I didn’t meet Danny Osborne until January of this year. I was on a research trip to Iqaluit and it was my first time in Nunavut. The deep impact that the land has on Osborne’s practice was clear from the moment I set foot in his studio. With a panoramic view out to the frozen sea, the studio’s high walls … Read More
Drawings by Papiara Tukiki
The renaissance in Inuit drawing has been the largest development coming out of the hamlet of Cape Dorset in recent years. Historically the print release was the economic engine of the cooperative, an operation that began in the late 1950s and continues to this day. Drawings were the source for the output of prints that has shaped the artistic product … Read More
Mathew Nuqingaq Drum Dancing
In 2013, artist Mathew Nuqingaq travelled to Toronto from his hometown of Iqaluit, Nunavut to join us in celebrating the one year anniversary of Feheley Fine Arts in our new location at 65 George Street, Toronto. Nuqingaq is an artist, renowned as a jeweller, sculptor, photographer, and drum dancer. He founded the Aayuraa Studio in Iqaluit, which provides a space … Read More
Ohotaq Mikkigak: Imagined Landscapes
Ohotaq Mikkigak is of the generation of Inuit artists who grew-up on the land and visited settlements like Cape Dorset for supplies. He fondly remembers the traditional elements of his childhood which gave him a close connection to his cultural ancestry. In 1958, after meeting his wife Qaunaq, a graphic artist, sculptor and throat singer, in Nuvukjuac, they were married … Read More
Shuvinai Ashoona: Shuvinai’s World(s)
From her earliest works, the art of Shuvinai Ashoona has been informed by the influences of community, history and personal experience, and the spiritual connections made through memory, story and fantasy. Over time, the emerging field against which these influences played out has been the rock strewn shore of Cape Dorset, which for millennia has edged and interacted with its … Read More
Tanya Tagaq: Sight and Sound
Feheley Fine Arts is pleased to present a solo exhibition of recent paintings by Tanya Tagaq at their Toronto gallery. This is the first such exhibition for this well-known Inuit singer. We are also pleased to announce a special performance by Tanya Tagaq in the gallery, Saturday June 16 at 4pm. Tanya Tagaq was born and raised in Cambridge Bay, … Read More
Reception for Jutai Toonoo: Body Contemplation
Feheley Fine Arts held the exhibition Jutai Toonoo: Body Contemplation from April 21 – May 12, 2012. The show featured drawings by Kinngait artist Jutai Toonoo (1959–2015) completed in the oil pastel medium, as well as a number of stone sculptures. Works in the show centred on the theme of the human body and portraiture. The artist travelled from his … Read More
The Aayuraa Studio – Jewellery and Metalwork by Mathew Nuqingaq
In 2016, artist Mathew Nuqingaq founded the Aayuraa Studios in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Nuqingaq is a world-renowned jeweller who opened the studio as a place for Inuit metalsmiths to create. It has since hosted jewellers like Dan Wade and Barbara Akoak, and is known as a warm and welcoming space for artists, and a site for innovation in Inuit jewellery designs. … Read More
Marie Bouchard Talks about The Bouchard Collection
In 1986, Marie Bouchard and her husband, Jim McLeod, moved to Baker Lake from Winnipeg. By the late 1980s, the first generation textile artists – including Marion Tuu’luq, Ruth Qaulluaryuk, Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq and Mary Kuutsiq – lacked the necessary supplies and support to create work. Over the next decade, Bouchard provided encouragement, supplies, financial support and marketing assistance, resulting in … Read More
Jutai Toonoo: Body Contemplation
All of Jutai Toonoo’s drawings seem deeply personal. Described by William Ritchie, manager of the Kinngait Studios, Toonoo’s process is an “explosion of emotion… a fit of anger or joy.” At the same time, this volatility is “balanced by his spectacular work. He’s got an incredible eye and an incredible use of colour. He’ll dive into any new medium.” His … Read More
The Bouchard Collection: Wall-hangings from Baker Lake
In 1985, Marie Bouchard completed research in Baker Lake for her collaboration on a major retrospective of the work of noted graphic artist, Jessie Oonark. This research led Marie to an awareness of the superb tradition of the creation of wall hangings which, in Baker Lake, stemmed back to the 1960’s. In 1986, Marie Bouchard and her husband, Jim McLeod, … Read More
DORSET NOW – Feheley Fine Arts Reopening Show at 65 George Street.
After moving to our new gallery location at 65 George Street, Toronto, Feheley Fine Arts held an inaugural reopening exhibition. The group exhibition was called Dorset Now, and ran from February 21 – March 24, 2012. It featured works of contemporary Inuit drawings by the leading artists of the Kinngait Studios, including Shuvinai Ashoona, Itee Pootoogook, Tim Pitsiulak, Jutai Toonoo, … Read More