Itee Pootoogook was a renowned Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU based multidisciplinary artist from Kimmirut, NU. He began his artistic practice with drawing, sculpture and photography. In 2008 he produced his first published print, in 2010 he had his first solo show and in 2013 became the first Inuk artist to have a solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC. Pootoogook has been written about by various publications including the Inuit Art Quarterly and had his piece Waiting for Penny Sale" (2009) featured on the cover of the Fall 2010 issue of Inuit Art Quarterly."