’art Vincent, Ottawa, Ontario
2006: Out of the Ordinary - Cape Dorset Sculpture, Gallery Indigena, Stratford, Ontario
2006: Arctic Miniatures, The Albers Gallery of Inuit Art, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
2007: The Arctic Hare, The Albers Gallery of Inuit Art, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
2009: Small Treasures, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
2009: Small Sculptures by Great Artists Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario
2010: Arctic Wind III: An Expression of Survival, Coastal Peoples Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2010: Small Sculptures by Great Artists, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario
2011: Small Treasures, Canadian Arctic Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2012: Small Treasures, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
2012: The Unexpected, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario
2012 - 2013: Telling Stories: Inuit Art from Cape Dorset, Toronto Pearson Airport: terminal 1, Toronto, Ontario
2014: Pitseolak Qimirpik, The Eskimo Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2014 - 2015: Small Sculptures by Great Artists, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario
2017: Small Treasures, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
2018: Small Treasures, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
2019: Life in Stone VI, Steinbrueck Native Gallery, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
2020: Live in Stone VII, Steinbrueck Native Gallery, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
2020: Pitseolak Qimirpik: Phantasmagoria, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario
2020: Small Treasures 2020, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
2020: Kinngait Calling, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
2021 - 2022: Small Sculptures by Great Artists, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario
2022: New Inuit Art, National Ethnographic Museum, Warsaw, Poland
2023: 20th Annual Small Treasures, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
2023: Collaborative Works from Kinngait, Madrona Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
2023: SPRING/BREAK Art Show (Claire Foussard Booth), Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
2023: Life in Stone IX, Steinbrueck Native Gallery, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
2023: Reawakening, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
2023: Outsider Art Fair (Feheley Fine Arts Booth), New York City, New York, U.S.A.
2023: Cape Dorset Graphics (annual collection)
2023: Pitseolak Qimirpik: Whimsy, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario
2023 - 2024: Pitsiulaq Qimirpik, Java Project (curated by Peter Kelly), Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
2024: Pitseolak Qimirpik, Madrona Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia