In December 2021 we were thrilled to announce Patricia Feheley, C.M. as a new appointee to the Order of Canada – one of the country’s highest civilian honours. Pat was recognized for her long-standing contributions to the Canadian art scene, particularly her promotion of Inuit art and culture. Pat has been involved with Inuit art since childhood. She visited Kinngait, … Read More
Sikhirtya: Figures from Siberia
Feheley Fine Arts is pleased to present a compelling collection of small sculptures called Sikhirtya (little people) by Nenets artist Evgeniy Salinder. Like Inuit, Nenets are people of the circumpolar north (northwestern Siberia) known for excelling in harsh conditions. The sculptures, standing between two to four inches tall, represent the “little people” from Nenets cultural stories – small, supernatural beings … Read More
The Etching and Aquatint Print
Paul Machnik and his world-renowned Montreal-based print atelier, Studio PM, began collaborating with the Kinngait Studios artists more than twenty-five years ago. The introduction of the etching and aquatint technique was game changing, rejuvenating the monochromatic etching medium which artists had dabbled with in the early 1960s and again in the 1970s. The difference between the early etchings and Machnik’s … Read More
Oscar Cahén’s Chess Set
Oscar Cahén was born in 1916 to a Jewish-German family. At the age of sixteen he was granted acceptance into Dresden’s State Academy for Applied Arts [1]. It was 1932. Hitler came to power one year later precipitating the onset of the Second World War. Cahén and his family were forced to flee Germany after being robbed of their citizenships. … Read More
The Ivujivik Collective
Beginning in October 2020, a collective of four artists living in Ivujivik, Nunavik undertook a major printmaking project. Over a number of months, artists Qumaq Iyaituk, Passa Mangiuk, Louisa Kanarjuak, and Lyne Bastien worked in tandem to each create several series of monoprints that were individual to each artist, yet when viewed together, represent a cohesive whole and a collective … Read More
A Conversation on Oscar Cahén with Sarah Milroy, David Urban and Gina Rorai
In conjunction with the opening of Discovering Oscar Cahén: The Warrior, Feheley Fine Arts and TrépanierBaer were thrilled to host an in-person talk between Sarah Milroy, David Urban and Gina Rorai. In this conversation, Milroy (Chief Curator, McMichael Canadian Art Collection) invites Urban and Rorai to respond to Oscar Cahén’s paintings including The Warrior (1956) from their own perspectives as … Read More
Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory Wins 2021 Sobey Art Award
Congratulations to Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory on winning the 2021 Sobey Art Award! The $100,000 prize is among the most prestigious in Canadian art, awarded annually to an exceptional emerging artist. Williamson Bathory is a kalaaleq (Greenlandic Inuk) performance artist, poet, actor, storyteller and writer based in Iqaluit, Nunavut. She is known for performing uaajeerneq, a Greenlandic mask dance that involves … Read More
Discovering Oscar Cahén: The Warrior
In an exciting collaborative first, Feheley Fine Arts and TrépanierBaer Gallery are thrilled to present the exhibition Discovering Oscar Cahén: The Warrior opening November 13, 2021 at Centre Space (located inside Feheley Fine Arts) in Toronto. The exhibition features an extraordinary selection of Cahén’s paintings and works on paper, some of which have not been exhibited in a commercial gallery … Read More
Panel Talk: Oscar Cahén
In conjunction with the exhibition Discovering Oscar Cahén: The Warrior, Feheley Fine Arts and TrépanierBaer were pleased to present a panel talk on the life and work of Canadian abstract painter and illustrator, Oscar Cahén. Panelists included Sara Angel, Founder and Executive Director, Art Canada Institute; Jaleen Grove, Author, Oscar Cahén: Life & Work; Robert Enright, Contributing Editor, Border Crossings … Read More
Post-Fair: Art Toronto 2021
It was so good to be back at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for the 2021 iteration of Art Toronto. Half the size but double the fun, this year’s Feheley Fine Arts booth featured new drawings by Kinngait artists Shuvinai Ashoona, Saimaiyu Akesuk, Ooloosie Saila, Ningiukulu Teevee, and Qavavau Manumie. Paintings on canvas were also featured. Two were by Tuktoyaktuk-born … Read More
Oscar Cahén: The Illustrator
Prior to his founding of the Painters Eleven in 1953, Oscar Cahén made a name for himself by designing and illustrating covers for magazines and newspapers in Europe, Canada, and the United States. Immersed in the world of news publications and journalism through his father Fritz Max Cahén, an art history professor and later, a correspondent for the German newspaper … Read More
Shuvinai Ashoona: Kinngait Visions
(Digitized catalogue below) After a nationwide touring solo exhibition, a feature in the Berlin Biennial, winning the Gershon Iskowitz Prize, and a subsequent retrospective at the Art Gallery of Ontario; Feheley Fine Arts is pleased to present an exhibition of stellar new drawings by Shuvinai Ashoona. Aptly titled Kinngait Visions, the exhibition brings together twenty-two recent works by the artist … Read More