Timootee Pitsiulak

Place: Lake Harbour (Now Kimmirut)

Born: 1967

Death: 2016

Biography:

Timootee 'Tim' Pitsiulak was an Inuk artist and hunter based in Nunavut, Canada. He was born on March 10, 1967, in Lake Harbour (now Kimmirut), Northwest Territories, Canada (now Nunavut). He was the son of Napachie and Timila Pitsiulak and the nephew of the artist Kenojuak Ashevak. Pitsiulak grew up speaking Inuktitut and learned English in school. He became interested in drawing when he was about nine. He trained as a carver and then a jeweler at Nunavut Arctic College, before focusing on drawing as a career. Pitsiulak was best known for his large coloured-pencil drawings of Arctic scenery, wildlife, and Inuit culture. He died on December 23, 2016, at the age of 49, while receiving treatment for pneumonia. He left behind his wife Mary and seven children.