Pitaloosie Saila

Pitaloosie Saila
Pitaloosie Saila in 1980
Born(1942-07-11)July 11, 1942
Cape Dorset, Canada
DiedJuly 24, 2021(2021-07-24) (aged 79)
Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Known forInuk artist
Spouse
(m. 1960; died 2009)

Pitaloosie Saila RCA (July 11, 1942 – July 24, 2021) was a Canadian Inuk graphic artist who predominantly made drawings and lithograph prints. Saila's work often explores themes such as family, shamanism, birds, and her personal life experiences as an Inuk woman. Her work has been displayed in over 150 exhibitions nationally and internationally, such as in the acclaimed Isumavut exhibition called "The Artistic Expression of Nine Cape Dorset Women". In 2004, Pitaloosie Saila and her well-known husband and sculptor Pauta Saila were both inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.