Harry Egotak

Harry Egotak
Photo Bernadette Driscoll Engelstad

Biography

Harry Egotak was an Ulukhaktok (Holman), NT-based artist who was involved in the early days of printmaking in Holman in the 1960s. His first print, "Two Men Hunting a Bear" was produced in May 1962 using a sealskin stencil. Holman printmakers didn't start working with stonecut until 1964. Egotak worked with the co-op as a printmaker until the late 1980s.

Artist Work

About Harry Egotak

Medium:

Graphic Arts, Visual Arts

Artistic Community:

Ulukhaktok, NT

Date of Birth:

Artists may have multiple birth years listed as a result of when and where they were born. For example, an artist born in the early twentieth century in a camp outside of a community centre may not know/have known their exact date of birth and identified different years.

1925

Date of Death:

Artists may have multiple dates of death listed as a result of when and where they passed away. Similar to date of birth, an artist may have passed away outside of a community centre or in another community resulting in different dates being recorded.

2009