This blog comes from a two-part series from guest writer, Edd Guarino. Edd is an established contemporary art collector, specializing in Native American and Inuit Art. For art lovers and collectors worldwide, Kenojuak Ashevak’s prints are the face of both Inuit and contemporary Canadian art. Though famous for her prints, Kenojuak produced art in a variety of other media such … Read More
Kenojuak Ashevak: A Collector’s View
Even when she was well into her eighties, Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak (usually simply referred to as Kenojuak) continued to produce powerful images that were always fresh and surprising. Her unique vision made her one of Canada’s most important contemporary artists whose work is sought after by museums and collectors worldwide. Her body of work ranges from highly stylized representational … Read More
Patricia Feheley talks about “Rarities & Fusion”
In May 2023 the gallery was thrilled to present a double-feature exhibition event showcasing two stellar shows: Rarities – Coveted Cape Dorset prints; and Fusion – Collaborative Drawings. At the opening reception on May 27, Pat Feheley spoke on the importance of collaboration at the Kinngait Studios and its integral existence since the very first printmaking experiments in the late … Read More
Pitseolak Qimirpik: Whimsy
Pitseolak Qimirpik’s work is whimsical. Known best for his sculptural practice which he began at thirteen years old under his father, Kellypalik Qimirpik (1948–2017), Qimirpik’s subjects are notable for their playful and humorous energy. In this exhibition of new work, Feheley Fine Arts is excited to present a selection of the artist’s sculptures in conjunction with his coloured pencil drawings. … Read More
Fusion: Collaborative Drawings
The notion of collaboration has existed at the Kinngait Studios since its inception. In the late 1950s, the concept of printmaking was introduced involving two players—artist and printer—to work in tandem to produce a graphic. Fast forward to 2022: Johnny Pootoogook, Shuvinai Ashoona, and Quvianaqtuk Pudlat each collaborate on a single drawn composition titled Head of a Wolf —the result … Read More
Rarities: Coveted Cape Dorset Prints
Where were you in 1962 when Parr’s compelling stonecut Man and Whale was released in the Annual Cape Dorset Print Collection? Would anyone then have predicted that the young co-operative art studio in a small Arctic hamlet would go on to become the longest continuously-running print studio in Canada? Today, prints from the annual collections sit in private and public … Read More
Saimaiyu Akesuk: Radiant
“I used to doodle when I went to Arctic College and Ningiukulu Teevee was encouraging me to draw. In fact, she took a doodle I did to the co-op to show them that I was drawing. When I started, I sometimes thought my grandfather [Latcholassie Akesuk] was helping me because when I could not decide what to draw, I would … Read More
Graphite: Early Drawings from Kinngait
Thirty years ago, almost to the day, the seminal exhibition Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings opened at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario. Curated by Susan Gustavison and Jean Blodgett, the show marked the first public exhibition that placed a focus on the early graphite drawings of the late-1950s and early-1960s. Blodgett explained that the “strange scenes” … Read More
Johnny Pootoogook: Nocturne
Amid the quiet darkness of evening or night, light finds its way through. It illuminates the green exterior wall of the Peter Pitseolak High School, and glows through the windows of buildings near the Water Point Area. It also naturally occurs in the aurora borealis as a green or blue glow dancing across the sky. These subtle instances of luminescence … 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
Quvianaqtuk Pudlat: Experimentals
Deviating from his coloured pencil and ink drawings, this special presentation of a new series by Quvianaqtuk Pudlat features, for the first time, brush drawings completed in ink. Through this new medium, Pudlat transforms his usually naturalistic and meticulously drawn images of Arctic wildlife into abstract and expressive compositions. His black ink images are set boldly against iridescent backgrounds of … Read More
Twelve by Twelve
We are pleased to present the group exhibition Twelve by Twelve, featuring 12 stellar works by 12 great Inuit artists. Expertly selected by Pat Feheley herself, these works represent the breadth and diversity in style and subject presented by artists from the Canadian North. Artists in the show come primarily from Kinngait, Nunavut, with the exception of Niap who was … Read More