Bird in Flight Sculpture

Jomie Aipeelie (1963 – 2020).

Jomie was born in Iqaluit on Baffin Island, Nunavut.

Jomie was a third-generation artist. His father, Seepee Ipellie, and grandfather, Seepee Ipellie, were both traditional Inuit artists.

He started carving at the age of 15, and became serious about his art at 22. He led a very traditional way of life - hunting for seals, walrus, caribou, ptarmigan and geese.

Like his father and grandfather, Aipeelie likes to carve muskox, whales, hawks, polar bear, seals, narwhal, ducks, walrus, inukshuks and hunters.