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

The AGO Acquires Artwork from Feheley Fine Arts at ART TORONTO

The annual Toronto International Art Fair (Art Toronto) is well underway at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. After hours of installation and a successful opening night gala, Feheley Fine Arts is looking forward to a weekend in Booth 700. For the second year in a row, the Art Gallery of Ontario has purchased artwork from Feheley Fine Arts. Last year, … Read More

Reception for Jutai Toonoo: Body Contemplation

Feheley Fine Arts held the exhibition Jutai Toonoo: Body Contemplation from April 21 – May 12, 2012. The show featured drawings by Kinngait artist Jutai Toonoo (1959–2015) completed in the oil pastel medium, as well as a number of stone sculptures. Works in the show centred on the theme of the human body and portraiture. The artist travelled from his … Read More

Jutai Toonoo: Body Contemplation

(Digitized catalogue below) All of Jutai Toonoo’s drawings seem deeply personal. Described by William Ritchie, manager of the Kinngait Studios, Toonoo’s process is an “explosion of emotion… a fit of anger or joy.” At the same time, this volatility is “balanced by his spectacular work. He’s got an incredible eye and an incredible use of colour. He’ll dive into any … Read More

DORSET NOW – Feheley Fine Arts Reopening Show at 65 George Street.

After moving to our new gallery location at 65 George Street, Toronto, Feheley Fine Arts held an inaugural reopening exhibition. The group exhibition was called Dorset Now, and ran from February 21 – March 24, 2012. It featured works of contemporary Inuit drawings by the leading artists of the Kinngait Studios, including Shuvinai Ashoona, Itee Pootoogook, Tim Pitsiulak, Jutai Toonoo, … Read More

Breaking Ground: New Oil Stick Drawings from Cape Dorset

This exhibition “breaks ground” in a number of ways. First, the medium of oil stick is still a very recent innovation for Inuit artists. It was introduced in Cape Dorset in the late 1990s by Montreal-based artist Ludmilla (Mewa) Armata, who coaxed some remarkable work from senior artists such as Mayureak Ashoona and Sheojuk Etidlooie. The materials remained in the … Read More