Othniel Oomittuk

Othniel Oomittuk

Oomittuk, Othniel

Portland

sculptor

Northwest artist

Oregon artist

Othniel "Art" Oomittuk was born and raised in Point Barrow, Alaska where he learned the cultural traditions of the Inupiaq people. He later attended Western Oregon University where he began to study art and ultimately turned to art as a full-time occupation around 1997 while living in the Portland area. Oomittuk is primarily a carver who prefers to work with a variety of woods and often integrates the grain as part of the overall aesthetic. His subject matter focuses on the native people of the Arctic with an emphasis on faces as a reference to the Inupiaq masking tradition.

Male