BIOGRAPHY
Pitseolak Qimirpik (b.1986) is an Inuk artist from Kinngait, Canada (formerly Cape Dorset). After apprenticing with his father, the renowned carver Kellypalik Qimirpik, Pitseolak Qimirpik established his own contemporary aesthetic both as a sculptor and a graphic artist. His sculpture practice marries Pop-culture signifiers, including imagery of iPods and characters from Nintendo and the Simpsons, with traditional carving techniques and motifs. In 2021, he expanded his artmaking practice to graphic art. Characterized by energetic combinations of color and patterns, his expressive drawings of plants, animals, and human figures embody a playful and irreverent spirit. In 2024, his work was included in the 15th Gwangju Biennale, in Gwangju, Korea. Qimirpik’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Madrona Gallery, Victoria, Canada; and Feheley Fine Arts. Qimirpik’s work has also been included in group exhibitions at Fort Gansevoort, New York; Steinbrueck Native Gallery, Seattle, WA; The Albers Gallery of Inuit Art, San Francisco, CA; the National Ethnographic Museum, Warsaw, Poland; and Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada. His work in included in permanent collections of Crown-Indigenous Relations & Northern Affairs Canada, Quebec, Canada; TD Gallery of Indigenous Art, Toronto, Canada; and Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Canada.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Pitseolak Qimirpik, Madrona Gallery, Victoria, Canada
2023-24
Pitsiulaq Qimirpik, Java Project, Brooklyn, NY
2023
Pitseolak Qimirpik: Whimsy, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
2020
Pitseolak Qimirpik: Phantasmagoria, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
2014
Pitseolak Qimirpik, The Eskimo Gallery, Toronto, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Voices from Kinngait, Fort Gansevoort, New York, NY (online exhibition)
2023
Reawakening, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
Life in Stone IX, Steinbrueck Native Gallery, Seattle, WA
Collaborative Works from Kinngait, Madrona Gallery, Victoria, Canada
20th Annual Small Treasures, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
2022
New Inuit Art, National Ethnographic Museum, Warsaw, Poland
2021-22
Small Sculptures by Great Artists, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
2020
Kinngait Calling, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
Small Treasures 2020, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
Life in Stone VII, Steinbrueck Native Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019
Life in Stone VI, Steinbrueck Native Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018
Small Treasures, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
2017
Small Treasures, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
2014-15
Small Sculptures by Great Artists, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
2012-13
Telling Stories: Inuit Art from Cape Dorset, Toronto, Canada
2012
The Unexpected, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
Small Treasures, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
2011
Small Treasures, Canadian Arctic Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2010
Small Sculptures by Great Artists, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
Arctic Wind III: An Expression of Survival, Coastal Peoples Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2009
Small Sculptures by Great Artists, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
Small Treasures, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
2007
The Arctic Hare, The Albers Gallery of Inuit Art, San Francisco, CA
2006
Arctic Miniatures, The Albers Gallery of Inuit Art, San Francisco, CA
Out of the Ordinary: Cape Dorset Sculpture, Gallery Indigena, Stratford, Canada
Rhythms in Motion, Galerie d’art Vincent, Ottawa, Canada
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Crown-Indigenous Relations & Northern Affairs Canada, Quebec, Canada
Doris McCarthy Gallery (University of Toronto Scarborough), Toronto, Canada
TD Gallery of Inuit Art, Toronto, Canada
PRESS
2024
Kira Wronska Dorward. “Pitseolak Qimirpik: the life of an Inuit master carver.” Penticton Herald. December 9.
2024
Kira Wronska Dorward. “Pitseolak Qimirpik: the life of an Inuit master carver”. NNSL. December 9.
2024
Jessica MacDonald. “The Art of Joy: Pitseolak Qimirpik’s Shift from Sculpture to Drawing.” Inuit Art Quarterly. November 13.
2024
Samuel Wat. “'He would do anything': Family of 2 men in Kimmirut, Nunavut, boating accident mourns their loss”. CBC. October 25.
2024
“Quick Pick - Inuit and Korean Artists Share Pavilion at Gwangju Bienniale in South Korea”. Galleries West. September 19.
2024
Cedric Gallant. “Montreal art exhibition takes flight with work from Kinngait artists”. Nunatsiaq News. August 14.
2024
“Featured Artist: Pitseolak Qimirpik”. Craft Ontario. May 18.
2024
AX Mina. “The Simpsons Make Their Mark in Inuit Art”. Hyperallergic. January 18.
2023
“Pitseolak Qimirpik: Whimsy”. Feheley Fine Arts. June 22.