Eegyvudluk Pootoogook

Eegyvudluk Pootoogook (1931–2000) was an Inuk printmaker and sculptor. He was married to the artist Napachie Pootoogook.

Early life and education He was born in 1931, to graphic artist and carver Joseph (Eegyvudluk) Pootagook (1887–1958) and graphic artist Ningeookaluk (1889–1962). His father was an important hunter and camp leader. His brothers Kananginak, Paulassie, Solomonie, and Pudlat all became artists as well. He was one of Kinngait's eminent printmakers of the 1980s, He was known to have tried a variety of printmaking techniques, including linocut, lithography, etching, stonecut, stonecut and stencil, sealskin stencil, stencil, and silkscreen and stencil. bears, geese, and muskox. He also created images of sea spirits. the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, the Canadian Museum of History, the University of Lethbridge Art Collection and the University of Michigan Museum of Art. They had eleven children (many of whom died young) including the artist Annie Pootoogook (1969–2016).