Born: August 11, 1942 Female
Resides: Cape Dorset
Drawings, Prints

Pitaloosie was raised amongst talented artists. Her father, Samuellie Pudlat, is a carver; her mother, Mary, creates carvings, drawings, prints and is a craft artist. Her sister, Kilabuk Shaa, and her brother, Qarpik Pudlat, are both sculptors. Pitaloosie's husband, Pauta, makes carvings, drawings and prints.

Bayat Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada

1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 Cape Dorset Graphics (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)

1969 November: Eskimo Art, Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario

197 September - October: Canadian Eskimo Arts Festival, Alaska Methodist University Galleries, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue)

1971 January - February: The Art of the Eskimo, Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (catalogue)

1973: Canadian Eskimo Lithographs: Third Collection, Presented under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Division of the Department of External Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)

1974 October - November: Eskimo Art, Queens Museum, Flushing, New York, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue)

1975 - 1979: We Lived by Animals/Nous Vivions des Animaux, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in cooperation with the Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)

1975 October - 1977 December: Inuit Games/Inuit Pinguangit/Jeux des inuit, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated brochure)

1977 January - 1982 June: The Inuit Print/L'estampe inuit, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the National Museum of Man, Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)

1978 April: Cape Dorset Lithographs 1978, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, Toronto, Ontario

1978 November - December: Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics, Jerusalem Artists' House Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (illustrated catalogue)

1979 July - 1981 October: Images of the Inuit: from the Simon Fraser Collection, Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (tour) (illustrated catalogue)

1980 April - May: The Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art from the Art Gallery of Ontario University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario (illustrated catalogue)

1981 June: Transformation, The Arctic Circle, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure)

1981 October - 1983 January: Cape Dorset Engravings, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto, Ontario (tour) (illustrated brochure)

1982 September: Break-up and Freeze-up, The Arctic Circle, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (catalogue)

1983 February - March: Return of the Birds, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue)

1983 May - 1985 April: Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)

1983 September: The Way We Were - Traditional Eskimo Life, Snow Goose Associates, Seattle, Washington, USA

1983 October - November: The Cape Dorset Print, Presented at Rideau Hall by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

1984 February - 1986 June: Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Canadian Arctic Producers, Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)

1984 September - October: On the Land, The Arctic Circle, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

1984 October: Images of the Far North, Studio Art Gallery, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, U.S.A.

1984 December - 1985 February: The Last and First Eskimos, Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.

1986 May - June: Northern Exposure: Inuit Images of Travel, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue)

1986 November: The Ancestors/Links Between Worlds, Minnesota Museum of Art, Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure)

1986 November: Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare Prints from the Arctic, Arctic Artistry, Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.

1986 November - December: Cape Dorset Prints and Sculpture, McMaster Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

1987 February - June: The Lindsay and Swartz Collections:, New Acquisitions, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1987 May - June: Inuit Graphics from the Past, Arctic Artistry, Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.

1987 October - November: 1987 Eskimo Art, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

1987 November: Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987, Arctic Artistry, Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.

1987 December - 1988 February: Inuk, Inuit: Art et tradition chez les esquimaux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, presented by L'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Musee des Beaux-arts d'Arras, Arras, France (illustrated catalogue)

1988 - 89 December: Im Schatten der Sonne:Zeitgenossische Kunst der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada/In the Shadow of the Sun:Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art in Canada, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)

1989 - 1991: Flights of Fancy - Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Pitaloosie Saila Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto, Ontario (tour) (illustrated brochure)

1989 January - February: Images of the Far North, Arctic Artistry (held at the Erie County Fairgrounds) Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.

1989 June - July: Cape Dorset Women Artists, Kenojuak, Pitaloosie and Lucy, Gallery Indigena, Stratford, Ontario

1989 July - September: Mother and Child: Selections from the, Inuit Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

1989 August: Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon, France

1989 August - October: Inuit Graphic Art from Indian & Northern Affairs Canada, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1990 January: Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Centre d'Action Culturelle du Bassin Houllier, Lorrain, Saint Avold, France

1990 January - September: Arctic Mirror, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec

1990 March: Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Maison Falleur, Cambrai, France

1990 April: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Palais de l'Europe, Le Touquet, France

1990 June - September: Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990, Arctic Artistry, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.

1990 July: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Thonon les Bains, France

1990 November - December: Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, France

1991 February - April: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Humbert, Nantes, France

1991 March - April: Estampes Inuit: Trois Graveurs de Cape Dorset, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Musepict, Marseille, France

1991 March - April: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Le Theatre, La Ciotat, France

1991 April - May: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Palais de l'Europe, Le Touquet, France

1991 April - June: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux, L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France

1991 May - June: Mother and Child: Sculpture and Prints, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure)

1991 May - June: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at La Halle aux Bles, Saint Malo, France

1991 June - July: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Ombre et Lumiere, Ensisheim, France

1991 July: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon, France

1991 July - August: Glaciopolis: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Maison de Pesey, Les Arcs, France

1991 August - September: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Akenaton, Troyes, France

1991 October - December: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Maite Aubert, Le Havre, France

1991 November - December: Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape, Dorset 1991, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Le Colombier, Ville D'Avray, France

1991 December - 1992 March: In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way: Three Decades of Inuit Printmaking, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario (illustrated catalogue)

1992 February - April: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Montador, Dieppe, France

1992 June - July: Women of the North: An Exhibition of art by Inuit Women of the, Canadian Arctic, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue)

1993 November - 1994 January: Contemporary Inuit Drawings, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue)

1994 March: Patiently I Sing, Selections from the Tyler/Brooks Collection, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario (illustrated catalogue)

1994 July: Arctic Spirit - 35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

1994 September - October: Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's, Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum, Huis Hellemans, Edegem, Belgium (illustrated brochure)

1994 October: - September 1995 Isumavut:The Artistic Expression of Nine Cape Dorset Women, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec (illustrated catalogue)

1974: Pitaloosie Saila, Inukshuk Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario

1974 January: Retrospective Prints and Recent Drawings by Pitaloosie Beckett Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

1981 June - July: Pitaloosie Saila Drawings, Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario

1993 February: Pitaloosie Saila Graphics, Arctic Artistry, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.

1993 February: Drawings by Pitaloosie Saila, Cape Dorset, Albers Gallery of Inuit Art, San Francisco, California

1994 February - March: Pitaloosie Saila: Original Drawings, Albers Gallery, San Fracisco, California

Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
CIBC Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
Teleglobe Canada, Montreal, Quebec
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1972: Participated in an animation workshop sponsored by the National Film Board of Canada. One of her animated shorts was featured in the resulting film "Animation from Cape Dorset."

1974: Attended the opening of a solo exhibition of her work at Beckett Gallery in Hamilton, Ontario.

1977: Pitaloosie's print 'Fisherman's Dream' was reproduced as a twelve cent stamp, which was issued November 18, 1977.

1980: An etching by Pitaloosie was included in a limited edition etching portfolio, which contains the works of seven Inuit artists.

1983: Pitaloosie's print 'Arctic Madonna' was chosen for a 1983 UNICEF card.

1988: Attended the opening of the exhibition " In the Shadow of the Sun" in Dortmund, Germany on December 9th.

ARTS OF THE ESKIMO: PRINTS: /Ed. by Ernst Roch. Texts by Patrick Furneaux and Leo Rosshandler. Montreal: Signum Press in association with Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1974.

Blodgett, Jean: GRASP TIGHT THE OLD WAYS: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983.

Browne, Evan: INUIT CULTURE GETS STAMP OF APPROVAL. North/Nord, vol. 24, no. 6, November/December, 1977. pp.32-33.

CEAC [Canadian Eskimo Arts Council]: TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW WITH PITALOOSIE SAILA: Interviewed by Sharon van Raalte, translation by Maata in May, 1985 in Cape Dorset, N.W.T. Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council in collaboration with the Inuit Art Section, INAC, amd the Natiional Film Board of Canada, 1985.

Leroux, Odette et alia: INUIT WOMEN ARTISTS: VOICES FROM CAPE DORSET: Edited by Odette Leroux, Marion E. Jackson and Minnie Aoudla Freeman. Hull, Que.: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1994.

Lipton, Barbara: ARCTIC VISION: Art of the Canadian Inuit. Ottawa : Canadian Arctic Producers, 1984.

Mekler, Gilda: DORSET PRINTS-ENCOURAGING SIGNS OF LIFE. Nunatsiaq News, November 3, 1977.

Muscarelle Museum of Art (Williamsburg): CONTEMPORARY INUIT DRAWINGS: The gift collection of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman. Williamsburg, Va.: The College of William and Mary in Virginia, 1993.

National Museum of Man: THE INUIT PRINT = L'ESTAMPE INUIT: A Travelling Exhibition... = Une exposition itinerante... Ottawa: National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada, 1977.

Saila, Pitaloosie: PITALOOSIE SAILA TALKS ABOUT OLD AGE, HER FIRST DRAWING, WHITE PEOPLE AND OTHER THINGS. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 3, Summer, 1987. pp.10-12.

Souchotte, Sandra: INUIT ART: A FANTASTIC ARCTIC SUCCESS STORY. Northwest Explorer 4(4): 6-20, Autumn, 1985.

Speak, Dorothy: IN CAPE DORSET WE DO IT THIS WAY. Inuit Art Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 2, Spring 1992, pp. 38-42.

Van Raalte, Sharon: INUIT WOMEN AND THEIR ART. Communique, May 1975. p.21-23.