(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
Shuvinai Ashoona’s Woven Thoughts at Feheley Fine Arts
Feheley Fine Arts is proud to present a new solo exhibition of recent drawings by Shuvinai Ashoona. Curated by Nancy Campbell, Woven Thoughts is drawn in the artist’s characteristic style, and features images that combine the real and the imaginative worlds of Shuvinai Ashoona. The artist’s work is continuously gaining momentum and exposure; her artwork has been exhibited alongside the … Read More
Shuvinai Ashoona: Woven Thoughts
Shuvinai Ashoona, from Cape Dorset, Nunavut, is one of the few Inuit artists working today that has successfully managed to bridge the worlds of Inuit art with the imaginations of contemporary art lovers. Her drawings have been seen internationally in large group exhibitions, most recently in SITElines Santa Fe: Unsettled Landscapes. Shuvinai’s ability to capture the contemporary zeitgeist with delightful … Read More
Kenojuak Ashevak: A Retrospective
On January 8, 2013, Kenojuak Ashevak passed away at the age of 85. Both nationally and internationally, she remains known and respected as one of the greatest Canadian artists of the 20th and 21st century. From her first drawings, done in the late 1950’s, to those completed shortly before her death, she has dazzled audiences with her joyous and brilliant … Read More
Kenojuak Ashevak’s Upcoming Exhibition
Feheley Fine Arts is happy to present the long-awaited retrospective exhibition of Kenojuak Ashevak‘s works, including sculpture, prints, and drawings spanning her fifty-year artistic career. Since she began her practice in the 1950s, Ashevak experimented with a diverse range of mediums, including etching and engraving, lithography, etching and aquatint, and even glass. She is best known for her graphic and … 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