Peter, Eyeetsiak
Kinngait
(b. 1937)
Peter, Eyeetsiak
(b. 1937)
Eyeetsiak Peter is a Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU-based carver and printmaker. He began carving as a teenager during the 1950s and also contributed prints to the 'Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection' in 1961. Peter frequently creates carvings with green and black serpentine. His work represents human figures and wildlife in the North, such as bears. Peter’s artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally from 1961 to 2013 at art galleries such as Marion Scott Gallery in Vancouver, BC, the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Winnipeg, Carleton University Art Gallery in Ottawa, ON and the Albers Gallery in San Francisco, CA. Peter’s carvings are also included in many public collections.
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