The release of the Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection is a highlight each fall. It showcases a range of work from many of the leading artists working out of the Kinngait Studios. This year was especially notable, marking the collection’s 60th anniversary. Here’s how it works. Every year the Co-op (where the print studio operates) selects a series of the … Read More
“Ways of Seeing” – A night Devoted to Inuit Art and Arctic Conservation.
A strong concept makes for a memorable evening. Feheley Fine Arts was the location for a very special event on October 19th in support of the World Wildlife Fund Canada. When the WWF first approached us about serving as a venue for a fundraising event, we were immediately taken with the idea of bringing together arctic conservation with Inuit art. … Read More
A Striking Survey of the History of Work from Kinngait Studios
October 12, 2019 Joel Sears, Feheley Blogger It isn’t every day that you see such a vivid demonstration of the evolution of Inuit art as is on display currently at Feheley. In fact, we’ve never assembled or seen a collection that spans the entire output from the studio formerly known as Cape Dorset unfold before your eyes. It says something … Read More
60/60: Sixty Years of Printmaking in the Kinngait Studios
In celebration of the Kinngait Studios’ 60th anniversary, this exhibition features an unbelievable collection of Cape Dorset prints—one from each year since the studios’ inception. The graphics chosen acknowledge the many artists who passed through the studios over six decades, highlighting their innovations in style, technique, scale, printmaking type, and subject matter. Formally established in 1959, the studios have welcomed … Read More
The Co-op: Drawings from Cape Dorset
The Co-op is a group exhibition of drawings by the Cape Dorset artists celebrating 60 years of the Kinngait Studios. Commonly referred to as the Co-op (as part of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative), the studios have been intimately involved in the lives of the Cape Dorset artists since 1959. They are also the longest continuously running printmaking studios in … Read More
PERSPECTIVE: Seattle Art Fair 2019
An art fair is a whirlwind, for visitor and exhibitor alike. Unpacking and building our booth and hanging the art is always a race against. Once the booth is installed and the doors are open, it’s a real joy to make new connections. There’s nothing quite as satisfying as exposing the uninitiated to the depth of Canadian Inuit art. It’s … Read More
Seattle Art Fair 2019
BACK FOR MORE. Feheley returns to the Seattle Art Fair for the second year. Building on our successful foray last year, Feheley has expanded its presence at this year’s Fair. Last year, there was such a positive reaction to both our historic and contemporary Inuit artists that this year we have expanded the size of our exhibit space. As one … Read More
Itee Pootoogook’s Photographic Memories
Artist Itee Pootoogook (1951–2014) was known as Kinngait Studios’ most meticulous draftsman. Born in Lake Harbour (Kimmirut), Pootoogook moved with his family to Cape Dorset (Kinngait) as a young child in the late-1950s. Like many, he was born into an artistic family: established carver Paulassie Pootoogook was his father and artists Kananginak, Eegevudluk, and photographer Peter Pitseolak, were his uncles. … Read More
Inuit Art at Masterpiece London
This week Pat travelled to London, England for Masterpiece London. The annual international art fair features 150 exhibitors showcasing art from all eras—antiquity to 2019. Masterpiece’s variety makes it one of London’s most anticipated art events of the year. RBC, principal sponsor of Masterpiece London, welcomed works by contemporary Inuit artists to be featured in this year’s RBC lounge. Several … Read More
Opening Reception: Niap “Ivalu”
In May 2019, Feheley Fine Arts presented Niap’s first solo exhibition of works on paper entitled Ivalu. Meaning ‘sinew thread’, Ivalu featured of a series of ink drawings on which the artist stitched tattoos in the traditional manner of Inuit tattooing. This exhibition was the culmination of Niap’s visual exploration of traditional tattoo marks. In conjunction with the opening reception, … Read More
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds Travels to Prince Edward Island
Shuvinai Ashoona’s acclaimed solo exhibition Mapping Worlds is on the road! The show, which saw its first iteration at the Power Plant Contemporary Gallery in Toronto, is currently on view at the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The best of Shuvinai’s oeuvre is on display: fantastical monsters, portraits of people from her community, imagery from … Read More
Opening Reception: Mathew Nuqingaq – Masquerade
For someone well recognized for his “masks”– as in his famous array of wildly imaginative snow goggles – Mathew Nuqingaq proved to be disarmingly forthright about his emotions at the opening of his Masquerade exhibition. The goggles themselves are playful, yet at the same time they display an exceptionally high standard of craftsmanship. Whether working with muskox horn, antler, baleen, … Read More