| LC control no. | no2007137157 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Pootoogook, Annie, 1969-2016 |
| Birth date | 1969-05-11 |
| Death date | 2016-09-19 |
| Place of birth | Cape Dorset (Nunavut) |
| Place of death | Ottawa (Ont.) |
| Field of activity | Inuit art Pen drawing Colored pencil drawing Realism in art |
| Affiliation | West-Baffin Eskimo Co-operative Sobey Art Award |
| Profession or occupation | Artists |
| Found in | Annie Pootoogook, c2007: p. 13 (Inuit artist, b. 1969 in Cape Dorset; winner of the 2006 Sobey Prize; daughter of artists Napachie and Eegyvudlu Pootoogook and the grandfather of artist Pitseolak Ashoona) Globe and mail, 23 September 2016, online, viewed 4 October 2016 (Annie Pootoogook is dead at 47; officials in her hometown of Cape Dorset confirmed Friday afternoon that her body had been recovered Monday [19 September] morning from the Rideau River in Ottawa; had been living for the past nine years in Ottawa, where she had relocated from Nunavut in the wake of a string of major artistic successes, including winning the Sobey Art Award in 2006; the granddaughter of Pitseolak Ashoona, one of the earliest Cape Dorset drawers and print-makers, her mother Napachie was a prolific graphic artist and her father Eegyvudluk was esteemed as a carver and print-maker, she began drawing in 1997; after her triumphs of 2006-09, her output slowed, then seemed to stop, while she was at times homeless and living with alcohol and drug addiction) Canadian encyclopedia online, viewed 4 October 2016: Annie Pootoogook (artist; born 11 May 1969 in Cape Dorset, NU; died 19 September 2016 in Ottawa, ON; winner of the Sobey Art Award in 2006 and included in prestigious international exhibitions; born into a family of accomplished Inuit artists, the daughter of graphic artist Napachie Pootoogook and printmaker and carver Eegyvudluk Pootoogook and the granddaughter of Pitseolak Ashoona; began making art at the age of 28, working at the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, her chosen medium involved drawing with pen and coloured pencils; in 2007, left Cape Dorset to live in Ottawa, though the intense public attention not particularly positive for her art, producing little new work after the move and dealing with substance abuse and living in poverty on the streets; work has been referred to as "narrative realism") Amicus database, 4 October 2016 (authorized access point: Pootoogook, Annie, 1969- ) |
| Not found in | Union list of artist names online, viewed 4 October 2016 |
| Equivalent(s) | Pootoogook, Annie, 1969-2016 |
| National bib agency no. | 1022B7901E |
| Quality code | nlc |
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