Exhibition opened February 24, 2024 Contemporary Drawing in Kinngait, 1995–2015 Drawing holds a long history at the Kinngait Studios. For many artists it served as their introduction to artmaking, as graphite pencil and paper were among the first media available to in the late 1950s and early 1960s. While drawings were purchased by the co-op, they were seldom marketed for … Read More
Exhibition: Contemporary Land – The Birth of Contemporary Drawing in the North
Feheley Fine Arts is thrilled to announce our latest exhibition, featuring the innovative works of Annie Pootoogook, Shuvinai Ashoona, Jutai Toonoo, Itee Pootoogook, Tim Pitsiulak, and Ohotaq Mikkigak. This exhibition includes hand picked works from the John and Joyce Price collection, which includes some of the most coveted works by these artists. Created between the 1990’s to the present day in … Read More
Opening Reception: Rarities / Fusion
Join us at the gallery to celebrate the opening of our double feature exhibitions Rarities: Coveted Cape Dorset Prints and Fusion: Collaborative Drawings from Kinngait. Tune in for an art talk at 3:00 pm with Pat Feheley who will speak on the longstanding practice of collaboration at the Kinngait Studios, in both printmaking and drawing. About “Rarities: Coveted Cape Dorset … Read More
Exhibition: Rarities – Coveted Cape Dorset Prints
We are pleased to present a hand-picked selection of sold out prints from the Cape Dorset Annual Print Collections. These coveted graphics represent some of the best of Inuit printmaking, celebrating 63 years of the incredible innovation and creativity that propelled the art-form to international recognition. Highlights include works by Annie Pootoogook, Sheojuk Etidlooie, Qavavau Manumie and many more.
Patricia Feheley, C.M.
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
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
Shuvinai Ashoona: Kinngait Visions
Exhibition opened October 23, 2021 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 … Read More
A brief history of Kinngait printmaking
The world-renowned Kinngait Studios has welcomed experimentation and innovation in printmaking for over six decades. Many may be familiar with the story of its infancy, featuring Southern artist James Houston and his wife Alma, who were sent North by the Canadian government in the 1950s to establish an arts and crafts program in Kinngait. But the stars of this story … Read More
Themes in Inuit art: Mother and child
We’re overjoyed that our own Elyse recently welcomed a baby girl into the world! In honour of the new mom and baby, we decided to take a look at one of the most common subjects depicted in Inuit art—the Mother and Child. From early sculptures of Inuk mothers cradling children or keeping babies warm in their hoods, to the many … Read More
Artists
Selected Artists Feheley Fine Arts is proud to represent a roster of exclusively Inuit artists from each of the emerging, mid, and established career levels. Our artists are based in both the North and South, coming from various communities across the Canadian Arctic including Kinngait (Cape Dorset) and Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake), as well as cities in the South—from Vancouver to … Read More
60/60: Sixty Years of printmaking in the Kinngait Studios
Exhibition opened October 12, 2019 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 … Read More