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’s True North
Kinngait artist Napachie Pootoogook’s retrospective exhibition, True North, is under way! Last weekend, Feheley Fine Arts held a talk with curator Leslie Boyd, who discussed the impact of Pootoogook’s work on contemporary artists. She described Pootoogook’s role as a storyteller, and how she documented her personal experiences and memories in her artwork. Originally from the Qikiqtaaluk region of Nunavut, Pootoogook began … Read More
Napachie Pootoogook: True North
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. It is a … Read More
Windows on Kinngait: The Drawings of Napachie Pootoogook and Annie Pootoogook
Napachie Pootoogook This exhibition presents a very special body of work by the Cape Dorset graphic artist, Napachie Pootoogook (1938 — 2002). Late in her life, and motivated in part by her failing health, Napachie decided to tell the stories of her life and times: her local history, her personal experience and the stories of other people and events — … Read More
3 Cousins: Annie Pootoogook, Shuvinai Ashoona, Siassie Kenneally
Three artists share their view of the world through original drawings of land, food, dwellings, family, friends and celebrations. They find inspiration in their own experiences and environments, be it the North and their home community of Cape Dorset on Baffin Island, or travelling abroad and documenting the adventure. Annie Pootoogook, Shuvinai Ashoona, and Siassie Kenneally come from a family … Read More
Moving Forward: Works on Paper by Annie Pootoogook
Feheley Fine Arts is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of works on paper by Annie Pootoogook. Born in 1969, Annie is an emerging artist who only began drawing in 1997. She is inspired by the detailed graphics of her uncle, Kananginak Pootoogook, and remembers fondly her grandmother, Pitseolak Ashoona. Her mother, Napachie Pootoogook, was another strong artistic influence, … Read More
