Oopik Pitsuilak

Artwork Pitsiulak began carving in the late 1960's. She worked in soapstone, often using female figures as subjects and motherhood as a major theme. Many of her works are self-portraits. She also worked in beadwork and incorporated beading into her sculptures. Her works are part of collections in the Canadian Museum of History, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Winnipeg Art Gallery. In 1999, she completed a tuberculosis memorial in Kinngait with Pootoogook Qiatsuk.

Pitsiulak also engaged in jewelry making and beadwork, which she learned from her paternal grandmother. She took courses in jewelry making at Nunavut Arctic College.

Advocacy Pitsiulak was a long-time member of Board of Directors of the Inuit Art Foundation and advocated for the interests of Inuit artists.