Tim Pitsiulak “Looking Back, Looking Forward” Opening Reception

Feheley Fine Arts opened the exhibition Tim Pitsiulak: Looking Back, Looking Forward in Fall 2013 which featured extraordinary large-scale drawings by Pitsiulak. The body of work provided an original perspective on Inuit stories while also representing the northern wildlife and environment. Sarah Milroy joined Pitsiulak at the opening reception where the two discussed Pitsiulak’s life as a hunter-artist and later … Read More

Tim Pitsiulak’s “Looking Back, Looking Forward”

Feheley Fine Arts was packed with attendees for the opening reception of Tim Pitsiulak‘s latest exhibition, “Looking Back, Looking Forward.” The highly successful opening was enhanced by having the artist’s warm presence in the gallery; the crowd was captivated by Tim Pitsiulak and Sarah Milroy’s thoughtful opening remarks, conversation, and entertaining question and answer period. Our illustrated catalogue “Looking Back, Looking Forward,” featuring Sarah Milroy’s … Read More

Tim Pitsiulak: Looking Back – Looking Forward

(Digitized catalogue below) A new exhibition of work by Cape Dorset artist Tim Pitsiulak is an occasion for learning: learning more about life in Canada’s high arctic, and learning more about the developing talent of one of the north’s finest artists.  His pictures of life in the arctic record the environment and the way of life he loves, bringing us … Read More

Tim Pitsiulak Exhibition Opening Saturday

After a weekend of wonderful events involving Tim Pitsiulak, emerging as a major talent on the Canadian contemporary art landscape, at both Art Toronto and the VIP brunch in our gallery, we are now preparing for the opening this Saturday of our third major solo exhibition by this talented artist. Tim Pitsiulak won new friends and admirers at Art Toronto … 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

Another Successful Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection Release

The Hand of the Artist and the Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection are officially on the walls of Centre Space at Feheley Fine Arts. Some visitors arrived at 65 George St. as early as 6:30AM in hopes of getting first pick of the prints. As expected, some of the most prominent prints, such as Saimaiyu Akesuk‘s ‘Tender Moment,’ Ningeokuluk Teevee‘s … Read More

The Hand of the Artist

The history of drawing in Cape Dorset is a long one, reaching back to the late 1950’s when the fledgling artist co-operative was experimenting with the creation of fine art prints.   Jim and Alma Houston, and subsequently Terry Ryan, encouraged those who were coming into the settlement to make drawings. They supplied the materials.  Some, like Kenojuak Ashevak, took to … Read More

Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection at Feheley: “The Hand of the Artist”

Feheley Fine Arts is proud to announce the release of the Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection. A tradition since 1959, the collection includes lithographs, etchings and stonecuts from eleven different artists. This annual event receives a large amount of attention from art collectors because no more than fifty editions of each print are created; every year, the release is met with … Read More

Itee Pootoogook’s “Itee’s Kinngait” Has Left the Building

Itee Pootoogook‘s most recent exhibition “Itee’s Kinngait” at Feheley Fine Arts, was a great success! Despite the opening being on a wet and gloomy Saturday afternoon, there was a large turnout to view Itee’s most recent contemporary landscapes. The opening remarks, given by writer Sarah Milroy, captivated the group and were followed by an question-and-answer period with the artist. Watch the … Read More

Itee Pootoogook: Itee’s Kinngait

(Digitized catalogue below) In 1972 the National Film Board of Canada established an animation workshop in the unlikeliest of places: Cape Dorset. Just over eight minutes into the workshop’s lauded first release, Animation from Cape Dorset (1973), a hand-written title card announces a segment entitled, “New photos by Itee Pootoogook and directed by same person.”[1] Pootoogook was then in his … Read More

Opening Soon: Itee Pootogook’s “Itee’s Kinngait”

Feheley Fine Arts is proud to host Toronto’s return of artist Itee Pootoogook with his most recent solo exhibition, Itee’s Kinngait. The exhibition directly relates to the Cape Dorset region where Itee resides, and it is evident that the northern landscape and his local community significantly influenced his bright and colourful drawings. Itee Pootoogook has a long history with Feheley … Read More