Kakulu Saggiaktok

Kakulu Saggiaktok was born in 1940 aboard the Hudson Bay Company supply ship, Nascopie,[2] which was en route from Clyde River to Pangnirtung.[3] Her parents and older brother (Qavaroak Tunnillie)[3] were part of a small group of Inuit who traveled from south Baffin Island to the northern region to trap and hunt.[3] Her mother, Ikayukta Tunnillie, was a graphic artist as well.[3]

In the 1960s she moved to Cape Dorset, and began to draw as part of the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative.[2][3][4] Her work often depicts animals.[2] Since 1966, her work has been featured in many Cape Dorset Annual Print Collections.[1]

She was best known for her work on paper.[1] Her work is held in several museums, including the Agnes Etherington Art Centre,[2] the McMaster Museum of Art,[5] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[6] the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,[7] the National Gallery of Canada,[1] the Winnipeg Art Gallery,[1] the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria,[1] the Canada Council Art Bank,[1] the National Museum of the American Indian,[8] the Brunnier Art Museum,[9] and the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.[1]

She married the sculptor Saggiaktok, and they had four children.[3]