(Digitized catalogue below) Foreword John Vincett Collecting has to be one of the more benign mental conditions. Often we are not quite sure how it starts; but we find ourselves in its powerful and magnetic grip. If a radio dial welded to the CBC can teach us about the country, then surely a pursuit of literature and other tangible forms … Read More
A New Perspective – Siassie Kenneally
Siassie Kenneally was featured in Feheley Fine Arts‘ most recent exhibition of drawings, A New Perspective, which was dedicated to exciting emerging artists from Cape Dorset. We were fortunate enough to have a visit from Siassie last week. We chatted about her drawings and her adventures in Toronto – she has already been to the Toronto Zoo and apple picking. … Read More
A New Perspective
(Digitized catalogue below) Since 2001, Feheley Fine Arts has introduced and provided continued exposure to the exciting new works by graphic artists in the drawings studio of the Cape Dorset Co-operative. Also known as the Kinngait Studios, it has nurtured and encouraged artists who are now recognized as international talents, including Annie Pootogook, Shuvinai Ashoona, Jutai Toonoo, Itee Pootoogook, Tim … Read More
Art Toronto 2014
This year marks the fifteenth consecutive year of Feheley Fine Arts‘ participation in Art Toronto, since its inauguration in 2000. Last year, David Balzer wrote the following for the Canadian Art website. “The best contemporary drawing in Canada is coming out of Cape Dorset, and at Feheley Fine Arts’ booth you will find a fine cross-section of established and emerging … Read More
Napachie Pootoogook “True North” Exhibition
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
(Digitized catalogue below) 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. … Read More
“Still Life”: Jutai Toonoo’s Artist Talk
On Saturday, April 5, Feheley Fine Arts hosted an artist talk with Jutai Toonoo to discuss his latest exhibition of still life images. The intimate conversation included stories about the origins of many of Toonoo’s drawings, his experiences, and how the news and social issues within the northern community have served as inspiration for his artwork. Toonoo’s drawings often involve … Read More
Jutai Toonoo: Still Life
(Digitized catalogue below) “I was thinking of still life painting. I looked at the objects in my house and in the studio and outside and used them as inspiration. Some were taken from my sketchbooks. When I would find the subject outside, I would borrow a camera, take a picture and work from that. Some I arranged to create the … Read More
Passing of Itee Pootoogook
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Inuit artist and our dear friend, Itee Pootoogook. He died in Iqaluit on Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 at the age of 63 after a long struggle with cancer. He will be dearly missed. Pootoogook was born in Kimmirut (formerly Lake Harbour) on southern Baffin Island in 1951, and … Read More
Daniel Shimout: In the Old Days
Born in Coral Harbour in 1972, Daniel Shimout has been carving since his teenage years, following in the footsteps of his artist father and brothers. Shimout strives to take risks and create variety in his art. This is accomplished by incorporating multiple forms of media into his works, including whalebone, ivory, antler, and stone, some of which he has found … Read More
Daniel Shimout’s first solo exhibition starts Saturday
Beginning Saturday, February 15th, Daniel Shimout‘s first solo exhibition, In the Old Days, will be at Feheley Fine Arts. Shimout was born into a family of artists, and has lived his whole life in Salliq (Coal Harbour), NU. He began carving in his teenage years, and learned by observing his father, Anakudlak Shimout, and his older brother Matthew. Heavily influenced … Read More