Pitaloosie Saila

Pitaloosie Saila
Pitaloosie Saila in 1980
Born(1942-07-11)July 11, 1942
Cape Dorset, Canada
DiedJuly 24, 2021(2021-07-24) (aged 79)
Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Known forInuk artist
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(m. 1960; died 2009)​

Pitaloosie Saila RCA (July 11, 1942 – July 24, 2021[1][2]) was a Canadian Inuk graphic artist who predominantly made drawings and lithograph prints.[3][4] Saila's work often explores themes such as family, shamanism, birds, and her personal life experiences as an Inuk woman.[5] Her work has been displayed in over 150 exhibitions[6] nationally and internationally, such as in the acclaimed Isumavut exhibition called "The Artistic Expression of Nine Cape Dorset Women".[7][4] In 2004, Pitaloosie Saila and her well-known husband and sculptor Pauta Saila were both inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[4]

  1. ^ "Pitaloosie Saila". Native American Artists Resource Online. Heard Museum Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Inuit artist Pitaloosie Saila dead at 79". Nunatsiaq News. August 17, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  3. ^ Leroux, Odette; Jackson, Marion E.; Freeman, Minnie Aodla (1994). Inuit Women Artists: Voices from Cape Dorset. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre. p. 160. ISBN 0295973897.
  4. ^ a b c "Pitaloosie Saila » WAG". WAG. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  5. ^ "Pitaloosie Saila, WAG". WAG. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  6. ^ "Pitaloosie Saila". Inuit Artists. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  7. ^ "Pitaloosie Saila". DORSET FINE ARTS. Retrieved March 13, 2022.