Victoria, British Columbia
Nathan Birch was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1978. In 2000, Birch earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Alberta College of Art and Design. Birch's work has been exhibited across Canada and is held in both public and corporate collections across North America including; Canada Council for the Arts; Colart Collection, Montreal; Alberta Foundation for the Arts; Scotia Bank; TD Bank and Effort Trust, Toronto.
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 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 MoreB. 1986
Joanie Raggie has an affinity for sculpting animals especially polar bears who he imbues with a whimsical sense of movement.
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 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 Moreb. 1937
Cape Dorset
Axangayuk Shaa has been carving since the age of seventeen. With over eleven solo exhibitions and numerous group shows both in Canada and internationally, Axangayuk Shaa is one of the most prominent sculptures of Cape Dorset. He was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy in 2003.
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 MoreB. 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 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 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. 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 MoreErnestine 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 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 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 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.
June 14 - 28
Opening Reception: June 14, 1-3 PM
Joe Coffey’s talent as an observer of life in all its forms enables him to capture moments of humour, metaphor, and mystery. His animal characters leap out of the bounds of illustration in playfully theatrical contrasts. Technically dazzling and full of surprises, Coffey’s paintings upend the natural world to remind us of what makes us truly human.
April 11 - 26|
Opening Reception: April 11, 5-7 PM
Artist in Attendance
Bowen Island based artist Susannah Montague creates sculptures that push the boundaries of ceramics as a medium. Juxtaposing the beautiful and macabre, she uses historical references and contemporary life to create vessels for her narratives. Montague draws upon current socio-political events, feminism, and her own personal experiences while demonstrating an exceptional understanding of technique and the history of ceramics.
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