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Released Oct. 21, 2023: NINGIUKULU TEEVEE, Aupaktuq (Red), Paper: Pescia Light Blue, #23-32, Ed./50
In the News: Shuvinai Ashoona received a 2024 Governor General's award. "The Canada Council for the Arts celebrates the exceptional careers of artists from Canada with the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts (GGArts). These awards are the most prestigious distinctions for artistic merit and outstanding contribution to the visual and media arts in Canada". Cr.ggarts1
Where to view Kinngait art near you: A new exhibition Ningiukulu Teevee: Stories from Kinngait is now open until June 1, 2024 at Canada House in London, U.K. (note, tours through Canada House U.K. are by pre-confirmed appointment only). This exhibition was organized by the WAG and High Commission of Canada in the UK. An expanded exhibition will open in Winnipeg, Canada, scheduled for autumn 2025. Ningiukulu Teevee was the winner of the Inuit Art Foundation’s $20,000 biennial Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award in 2023.
For more information, and/or to schedule an appointment to view the exhibition, contact the host venue Canada House, London, U.K. Location: Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London, U.K. SW1Y5BJ
Where to find Kinngait work on exhibit near you in 2024.
*Exhibition details subject to change (contact host venue for latest exhibition information and access details).
SHUVINAI ASHOONA: When I Draw
24 January - 26 April, 2024
Solo Exhibition
The Perimeter, London, U.K.
Exhibition and Venue Information
"The Perimeter is proud to announce a solo exhibition of Shuvinai Ashoona. Shuvinai Ashoona makes drawings which engage with the complexities of life, land and community in the Canadian Arctic, through fantastical motifs and modes of storytelling. The work interweaves scenes from everyday Arctic life with imagery associated with Inuit animism and shamanism. This is the first time Ashoona’s works will be shown in Europe since receiving a Special Mention by the awards jury at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022, for her installation of six drawings in The Milk of Dreams".CrP1
EXHIBITION REVIEW, FRIEZE: February 12, 2024
Shuvinai Ashoona’s Visions of Inuit History and Resilience
KENOJUAK ASHEVAK: Life and Legacy
12 January - 1 April, 2024
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, N.B., Canada
"The Beaverbrook Art Gallery is pleased to present the national touring exhibition Kenojuak Ashevak: Life and Legacy. With a career spanning more than five decades, Cape Dorset artist Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013) was part of a pioneering generation of Arctic creators. She enjoyed an illustrious international career and continues to be recognized as one of Canada's preeminent artists and cultural icons. The exhibition presents never-before-seen drawings, from the archives of the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative, that inspired some of Kenojuak's most emblematic prints in stonecut, lithography and etching". Cr.BB1
Printed Textiles from Kinngait Studios
24 November - 3 March
Glenbow Museum (at the Edison), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Exhibition and Venue Information
"Printed Textiles from Kinngait Studios traces the evolution and impact of this textile initiative on Inuit graphic arts and explores its legacy through the work of Inuit fashion designers working today..."
"Featured artists and printmakers: Anna Kingwatsiak (1911–1971), Anirnik Oshuitoq (1902–1983), Eegyvudluk Pootoogook (1931–2000), Innukjuakju Pudlat (1913–1972), Ishuhungito Pootoogook (1939–), Iyola Kingwatsiak (1933–2000), Kananginak Pootoogook (1935–2010), Kenojuak Ashevak (1927–2013), Lukta Qiatsuk (1928–2004), Lucy Qinnuayuak (1915–1982), Mary Samuellie Pudlat (1923–2001), Osuitok Ipeelee (1922–2005), Olivu Tunnillie (1949 – 2014), Parr (1893–1969), Paunichea (1920–1968), Pitseolak Ashoona (1904–1983), Pudlo Pudlat (1916–1992), Sharni Pootoogook (1922–2003), Sheouak Petaulassie (1923–1961), Sorosilutu Ashoona (1941–), Ulayu Pingwartok (1904–1978)". Cr.G1
In the News (WBC News)... 2024 is the 65th anniversary year of the collection, with a number of art events planned "across the globe, including the United States, Italy, Korea, England and France. The launch of festivities will, however, take place in early December, in partnership with Canada Goose and their pop-up store in Miami. It will showcase the work of Kinngait Studios artist Saimaiyu Akesuk. January 2024 will feature an exhibition of work at The Perimeter in London by Shuvinai Ashoona, which will be the second solo exhibition for the artist in England. The same month, the national touring exhibition Kenojuak Ashevak: Life and Legacy will see its ninth venue at Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, N.B."...