JOHNNY POOTOOGOOK
Date of Birth: December 19, 1970 Male/Female: Male
Place of Birth: Cape Dorset
Mother: Shouyu Pootoogook
Father: Kananginak Pootoogook
Johnny is the son of Cape Dorset artists, Kananginak and Shouya Pootoogook.
EXHIBITIONS:
Our Land Transforming: Celebrating the Enduring Spirit of the Inuit Arctic Raven Gallery One Front Street, Second Floor POB 2139 Friday Harbor, Washington, U.S.A. (brochure)
1992, 1993 Cape Dorset Graphics (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)
June – July 1994 Johnny Pootoogook and Najalia Pootoogook Of Cape Dorset Albers Gallery San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
July 1995 Sunakutagnuvalautut: Things from the Past Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario
December 1995 - January 1996 Inuit Art: from the collection of Maurice Yacowar Collector’s Gallery Calgary, Alberta
November 1996 Small Sculptures by Great Artists V Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario
January 1997 Transitions: Contemporary Canadian Indian and Inuit Art Presented by Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Paris, France (tour) (illustrated catalogue) February – April 1997 Stone & Bone The Inuit Master Carvers of the Canadian Arctic The North West Company !2
Held at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities Ketchum, Idaho, U.S.A.
February 2001 Living Arctic Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated brochure)
March – April 2006 Amarok: The Wolf The Albers Gallery San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
November – December, 2009 Form and Vision The Innuit Gallery and Jonathon Bancroft – Snell Gallery London, Ontario
May – June, 2012 The Unexpected Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario
March – April 2015 Over the Top Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario
November 2015 – February 2016 Linked: An Exhibition to Raise Awareness about Climate Change Oceanographic Museum of Monaco Monaco
COLLECTIONS:
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec Inuit Art Centre, Indian and Northern Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario Musee d’art Inuit Brousseau, Quebec City, Quebec