Simon Tookoome

Simon Tookoome (born December 9, 1934, Chantrey Inlet) is an Utkusiksalingmiut Inuit artist, making drawings, prints, and sculptures. In his youth, Tookoome and other Utkusiksalingmiut lived along the Back River and in Gjoa Haven on King William Island. Here he met and was influenced by the Netsilik Inuit.

He moved to Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada in the 1960s when his Inuit band was threatened with starvation. After the arrival of arts advisors in 1969, Tookoome began to draw and carve stones. He was a founding member of the Sanavik Co-op.

Exhibitions

Theo Waddington, New York 1980
Inuit Gallery, Vancouver
McMichael Canadian Collection

Collections

McMichael Canadian Collection
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
Canada Council Art Bank
McDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph ON
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa
Winnipeg Art Gallery