B. 1911 - 2007
Inoucdjouac, Québec
Johnny Inukpuk began carving in the early 1950's and his sculptures reflected both the austere and loving realities of life.
His work received recognition as part of an exhibition of Inuit art known as The Coronation Exhibition held at Gimpel Fils in London, England in 1953.
In 1978, Inukpuk was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Fine Arts. A prolific artist, he was still carving well into his later years.
Read MoreB. 1922 - 2005
Neeouleeutalik Camp, NT
Osuitok Ipeelee was an artist originally from the Neeouleeutalik Camp. He first learned to carve by watching his father Ohotok and then by experimenting in his teens with carving wood and other found materials. Ipeelee moved to Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU, where he became instrumental in the print and carving programs in the community, creating depictions of Arctic animals as well as humans engaged in traditional activities. Caribou were among his preferred subject matter, crafting their elegant bodies from stone and antler, such as his work Standing Caribou (1985). In 1955, along with Peter Pitseolak, Ipeelee directed a team of craftsmen to carve the official mace for the Council of the Northwest Territories. In 1959, he was also commissioned to create a sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II, which was presented to her upon her visit to Canada that same year.
Read More1935-2015
Baker Lake, Nunavut Territory
Toona Iqalik was born in 1935 near Baker Lake, where he lived and worked for most of his career. With over 40 years of experience carving, he is most recognized for his rounded abstract carvings of people. However, figures such as muskox, birds and bears were also characteristic. His children, Johnny, Louie and Camill are also well known carvers. Since the 1960s, Toona has had numerous exhibitions across North America and the United States as well as in Europe and England.
Read MoreMattiusi Iyaituk is internationally recognized for his unique contemporary approach to carving. Often using multiple materials such as stone, ivory, bone and hair, his carvings are rooted in traditional motifs but expressed through a contemporary lens.
His works are found in many important public collections including the National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario and the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Read MoreB: 1973
Kimmirut, Nunavut
Simeonie Killiktee is a mid-career carver based out of Kimmirut, Nunavut. He learned carving as a boy by watching his father and grandfather. Working mostly with serpentine, Killiktee is known for his stylized depictions of Arctic wildlife that emphasize form and movement.
Read MoreKiakshuk (Keeakshook) was born in 1886 on the south coast of Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin Island), Nunavut. He would move with his family to the Andrew Gordon Bay area east of Cape Dorset (Baffin Island) in the early 1900s. His name has become synonymous with the early prints from Cape Dorset.
Read MoreQavavau Manumie
B. 1958
Cape Dorset
Qavavau Manumie is a well established artist based in Cape Dorset Nunavut. His work can be found in collections around the world including the National gallery of Canada, Museum of Civilization and The McMichael Collection of Canadian Art. His signature style of adding a sense of whimsy and humor to Inuit narratives has separated his work from many other Inuit artists. Qavavau is also a master print-maker. He is involved in carving and inking the stone tablets for the famous annual collection of prints that is released each year. His reputation has taken him around the globe to give demonstrations and teach others the art that he has spent almost four decades perfecting.
Read MoreJonasie Manning
B. 1985
Frobisher Bay
Jonasie Manning is an emerging artist based in Cape Dorset.
A young artist, Manning learned to carve by watching renowned artist Nujaliaq Qimirpik when he visited Cape Dorset.
Read MoreBilly Merkosak is an established Inuit sculptor from Coral Harbour, Nunavut. Merkosak is known for his whale bone carvings that respond to the tradition lifestyle and culture of the Inuit. Their forms are inspired by archaeological artifacts and legends passed down through generations.
Read MoreB. 1929-2008
Kimmirut, Nunavut Territory
Elijan Michael began carving at age 16 and prefers working in stone, ivory and antler.
Read MoreAndy Miki
1918 - 1983
Arviat
Andy Miki's stylized minimal carvings of wildlife are internationally recognized as leading works that helped establish the regional aesthetic of Arviat. Miki, alongside other Arviat artists such as John Pangnark and Lucy Tasseor have influenced the following generations of carvers and made significant and lasting contributions to Canadian Art.
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Originally from Iqaluit, Kakee moved to Cape Dorset in 1993. He began carving at the age of 16 and although he is self-taught, he also learned by watching other carvers, which included His father, Ningeosiak Peter, and his mother, Parnee Peter. Kakee’s grandfather, the late Jamasie Teevee was a well-known graphic artist.
He is also known as Ningeeochiak, Peter
Exhibitions
1991 Inuit Music in Art: Singing & Dancing & Playing, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
1995 Miniaturen, Inuit Galerie, Mannheim, Germany, (brochure)
1997 Stone & Bone, The Inuit Master Carvers of the Canadian Arctic, The North West Company, Sun Valley Center for the Arts & Humanities Ketchum, ID
2010 Arctic Wind III: An Expression of Survival, Coastal Peoples Gallery, Vancouver, BC, (illustrated brochure)
2012 Small Treasures, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
1936 - 2014
Cape Dorset
Sculpture, Drawings, Prints
Ohotaq was born in 1936 and lives in Cape Dorset with his wife Haunak, who is a well-known carver and traditional throat-singer.
Read MoreTony Oqutaq is an emerging artist based out of Kinngait. He is known for his carvings of scenting bears.
Read MoreMathew Oshutsiaq is carver based out of Kinngait, NU.
He comes from a family of artists, with his mother, Omalluk Oshutsiaq and sister, Mary Oshutsiaq, both recognized carvers.
Read MoreB. 1970
Cape Dorset.
Pitseolak Oshutsiaq is an established carver from Cape Dorset and the son of artist Omalluk Oshutsiaq.
Read MoreB. 1946
Gjoa Haven
Andrew Palongayak is a stone and mixed-media sculptor from Gjoa Haven, Nunavut Territory. His wife, Ann Palongayak, and her brother, Ralph Porter, are also artists. Andy carves both animal and human figures, frequently depicting shamans and associated spirits. His carving evokes a sense of considerable strength and solidity.
Read MoreB: 1976
Puvirnituq, QC
Markoosie Papigatok is a well recognized carver based in Kinngait, Nunavut. Papigatok was born in Puvirnituq Nunavuk, Quebec. He learned carving by observing those around him, including his grandfather, Qavaroak Tunnillie, and uncle, Ashevak Tunnillie.
Papigatok’s sculptures have been included in exhibitions throughout Europe, Canada, and the United States. His work is continuously featured in the Canadian Art Gallery in Basel, Switzerland, and can be found in the public collections of the Musee d’art Inuit Brousseau in Quebec City, QC, and the Canada Council Art Bank in Ottawa, ON, among others.
Read MoreTimothy (Tim) Pee has been creating art since he was 15 years old and learned to carve from his family members, which include artists Kananginak Pootoogook, Johnny Pootoogook, and Ashevak Adla. His subject matter of choice to carve is the polar bear. These sculptures have gained Pee significant recognition in recent years and have helped establish him as one of the most skilled carvers on Baffin Island.
Read MoreIsacci Petaulassie
B. 1973
Cape Dorset
Isacie Petaulasie is a mid career artist that has become recognized for his sense of whimsy and technical ability as a carver.
Read MoreB. 1961
Pavinaq’s father, the late Aggeak Petaulassie (1983), was also a carver. His mother, Timangiak, and brothers Qatsiya and Etidlui are artists in Cape Dorset.
“My father used to tell me about carving…I like carving in stone because it is easier to work with.” Pavinaq began carving in the early 1970’s and prefers groupings of birds or walrus, “They are beautiful animals, that’s why.” From an interview with the Inuit Art Section, November, 1994.
Since 1984 the artist’s work has been shown in Vancouver, Toronto, Banff, and San Francisco.
Read MoreUriash Puqiqnak is a world-renown carver. His pieces have helped define the iconic Gjoa Haven style which is known for its playful characters carved out of dark soapstone.
Timila Pitsiulak
Timila’s biological grandmother on his mother’s side was the renowned artist Kenojuak Ashevak. His grandfather on his father’s side was notable Cape Dorset carver, Komoartuk Ashoona. His adopted father Timila was also a well-respected artist.
Young Timila is an avid hunter and lives in cape Dorset with his wife and son.
B. 1975
Gjoa Haven, Nunavut Territory, Canada
Wayne comes from a family of artists, his grandfather (Nelson Takkiruq) is a well known carver of Gjoa Haven, and his grandmother (Mary) does sculpture and wallhangings. His parents Uriash and Lorraine Puqiqnak are both carvers. Lorraine also works on jewellery and crafts.
Read More1938-2002
Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory
Napachie Pootoogook was known both for her prints and, later in her career, for her original drawings. Napachie is known for documenting ancestral stories of camp life and legend. Since the 1960s her work has been a highlight of the Cape Dorset Print Collection. Her work was shaped by her experience as the last of a generation to live 'on the land' in a traditional way.
Read MoreB. 1965
Cape Dorset
Palaya learned how to carve the traditional way - by watching his father. He carved his first two pieces at the age of 12, a bird and a bear. For the past 20 years Palaya has been carving and keeping traditioal stories alive through his work. Stories of transformation and shmanism from his childhood are among Palaya's favourite themes.
Although Palaya views himself as an artist above all else, he is also a "traditionalist with a mission."
"I also see my mission as edicating and teaching others about my culture. Any opportunity I have to travel and give demonstrations and workshops helps contribute to others' apreciation of our art forms." - Palaya Qiatsuq
Read MorePitseolak Qimirpik
B. 1986
Cape Dorset
Pitseolak (Pits) Qimirpik is quickly establishing himself as a leading young artist in the Inuit art market. He is the son of well established carver Kellypalik Qimirpik.
Read MoreLucy Qinnuayuak (1915 - 1982) was a prolific Inuit artist, from Cape Dorset, Nunavut Territory. She is known for illustrations of her favourite theme, birds, depicted singularly or in groups, in various situations and relationships.
Read MoreDavid Ruben
b. 1950
David Ruben is a carver and printmaker from Paulatuk, North West Territories. Rubens was made a member of the Sculptor’s Society of Canada in 2000.
Read MoreB. 1986
Joanie Raggie has an affinity for sculpting animals especially polar bears who he imbues with a whimsical sense of movement.
Read MoreB. 1951, Paulatuk, NWT
Abraham Anghik Ruben is a renowned Canadian artist whos work has been exhibited and celebrated internationally. Inspired by legends, myths, Inuit traditions, and his own lived experiences, Ruben is a master of storytelling through sculpture. Combining aspects of multiple Northern cultures, Ruben's expertly carved sculptures serve as a reflection of his own heritage and family history, both Inuit and Nordic. Ruben recognizes the similarities between these ancient cultures and interprets their stories in new ways through his work.
Thoughout his extensive carrer, Ruben has displayed his work across Canada and the world. His sculptures have been exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC, Rockwell Museum of Western Art NY, the Royal Ontarios Museum, and many other institutions. His work is included in various public and private collections including the National Gallery of Canada, House of Commons of Canada, The Vancouver Art Gallery, and Canadian Embassy in Washington DC.
Read MoreCape Dorset
1939 - 2008
Meekeeseetee is the son of the famous Cape Dorset sculptor Pauta Saila.
Meekeeseetee has been exhibiting for more than 35 years and his work is held in collections accross North America. He is known for his graceful minimalist representations of wildlife, particularly loons.
Read MoreKinngait, NU
1916 - 2009
An innovative carver known especially for developing the dancing bear sculptures, Pauta Saila remains one of the most recognized Inuit carvers to date. Born in Kilaparutua camp on Baffin Island in 1916, Saila learned by watching his father to live on the land as well as how to carve. He remained a hunter throughout his life, and focused his artistic endeavours solely to carving in 1981. Saila also drew images of arctic wildlife and his work was featured in the Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection from 1962-1981. He was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in 2003.
Read MoreB. 1970. Cape Dorset
Etulu Salomonie began his artistic career in 1995. He is influenced by the work of Kellypalik Etidloie and learned to carve sculptures out of local stones from his grandfather.
Read More1972 - 2022
Salliq, NU
Daniel Shimout is an artist based in Salliq (Coral Harbour), NU, where he was born and raised. He has been carving since his teenage years, following in the footsteps of many artists in his family.
Daniel Shimout grew up watching his father, Anakudlak Shimout, carve and learned about the different tools and techniques he used, which influences some of the processes Shimout uses today. Shimout started carving at the young age of 16 and has been carving for over 25 years now.
Read MoreIqaluit, NU
Tommy Takpanie Jr. is a full-time carver from Iqaluit, NU, who is known for his polar bear sculptures. Tommy Sr., his father, is also a carver, as are Tommy Jr.’s siblings Pauloosie, Jamasee, Jackie and Mary.
Takpanie’s father is also known for his polar bears, although he usually depicts them dancing, where Takpanie Jr. shows them in realistic motion. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.
Read MoreToonoo’s parents, Josephee Sharky and Ragee Killiktee, were both carvers, though he credits his grandfather Kuppapik Ragee and his uncle Shorty Killiktee as influences. Toonoo started carving at age ten, began to get serious at thirteen and first exhibited when he was just seventeen. He is regarded as one of the most exciting young carvers to emerge in the Arctic. His themes include dramatic treatments of wildlife, particularly birds, and transformational works that are both powerful and humorous. Recent sculptures feature inlays of different coloured stone and ivory for eyes and other details.
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B. 1972
Arviat
Mary Tutsiutok was born and raised in Arviat. She learned to carve by watching her mother Alice Sakitnak Akammak, and mother-in-law, Lucy (Tasseor) Tutsuitok. Mary carves by hand, without the use of power tools.
Read MoreB. 1934-2012, Nunavut Territory. Lucy Tasseor began making soap stone sculptures in the early 1960s and had a prolific career that lasted more than four decades. The majority of Tasseor’s sculptures portray domestic subjects with people or familial groups represented through clusters of faces.
Read MoreB. 1949-2014
Cape Dorset, Nunavut Territory
Oviloo Tunnillie is the daughter of two artists, Sheojuk and Toonoo Tunnillie. From watching her father carve, she developed an early interest in the practice and completed her first sculpture in 1965. She is one of the only Inuit artists to choose nudes as her subject matter.
Read Moreb. 1983
Nicotye Samayulie is an emerging artist from Cape Dorset who has garnered attention for her playful presentation of common objects including fishing shelves and cooking pots. Her landscapes allow the viewer to glimpse the rugged hills and snowy valleys of the north.
B: 1991
Iqaluit, NU
Ooloosie Saila is an emerging artist working out of Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU. Saila draws landscapes with intricate details as well as prints that feature an energetic combination of colour and patterns. As a child, Ooloosie was inspired to draw through occasional visits to the home of Kenojuak Ashevak. At age 14 she won first prize at her high school drawing contest. She began selling her drawings to the Co-op in 2015 and continues to explore many divers themes and ideas in her work.
Read More1958 - 2019
Cape Dorset, Nunavut Territory
Kudluajuk Ashoona's biological parents were the well-known carvers, Kabubuwa and Tayara Tunnillie. She was adopted by the family of the notable graphic artist, Simeonie Quppapik. Kudluajuk did not seriously begin to make art until 2011. In a rare reversal of influence, she was inspired to draw by her daughter, Nicotye Samayualie. Kudluajuk’s works are very narrative and literal. Her drawings often depict scenes of contemporary family life. Family outings, domestic gatherings and leisure activities are some of her favourite subjects.
Read Moreb. 1946
Mayoreak Ashoona is known for her highly imaginative and brightly coloured graphics and is recognized as a master carver. She has contributed to exhibitions in Canada, Germany and Japan.
She is the partner of noted artist Qaqaq Ashoona and was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy in 2003.
Read MoreShuvinai Ashoona was born in 1961 in Cape Dorset, NU. Her imaginative and evocative drawings take a personal look at complex realities of contemporary Inuit life , histories of traditional spirituality versus organized religion and the influence of North American culture on a population that has experienced a dramatic change of lifestyle and culture in a single generation.
Read MoreB: April 8, 1971
Kinngait, NU
Olooreak Etungat is an adoptive daughter of well-known sculptor Abraham Etungat. Interested in both jewelry making and drawing, Olooreak was inspired to take up drawing after seeing the work of other artists in the community. Her work combines the traditional and the contemporary in sensitive and often unexpected ways.
Killiktee Killiktee comes from a long line of artists starting with his father, Shortie Killiktee. His grandparents on his mother’s side, Kopapik Ragee and Arnirnik Ragee were prominent Cape Dorset artists.
Read MoreQavavau Manumie
B. 1958
Cape Dorset
Qavavau Manumie is a well established artist based in Cape Dorset Nunavut. His work can be found in collections around the world including the National gallery of Canada, Museum of Civilization and The McMichael Collection of Canadian Art. His signature style of adding a sense of whimsy and humor to Inuit narratives has separated his work from many other Inuit artists. Qavavau is also a master print-maker.
Read MoreB.1976
Markusie is a well established artist based in Kinngait, Nunavut. His work has been exhibited in Canada, United States, Germany, and Switzerland.
B. 1967
Cape Dorset, Nunavut
Tim Pitsiulak comes from a family of artists including his aunt, Kenojuak Ashevak, who inspired him to become an artist. The primary influence for many of his realistic drawings is the land of Nunavut and its wildlife.
Read MoreAnnie Pootoogook was born in 1969 in Cape Dorset, Nunavut. She came from a long line of artists and began drawing in 1997. Annie’s drawings reflected her way of life as a contemporary female artist living and working in Canada’s far north. Ranging in expression from the apparently mundane and everyday to the personal and brutally intimate, Annie’s work is well known for her innovative and honest style. Her untimely passing in 2016 was a huge loss to the community of Cape Dorset and the new wave of contemporary Inuit art.
Cee Pootoogook
B: August 1, 1967
Cee Pootoogook is known for his depictions of day to day activities of community life as well as traditional subjects
and wildlife. Initially beginning a career in carving in the 1990s, Cee would later transition to stonecut printing before focusing his attention to drawing full time.
Cee is the eldest son of the late Napachie Pootoogook and Eegyvadluk Pootoogook, and older brother to the well known Cape Dorset contemporary artist, Annie Pootoogook.
Read MoreItee Pootoogook
1951 - 2014
Cape Dorset
A resident of Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Itee Pootoogook belongs to a new generation of Inuit artists who are transforming and reshaping the creative traditions that were successfully pioneered by their parents and grandparents in the second half of the 20th century.
Read More1938-2002
Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory
Napachie Pootoogook was known both for her prints and, later in her career, for her original drawings. Napachie is known for documenting ancestral stories of camp life and legend. Since the 1960s her work has been a highlight of the Cape Dorset Print Collection. Her work was shaped by her experience as the last of a generation to live 'on the land' in a traditional way. Her mother, Pitseolak Ashoona, was a pioneer in the development of Inuit art in the 1950s. Her work influenced both her daughter, Annie Pootoogook, and her niece, Shuvinai Ashoona, to develop successful careers as artists.
Read MoreB. 1979 Victoria, BC Luke Ramsey is recognized internationally for his art and design work. This Powell River-based artist has been featured in exhibitions from L.A. to Berlin. Luke describes his work as, "Organized chaos- a play with paradoxical themes. The content is influenced by a beautifully strange cosmos of organisms and comedy. The approach needs to feel fluid and not forced." Luke's ink on paper works inspire awe from anyone that sees them. They are finely rendered and visually engaging. The amount of detail and work in each piece will draw the viewer in to find an entire imaginary world in each of his creations.
Read Moreb. 1962 -
Kinggait, Nunavut Territory
Quvianaqtuk Putlat’s career as an artist has shifted from carving to drawing over the last decade. His two dimensional work was first shown in the 2017 print collection where his print “Sparring Owls” was selected for the cover. Since that time, we have seen his individual style become more established and it now stands at the forefront of contemporary Inuit art. Quvianiaqtuk has an innate ability to take well established themes and elevate them through a contemporary lens. Images of caribou bring to mind Kananginak Pootoogook, while the epic scale and expressive character of the subjects are reminiscent of Tim Pitsiulak. However, Quvianaqtuk’s drawings are distinct and exceptional, showing his unique voice in the artistic community.
Read MoreB. 1986
Cape Dorset
Pitseolak (Pits) Qimirpik is quickly establishing himself as a leading young artist in the Inuit art market. He is the son of well established carver Kellypalik Qimirpik.
Read MoreIqaluit, Nunavut
After living in various camps throughout Nunavut and settling in Kinngait, Saggiak became exposed to multiple graphic artists at Kinggait Studios. Saggiaks’s highly accomplished work is characterized by bold lines and blocks of ofen heightened colours. Her compositions are distilled to their essence, which showcases an intuitive understanding of the subject matter.
Read MoreB: 1991
Iqaluit, NU
Ooloosie Saila is an emerging artist working out of Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU. Saila draws landscapes with intricate details as well as prints that feature an energetic combination of colour and patterns. As a child, Ooloosie was inspired to draw through occasional visits to the home of Kenojuak Ashevak. At age 14 she won first prize at her high school drawing contest. She began selling her drawings to the Co-op in 2015 and continues to explore many divers themes and ideas in her work.
Read MoreB: December 20, 1998
Kinngait, Nunavut
Susie Seeta Saila was born in Ottawa, Ontario on December 20, 1998. Her parents are Mary Saila and Toonoo Sharky. She has a twin sister, four brothers and another sister, Ooloosie Saila. Susie comes from an artistic family, her father Toonoo Sharky is a well known sculpture and late grandfather Mikisiti Saila was also a sculptor. Her grandmother Sita Saila is also a graphic artist. Susie started to draw in 2018 and was compelled to experiment to see how far would they go. Saila’s drawings of local wildlife and landscapes are full of pattern work and colour. One of Saila’s landscapes was featured on the front cover of Inuit Art Quarterly’s Winter 2021 issue.
Read Moreb. 1983
Nicotye Samayulie is an emerging artist from Cape Dorset who has garnered attention for her playful presentation of common objects including fishing shelves and cooking pots. Her landscapes allow the viewer to glimpse the rugged hills and snowy valleys of the north.
Padloo Samayualie
Kinngait, Nunavut
B. 1977-
Padloo comes from a family of well-known artists, her maternal grandparents being the renowned sculptors, Qababuwa and Taraya Tunnillie. Her grandmother, Keeleemeeoomie Samayualie and her aunt, Elijakota Samayualie both were established artists in drawing and graphic arts.
Padloo has a unique approach to both traditional and contemporary subjects and began drawing seriously while attending a Banff drawing workshop in 2001.
Read MoreNingeokuluk Teevee
B. 1963
Cape Dorset
Since her first prints appeared in the collection in 2004, Ningeokuluk has been one of Kinngait studio’s most celebrated artists. She has a comprehensive knowledge of Inuit legends and a fine sense of design and composition. These elements have made many of her prints highly sought after by collectors. Ningeokuluk has had numerous solo shows of her bold and resplendent drawings and some of her work has been featured in exhibitions in major public galleries and museums.
Read MoreDiana Thorneycroft b. 1956
Diana Thorneycroft is an artist based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She has exhibited internationally, and her work can be found in noteworthy public collections such as the National Gallery of Canada, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of Alberta, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, the Royal Bank of Canada, the Bank of Montreal, and TD Bank. Thorneycroft has won numerous awards, including an Assistance to Visual Arts Long-term Grant from the Canada Council, several Senior Arts Grants from the Manitoba Arts Council and a Fleck Fellowship from the Banff Centre for the Arts. Thorneycroft's photography was featured in the 2002 Phaidon Press publication, Blink, which presented the work of 100 rising stars in photography.
Read MoreJutai Tonoo
B. 1959
Cape Dorset
Jutai Toonoo, a painter and stone sculptor, is the son of the noted Inu
Read MoreB: 1957
With a successful career spanning over 40 years, Antoine Bittar is a Quebec based artist whose work has been shown extensively across Canada. Inspired by early Canadian Impressionist painters such as James Wilson Morrice, John Litte, and Robert W. Pilot, Bittar's painting style opts to convey meaning through colour, movement, and form over detail. His work captures snapshots in time, allowing deeper contemplation of the beauty of everyday moments.
Nicholas Bott studied art at the University of British Columbia and holds a diploma from the Chicago School of Art. Inspired by the loose style of Vincent Van Gogh and the Canadian Group of Seven, and blending his traditional European values with contemporary developments of the new world, his paintings have evolved continuously into the impressionistic style of his current work.
Read MoreRick Bond is an established western Canadian artist. He currently lives and paints full time near Vernon, B.C. He was born in Victoria, B.C. and grew up in the Gulf Islands off the west coast near Vancouver. Rick started his painting career in 1980. Formally trained through the Emily Carr Outreach program, Okanagan University College, Pearson College Summer School, Victoria , Federation of Canadian Artists and other professional artists' workshops.
Read MoreTamara Bond was born in Prince George BC and received her BFA from Emily Carr University in 1999. Her work has been shown in commercial and public galleries and Artist run-centres across Canada. She is guest faculty at The Vancouver Island School of Art in Victoria BC where she teaches Design and Drawing.
Read MoreAlan's studio art formation derives from selected courses at the Ontario College of Art; The Three Schools of Art; Faculty of Fine Arts, York University (Toronto), and the Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University (Montreal). Alan earned his Master's degree in Art Therapy at Concordia. He maintains both an art studio and an art therapy practice in Calgary. Previously an Adjunct Professor and Clinical Associate with the Nursing Faculty, University of Calgary, Alan has taught various courses at UC and the Alberta College of Art and Design (now U Alberta Arts), and has contributed to art therapy literature and research. Alan currently teaches on a sessional basis with the Art Department, UC.
Read MoreBrunoni focuses on simplicity in his technique, he is very inspired by the works of Stanley Cosgrove and Henri Matisse. He pushes the use of line and colour within his work to explore all possibilities.
Read MoreJoe Coffey works in oils, graphite, and mixed media. Born in Caledon East, Ontario, his early years were spent on the family farm. Drawing inspiration from history, pop culture, news, music, and his surroundings, Joe portrays a sculpted expressiveness while fixing his subjects in a state of tension that can be static, dynamic, or a combination of the two. Joe’s background in theatre also lends itself to his work, where a sense of drama and striking compositions evoke strong visceral reactions from viewers.
Read MoreMegan Dietrich is a multidisciplinary artist based in Vancouver.
In Dietrich’s paintings, expressive compositions are woven together through context and instinct to create gestural arrangements that exist between the honest and the surreal. Through studies in colour and story, Dietrich employs an abstracted lens to free herself from the noise of exactitude. The goal is to ultimately give the viewer a space on which to impress their own narratives while delivering nods to a collective through line.
“I feel like I’m always investigating emotional tangibility, whether I like it or not. And that’s where my work tends to find itself. I obsessively avoid visual stasis, but I try to find peace in ambiguity.”
Dietrich’s work can be found in collections internationally as well as multimedia collaborations.
Read More"Through my travels I have always been drawn to isolated places. In the past these were physical geographical parts of the world I have experienced. Now I find myself going inward, areas of spiritual and emotional isolation that I find disturbing and fascinating. I find recording the former on board or canvas much easier than the latter, but that only adds to the attraction."
Read MoreCollin Elder was born in Banff, AB and is currently based in Victoria, BC. Collin began oil painting while pursuing a career in
ecological restoration, which, along with a degree in biology, has focused his art on how we relate to landscape and wilderness. Visiting the locales of British Columbia's west coast, capturing and assembling those moments in landscapes has inspired Collin Elder to create works encompassing time and capturing the experience of
viewing.
Read MoreB. 1940. Regina, Saskatchewan
Terry Fenton has been exploring landscape painting of the Prairies and West Coast for over 30 years. Having been an advocate and member of the Modernist movement, Fenton's landscapes use non-conventional design choices to push the tradition of landscape painting.
He is the former director of the Edmonton Art Gallery (from 1972-1987), the A.C. Leighton Foundation, Calgary (1987-1993) and the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon (1993-1997). In addition to numerous private and corporate collections in Canada the US and England, his work is represented in the collections of the Canada, Council Art Bank, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon, the Edmonton Art Gallery, and the Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina.
Read MoreGuthrie Gloag is an emerging artist and a biologist raised in British Columbia. His work incorporates found driftwood and bone to create expressive animal and human forms. Gloag started creating this series of work in 2011 and is continuing to focus on evolving the sense of character in each piece.
Read MoreBorn in Glasgow, Scotland, Lesley Finlayson is an award winning contemporary artist currently based in Victoria, British Columbia. She recived her BFA from the Glasgow School of Art before moving to Canada in 1987 to persue her MFA at the University of Calgary. Following her studies, Finlayson taught in the Fine Arts Department at Langara College in British Columbia. Her own works have been exhibited in Canada and the United Kingdom and are included in private collections.
Read MoreAlready a respected artist in the middle east, Hashim Hannoon immigrated to Canada in 2009. Born in Basrah, Iraq 1957, Hanoon graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts-Baghdad in 1979. He received his Bachelor of Sculpture at the College of Fine Arts-Baghdad in 1999 and is a Member of Iraqi Artistic Forming Assembly and the Babylon Assembly of French Arts.
Read MoreMeghan Hildebrand’s paintings, which she describes as, “story-maps of the imagination”, are constant exercises in innovation and improvisation. With her unique vocabulary of symbols, she translates the landscape into electrifying dreamscape scenarios, each image alluding to a much larger narrative.
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Patricia Hindmarch - Watson is a Victoria based artist. She started her career in Vancouver in the 1970's. She has maintained a studio practice since that time and worked in the Fine Arts faculty at St. George's School.
Read MoreHodgson has been a practicing artist for over 30 years. He focuses primarily on Canadian landscapes and allows the essence and energy of the land shine. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph, Ontario, and has been collected internationally.
Read MoreJohn was born in Barrie, Ontario, later moved to the Toronto area and now resides in Central Ontario. He displayed a keen interest in art from an early age and after graduating from Leaside High School studied at the Ontario College of Art, and later the Art Students League of New York.
Read MoreB 1942. Montreal. Claude began his education at L'Universte de Montreal in medicine but abandoned it in favour of a career in art.
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Brent Lynch is a B.C. based artist that is internationally recognized for his distinct approach to landscape painting.
Lynch is recognized as one of Canada's most notable designers and illustrators. He has worked on a broad range of projects, and been commissioned for numerous corporate and government collections, including the Royal Bank of Canada, IBM Canada, Nissan Japan, the 1988 Calgary Olympics, Nike International, the Smithsonian Museum, Tourism California, and many others.
Caitlin McDonagh is a visual artist who currently resides in Victoria BC. She creates intricate illustrative works that are inspired by folklore, symbolism, and the balancing of Human vs Natural worlds. The themes of connection, self-cultivation, growth, loss, and renewal are prevalent ideas that are woven into the worlds that she creates. Her goal with her work is to build her own personal folklore; work that leaves doors open within it, allowing the viewer to add to the stories, create their own imagined landscapes, and find parts of themselves within this imagery.
You can find Caitlin’s mural work across Canada and the US. Her paintings are part of the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection at the Burnaby Art Gallery and part of numerous private collections around the world.
Read MoreInspired by the Group of Seven, Victoria based artist Shawn O'Keefe depicts the Canadian landscape by focusing on essential forms, using big brush strokes and bold colours. O'Keefe studied graphic design at Vancouver Island University and has been involved in numerous collaborations, including designing for Phillips Brewery in Victoria, B.C.
Read MoreBrad Pasutti is a Victoria based artist whose work focuses on the interplay of multiple realities. After receiving a 3 year diploma in sculpture at the Kootenay School of Art in 1979, Pasutti would go on to earn a BFA from the University of Victoria in 1983. Pasutti’s work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions and is held in the permanent collection at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the Canada Council Art Bank.
Read MoreOnley is one of British Colombia's most iconic painters. His paintings are part of many institutions' permenant collections, such as the Tate (UK), Victoria and Albert Museum (UK), Museum of Modern Art (NYC), National Gallery Of Canada, Vancouver Art Gallery, and many others. He was an elected member of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts, and in 1999 was elected to be a member of the Order of Canada.
Read MoreBorn in Prince Rupert British Columbia, April Ponsford draws inspiration from the wild landscape of that region, and Vancouver Island as a whole. Her process combines the formality and technique of painting with intuition and artistic observance of the unique landscapes that surround her.
Read MoreLuke Ramsey is recognized internationally for his art and design work. This Powell River-based artist has been featured in exhibitions from L.A. to Berlin. Luke describes his work as, "Organized chaos- a play with paradoxical themes. The content is influenced by a beautifully strange cosmos of organisms and comedy. The approach needs to feel fluid and not forced." Luke's ink on paper works inspire awe from anyone that sees them. They are finely rendered and visually engaging. The amount of detail and work in each piece will draw the viewer in to find an entire imaginary world in each of his creations.
Read MoreBorn in Lethbridge, Alberta, Regehr has lived and maintained studios in Los Angeles, London, Madrid, Toronto and Victoria, Canada. He has established himself as a talented painter, actor, poet, and author whose paintings and written works can be found in the Smithsonian Institute (US), the Jilin Collection (China), The Kunstallen (Copenhagen), Focus on the Masters Archives for the Getty Museum (US) and the Syllavethy Collection of Scotland (UK).
Read MoreHalin de Repentigny is an acclaimed artist with paintings held in national and international collections. Originally from Montreal, Halin first made his name when he moved to Dawson City, Yukon. He became well known for his depictions of life in Canada’s Klondike, interpreting the beauty and majesty of the remote northern wilderness and capturing it on canvas. His love of landscape, colour and light is now manifested in his winter home in Patagonia, Argentina, while the Klondike summers continue to inspire his work.
Read MoreMontague’s work is a paradox. Her unique voice, which incorporates a broad range of influences, presents itself through her highly intricate porcelain sculptures. Juxtaposing the beautiful and the macabre, her subject matter moves fluidly between dolls, flowers, hearts and lace to skulls, insects, and other elements. These facets, often subtle and sometimes hidden, allow for her figurative sculptures to be filled with suggestion and narrative.
Read MoreB. 1956
Frances Semple was born in Scotland and grew up in southern Ontario. After high school she moved to Toronto to study sculpture and mould making at OCAD University which included an exchange program in Florence Italy and a term studying at the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. After college she worked as a scenic artist in theatre and the film business while maintaining her own art practice.
In 1989 Semple moved to Vancouver to concentrate on her own work and to continue her studies, completing her BFA at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. She currently has her studio in Victoria BC.
Read MoreSchumm is an internationally exhibiting artist who has developed a broad base of collectors through his commitment to travelling to remote locations around the world to paint. produced an acclaimed series of work from the northern wilderness of Canada to Antarctica and back. He started his career in Alberta and now calls Vancouver Island home.
Read MoreB. 1943 Quesnel B.C.
Harry Stanbridge studied painting with Don Jarvis and Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr College of Art + Design) from 1963 to 1968. After moving to Victoria, he taught art at Spectrum High School from 1978 to 2003 while maintaining a regular studio practice and exhibiting regularly throughout British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.
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Cape Dorset, Nunavut Territory
Pitaloosie began drawing in the early 1960’s, and quickly established herself as a versatile and intelligent graphic artist. Over the years, she has become a familiar presence in the Kinngait Studios, and her work has been included in annual print collections since 1968
Ernestine Tahedl R.C.A. O.S.A
Ernestine Tahedl was born and educated in Austria and received a Master's Degree in graphic art from the Vienna Academy of Applied Arts. Following graduation in 1961, she collaborated with her father, Professor Heinrich Tahedl, in the design and execution of stained glass commissions until she immigrated to Canada in 1963. Her work is represented in public, corporate and private collections and galleries in Canada, United States, France, Switzerland, Austria, and Japan.
Read MoreWendy Wacko was born in Toronto in 1951, and after graduating from high school, she studied art at the Central Technical Art School and the New School of Art (1969 to 1972).
In 1972 Wendy traveled to Western Canada on a painting expedition and settled in Jasper, B.C. She has had seven one-person shows of her paintings since 1977. Wendy's painting has taken her around the world, and her most recent work has focused on Haida Gwaii and the Canadian West Coast.
Read MoreJoshua Wallace is a B.C. based painter whose practice focuses on bringing art historical references to contemporary and figurative subjects. Wallace pulls from a wide range of influences from Caravaggio to Colville. His first solo exhibition, Midnight Walk was held at Madrona Gallery in April of 2023. He is a graduate of University of Victoria's Visual Arts program.
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"Inspired by the West Coast and its many incredible cloud formations, my paintings are a direct response to the silent beauty of light penetrating the darkness which brings a sense of calmness to all it envelops. Traveling along the coast has provided an endless source of material from which I am creating a new West Coast Landscape series for future shows."
Read MoreB. 1963
Cape Dorset
Since her first prints appeared in the collection in 2004, Ningiukulu has been one of Kinngait studio’s most celebrated artists. She has a comprehensive knowledge of Inuit legends and a fine sense of design and composition. These elements have made many of her prints highly sought after by collectors. Ningiukulu has had numerous solo shows of her bold and resplendent drawings and some of her work has been featured in exhibitions in major public galleries and museums.
Read MoreMadeleine Wood's paintings evoke a sense of intimacy. She chooses to include the viewer in private moments that could be snapshots of memories or fantasies. She captures the play of tension and release in her figurative works, while in her landscapes focuses on tiny details such as the curl of Arbutus bark.
Read MoreMichael Nicoll Yahgulanaas was born in 1954 in Prince Rupert and grew up on Haida Gwaii. A descendant of iconic artists Isabella Edenshaw, Charles Edenshaw and Delores Churchill, Yahgulanaas' early training was under the exceptional creators and master carvers of Haida Gwaii. His work is collected internationally, including The British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seattle Art Museum and Vancouver Art Gallery. Large sculptural works by Yahgulanaas are part of the public art collection of the Vancouver International Airport, City of Vancouver, City of Kamloops and University of British Columbia. His publications include national bestsellers Flight of the Hummingbird, RED: a Haida Manga and the upcoming War of the Blink.
Read MoreCarollyne Yardley is an interdisciplinary artist, speculative designer and squirrel lover whose body of work entangles the boundaries between human and nonhuman systems and imagines possible futures in hybrid human development. Yardley teases out the unpredictable through Squirrealism, a neologism used in her practice to narrate origin stories of transformation that are not distinctly human. Her oil paintings portray a utopian/dystopian future of surreal beings who emerge from damaged worlds.
Read MoreSean Yelland is a Toronto based painter whose work plays with a sense of mystery in everyday urban settings. His work has a power to it that plays with a sense of voyeurism and intrigue. By confronting the viewer with scenes that should be full of action but are shown in a state of stillness, he is removing the comfort of the expected, and questioning our relationship to our environment.
Read MoreA leading contemporary and historic fine art gallery based in Victoria, B.C. Canada. The gallery exhibits and sells art from both established and emerging Canadian artists. Madrona Gallery prides itself on providing a welcoming environment to new and established art collectors alike.
March 30 - April 20
Opening Reception: March 30, 1-3 PM
Madrona Gallery's annual exhibition of works by leading artists of the 20th century. This exhibition features important works by members of the Group of Seven, Emily Carr, E.J.Hughes, Marcelle Ferron, W.J. Phillips, David Blackwood, Jack Shadbolt, Takao Tanabe, Gordon Smith and many others
April 27 - May 11
Opening Reception: April 27, 1-3 PM
Artist in Attendance
Meghan Hildebrand returns with her 9th solo exhibition at Madrona Gallery. This collection of new paintings continues to build upon Hildebrand's series of colourful abstract landscapes that invite viewers to dive into and explore.
January 13 - 26
Opening Reception: January 13, 1-3 PM
Artist in attendance
Terry Fenton has been exploring landscape painting of the Prairies and West Coast for over 30 years. Having been a part of and an advocator of the Modernist movement, Fenton's landscapes use non-conventional design choices to push the tradition of landscape painting.
He is the former director of the Edmonton Art Gallery (from 1972-1987), the A.C. Leighton Foundation, Calgary (1987-1993) and the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon (1993-1997). In addition to numerous private and corporate collections in Canada the US and England, his work is represented in the collections of the Canada, Council Art Bank, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon, the Edmonton Art Gallery, and the Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina.
March 9 - 22 2024
Opening Reception: March 9, 1-3 PM
Pitseolak Qimirpik brings a fresh and fantastical style to his drawings. They bring influences from his well established career as a carver mixed with pop culture, such as cartoons and video games.
Working in this medium allows the artist to expand the scope of his work from individual objects to full narratives. Drawing brings opportunity to express more diverse subject matter and weaves together themes in a way stone does not allow. This will be his first solo-exhibition of drawings in western Canada.
Madrona Gallery respectfully acknowledges the Lekwungen peoples, on whose traditional lands the gallery stands.
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