Born in Kimmirut, Nunavut

Donny Pitseolak is a Inuit artist from the South shore of the Baffin Island, in a community named Kimmirut. Kimmirut hosts a thriving arts community and is famous for its beautiful local stone; serpentine, which ranges in colour from apple green to light cream coloured shades. Sculptures like Pitseolak’s and others from this region are highly representational, with naturalistic animal subjects that are smooth and usually highly polished. The sculpts mostly with serpentine, a hard stone from the same family as jade. Pitseolak likes to represent Inuit traditions and stories when it comes to his art.