This October marked our 17th year participating in Art Toronto, and what a year it was! Our booth featured work by Annie Pootoogook, Jutai Toonoo, Padloo Samayualie, Shuvinai Ashoona, Ningeokuluk Teevee and emerging artist Pauojoungie Saggiak. We also featured Tim Pitsiulak‘s new Iceberg series. His drawings were in a parallel show at our gallery entitled ICE. For the 5th time, … Read More
Tim Pitsiulak’s solo exhibition at Feheley Fine Arts
It was with great enthusiasm that Feheley Fine Arts held the opening of Kimmirut-born artist Tim Pitsiulak’s latest exhibition of drawings, marking the artist’s fourth solo show at the gallery. The bustling event featured a talk from Andrew Hunter, Fredrik S. Eaton Curator of Canadian Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario. As a friend of the artist, Andrew has … Read More
Tim Pitsiulak: South Baffin Way
(Digitized catalogue below) Over the last decade, Tim Pitsiulak has become one of the most sought-after contemporary Inuit artists. Born in Kimmirut but now residing in Cape Dorset, he currently divides his time between drawing in Kinngait Studios and spending time on the land, which he refers to as ‘his office’. A skilled hunter, he provides food for his family … Read More
Fifteen Years: A Snapshot of Kinngait Drawing (2000-2015)
First Generation Drawing on paper was initially introduced in Cape Dorset in the late 1950s, to produce images that could later be used for prints. However, approaching the twenty-first century, a number of elders embraced the idea of drawing as a finished art form, rather than as a step in the printmaking process. Among these artists were Kananginak Pootoogook, Kenojuak … 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
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
Art Toronto: “Feheley Fine Arts’ Salon Hang of Contemporary Inuit Work Took the Cake.”
It was a successful and busy weekend for Feheley Fine Arts at Art Toronto 2013. We were very fortunate for our booth to be a stopping point for multiple Art Toronto tours. Additionally, we were happy to have artist Tim Pitsiulak present to be able to discuss his large-scale drawings that bordered each end of the Feheley Fine Arts booth. … 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
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