Nicotye Samayualie is part of the younger generation of artists in Cape Dorset. In addition to being an artist and a devoted mother, she is has studied art education, and has worked in social services and military recruitment. Samayualie’s drawings reflect her life and personality, while her thoughtful details and individual graphic style demonstrate a contemporary edge. Her landscapes, although … Read More
Lucy Tasseor: I Turn to Stone
(Digitized catalogue below) Foreword John Vincett Collecting has to be one of the more benign mental conditions. Often we are not quite sure how it starts; but we find ourselves in its powerful and magnetic grip. If a radio dial welded to the CBC can teach us about the country, then surely a pursuit of literature and other tangible forms … Read More
A New Perspective
(Digitized catalogue below) Since 2001, Feheley Fine Arts has introduced and provided continued exposure to the exciting new works by graphic artists in the drawings studio of the Cape Dorset Co-operative. Also known as the Kinngait Studios, it has nurtured and encouraged artists who are now recognized as international talents, including Annie Pootogook, Shuvinai Ashoona, Jutai Toonoo, Itee Pootoogook, Tim … Read More
Shuvinai Ashoona: Woven Thoughts
Shuvinai Ashoona, from Cape Dorset, Nunavut, is one of the few Inuit artists working today that has successfully managed to bridge the worlds of Inuit art with the imaginations of contemporary art lovers. Her drawings have been seen internationally in large group exhibitions, most recently in SITElines Santa Fe: Unsettled Landscapes. Shuvinai’s ability to capture the contemporary zeitgeist with delightful … Read More
Kenojuak Ashevak: A Retrospective
On January 8, 2013, Kenojuak Ashevak passed away at the age of 85. Both nationally and internationally, she remains known and respected as one of the greatest Canadian artists of the 20th and 21st century. From her first drawings, done in the late 1950’s, to those completed shortly before her death, she has dazzled audiences with her joyous and brilliant … Read More
Kenojuak Cultural Centre and Print Shop
In 2018, The Kenojuak Cultural Centre and Print Shop (KCC) officially opened in Kinngait (Cape Dorset). The 10,400 square foot facilities include a brand new studio space for artists, as well as a multi-functional gathering and exhibition space. The centre was named after renowned graphic artist Kenojuak Ashevak, and now serves as an art-making space for the current generation of … Read More
Napachie Pootoogook “True North” Exhibition
Feheley Fine Arts held the exhibition Napachie Pootoogook: True North in May 2014. The exhibition featured a fantastic selection of black ink pen drawings by Kinngait artist Napachie Pootoogook (1938–2002), completed in the mid-1990s. Napachie was the mother of artist Annie Pootoogook and her artistic influence became wonderfully evident in these particular drawings. On May 3, 2014, the gallery hosted … Read More
Napachie Pootoogook: True North
(Digitized catalogue below) These are the final drawings of Napachie Pootoogook (1938 – 2002). They are part of a larger body of work that was first exhibited at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) in the spring of 2004, and the following year at the National Gallery of Canada. This exhibition, True North, marks the 10th anniversary of the Winnipeg opening. … Read More
Jutai Toonoo: Still Life
(Digitized catalogue below) “I was thinking of still life painting. I looked at the objects in my house and in the studio and outside and used them as inspiration. Some were taken from my sketchbooks. When I would find the subject outside, I would borrow a camera, take a picture and work from that. Some I arranged to create the … Read More
Daniel Shimout: In the Old Days
Born in Coral Harbour in 1972, Daniel Shimout has been carving since his teenage years, following in the footsteps of his artist father and brothers. Shimout strives to take risks and create variety in his art. This is accomplished by incorporating multiple forms of media into his works, including whalebone, ivory, antler, and stone, some of which he has found … Read More
Tim Pitsiulak “Looking Back, Looking Forward” Opening Reception
Feheley Fine Arts opened the exhibition Tim Pitsiulak: Looking Back, Looking Forward in Fall 2013 which featured extraordinary large-scale drawings by Pitsiulak. The body of work provided an original perspective on Inuit stories while also representing the northern wildlife and environment. Sarah Milroy joined Pitsiulak at the opening reception where the two discussed Pitsiulak’s life as a hunter-artist and later … Read More
Marcel Dzama: Waiting for the Man
(Digitized catalogue below) The Great Watcher I was weaving a tapestry containing the maze of this city and the palace, and I sent a swift-footed ragazzo to lose himself in it, until he found you. I understood that the tapestry would bring me another lover. It doesn’t matter, that is how it always happens: truth begins or ends by evaporating. … Read More