Niviaqsi, Pitseolak
Kinngait
(1947–2015)
Niviaqsi, Pitseolak
(1947–2015)
Pitseolak Niviaqsi, RCA was a carver and printmaker from Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU. Niviaqsi was renowned for his talents as a lithographer, transferring hundreds of drawings into prints at the Kinngait Studios and was credited in nearly every Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection from 1975 to 2011. Niviaqsi’s works are held in the permanent collections of multiple prominent institutions, including the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Winnipeg, MB, the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, QC and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, ON. In recognition of his work Niviaqsi was invested as a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
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