Born in Kinngait (Cape Dorset, NU)

Pitseolak Koperqualuk is an Inuk artist originally from Moose Factory (ON), who is now based in Kinngait. He is a sculpter who specializes in carving inukshuks.

He lives mainly from the land, hunting and fishing.

Pitseolak takes pride in carving in the traditional way; by recovering his own stones that he finds in open pit mines on Baffin Island. He mainly carves marble or serpentine, a local stone found in open pit mines in Nunavut. Serpentine is a rock similar in composition to jade. Just like jade, it is a very hard stone, so it takes a lot of artistic vitality to carve it.

Nowadays, his work can be found in many galleries across Canada.