In July 2023, Feheley Fine Arts was invited by the Canadian Consulate General in Detroit to present an exhibition of contemporary Canadian Inuit art in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was a pleasure to have artists Gayle Kabloona (recently short-listed for the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial award) and Michael Massie come along with us for the event. The two presented an artist … Read More
Post-Fair: Plural 2023
We are back from this year’s Plural contemporary art fair (formerly Papier) and are feeling better than ever. It was great to return to the Grand Quay in the art-loving city of Montreal. The newly renamed art fair featured an impressive lineup of galleries from across Canada, including fresh faces from Vancouver and Halifax. Witnessing the fair’s growth over the … Read More
Feheley at Outsider Art Fair in New York
Feheley Fine Arts is proud to announce our participation in the Outsider Art Fair in New York City (March 2 – 5, 2023). The Outsider Art Fair has appeared annually in both New York City and Paris since 1993, exhibiting galleries that show artists not formally trained or who are practicing their art outside of convention. The Outsider Art movement … Read More
Niap’s Artwork Acquisition by the AGO
We’re thrilled to share that the Art Gallery of Ontario has acquired Niap‘s spectacular textile piece Piqutiapiit at this year’s Art Toronto. With funds from the AGO’s Department of Indigenous and Canadian Art, Piqutiapiit was acquired alongside seven contemporary works by Mi’kmaq artist Ursula Johnson, and Inuvialuk artist and curator Kablusiak. “The three artists we have purchased at this … Read More
Art Toronto 2022 Recap
We can hardly believe Art Toronto 2022 has already come and gone! While last year’s fair was smaller in scale, this year The Metro Toronto Convention Centre was alive with a full host of galleries from across Canada and internationally.This year, our booth featurednew contemporary drawings by Kinngait artists Quvianaqtuk Pudlat, Qavavau Manumie, Shuvinai Ashoona, Saimaiyu Akesuk, Ooloosie Saila, Johnny … 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
Post-Fair: Art Toronto 2020
This year, Art Toronto looked a little bit different. Like many large-scale events of 2020, Toronto’s annual and much-anticipated art fair went virtual for the first time ever. While adapting to a new digital platform was daunting at first, we were encouraged to think outside of the box in order to bring the best of our “booth” to fairgoers. In … Read More
Performance by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory
In conjunction with virtual Art Toronto 2020, Feheley Fine Arts was pleased to present a live performance by multi-disciplinary artist Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory. Joining us via Zoom live from her home in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Williamson Bathory’s spectacular performance was a mix of uaajeerneq (Greenlandic mask dance), spoken word, and visual storytelling. The artist reflected on the present moment and the … Read More
Patricia Feheley talks about “Curiosity” by Shuvinai Ashoona
Shuvinai Ashoona‘s extraordinary large-scale drawing Curiosity includes all of the elements for which the artist is best known. She depicts Kinngait from above where various creatures and absurdly placed animals walk and swim through the community. In signature fashion, Ashoona masterfully merges the real with the imagined: bowhead whales swim through the cemetery behind the Anglican church while tentacle monsters … Read More
Art Toronto 2020
As so many events this year, Art Toronto has gone virtual. We are thrilled to present a group of drawings from the Kinngait Studio artists including Shuvinai Ashoona, Ooloosie Saila, and Ningiukulu Teevee, to name a few. We are also featuring fantastic sculptural and mixed-media works by artists who come from across the Canadian Arctic, including Michael Massie (Nunatsiavut), Mark … Read More
Our Twentieth Year at Art Toronto!
Art Toronto 2019 was one of Feheley’s most exciting yet! This year marked the fair’s twentieth anniversary and our own as an exhibitor, as we were recognized as one of six galleries that have participated since the fair’s inception in 1999. With excitement, we introduced work by two new artists at the fair. Labrador-based sculptor Michael Massie was one of … Read More
PERSPECTIVE: Seattle Art Fair 2019
An art fair is a whirlwind, for visitor and exhibitor alike. Unpacking and building our booth and hanging the art is always a race against. Once the booth is installed and the doors are open, it’s a real joy to make new connections. There’s nothing quite as satisfying as exposing the uninitiated to the depth of Canadian Inuit art. It’s … Read More