Cee Pootoogook

2024 Cape Dorset Print Collection

Kinngait (Cape Dorset)

Cee Pootoogook was born in 1967 in Kinngait on Baffin Island. Cee comes from an illustrious family of artists. Both his mother Napatchie and his grandmother Pitseolak Ashoona were renowned artists, namely for illustration. His sister Annie has also become very famous in recent years.

Although Cee grew up watching both his mother and grandmother, it wasn’t until he registered in the Nunavut Arctic College for drawing and printmaking diploma program that he realized he was set on a career in sculpture.

Cee says he prefers carving. Perhaps he has resisted the family pressure draw (which inspired his sister, Annie) to “keep the family tradition alive” and add to the diverse artist range within his family.

Even at this young age, Cee work has been exhibited nationally and in Germany, and continues to learn and expand his artist practice.