“I want my grandchildren, and the general public, to see what I have done, and what I remember of my life.” Kananginak Pootoogook (1935–2010) was born to a family of artists. Son of renowned Inuk printmaker Josephie Pootoogook and nephew of photographer and sculptor Peter Pitseolak, he was raised at Ikirasak camp, east of Kinngait, in Nunavut, Canada. A gifted drawer, sculptor and printmaker, he also had a strong spirit of leadership and persistently fought to establish artmaking as a source of income for local residents. In 1959, he co-founded the Kinngait Co-operative, the first Inuit-owned association to support and promote Inuit art.
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