Born in Kimmirut, Nunavut

Pitsiula’s artistic is inspired by his traditions, stories, culture and lifestyle as well as by his direct environment. These tell the traditional lifestyles of the Inuit and influence their art.

This artist 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.

Pitsiula lives mainly from the land, hunting and fishing.