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Toonoo Sharky, RCA
(1970- ) | Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada
Tooonoo attributes the development of himself as a carver to his maternal grandfather Quppapik who used to provide for his family through hunting and carving.
As a boy, Toonoo would watch his grandfather Quppapik and learn how his grandfather made carvings. Watching is how Inuit learn from there forefathers to survive.
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In 1979, Sharky, Toonoo’s paternal grandfather, and Toonoo’s father Josephee both passed away tragically in a boating accident when Toonoo was nine years old. After this event, Ragee, his mother, and the children moved to Kimmirut (Lake Harbour).
It was in Lake Harbour that Toonoo started his carving career at the age of nine and into his early teens. The family moved back to Cape Dorset when Toonoo was 13 years old.
He continues to carve and gain mastery over the stone with new tools and techniques.
He was already supporting himself in his teens through carving. Not having his Father