- Annie Pootoogook
Annie Pootoogook (born 1969 in Cape Dorset, then in the
Northwest Territories , now inNunavut ,Canada ) is a Canadian contemporary artist. One of her influences was her mother,Napatchie Pootoogook (died 2002), who was also an artist.In November 2006, she won the $50,000
Sobey Art Award , which is given to an artist 39 years old or younger who has shown their work in a public or commercial art gallery in Canada in the past 18 months. "Annie Pootoogook's work reflects both the current moment of a specific tradition and of a contemporary drawing practice," the curators and jury for the award said in a press release.She exhibited at the 2007 Biennale de Montréal and, in the same year, had works at both the Basel Art Fair and documenta 12. This combination was a first for an Inuit artist.
References
* [http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2006/07/c9764.html Annie Pootoogook Winner of 2006 Sobey Art Award, Presented by Scotiabank]
* [http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/50624/news/nunavut/50624_11.html Nunatsiaq News, June 24, 2005 - Mother, daughter art team capture contemporary Cape Dorset - Toronto exhibit shows some of the darker realities of Inuit life]
* [http://www.feheleyfinearts.com/gallery/exhibitions/annie/index_tf.shtml Feheley Fine Arts - Moving Forward: Works on Paper by Annie Pootoogook]
* [http://www.drawingsociety.com/dscgallery/annie_pootoogook.php Drawing Society of Canada - Annie Pootoogook]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/photoessay/pootoogook/ Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, June 27, 2006 - Culture Clash: Annie Pootoogook captures Canada’s north-south divide, by David Balzer]
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