TORONTO, Jan. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Feheley Fine
Arts is pleased to present a solo exhibition featuring the
internationally acclaimed artist, Shuvinai Ashoona (b. 1961). We
End Up Dreaming will feature Ashoona's most recent coloured
pencil and ink drawings, both in small and large scale. Featuring
dream-like compositions of octopuses, rainbow baleen and zombies,
Ashoona gathers inspiration not only from traditional Inuit life
and mythology but from Western popular and consumer culture. She
has drawn imagery from films such as Avatar and
Godzilla as well as the popular TV show The Walking
Dead. By juxtaposing varied subject matter and formal elements,
her otherworldly scenes blur the real and the imagined, creating
her own unique and surreal take on northern life.
Shuvinai Ashoona is travelling from
Cape Dorset to attend the opening and will be available
for interviews.
Opening: January 26, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
For images, additional information or to arrange an interview
with the artists, please contact:
Stephanie Gagné
416 323 1373
stephanie@feheleyfinearts.com
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Born in the Canadian Arctic, Shuvinai Ashoona lives and works in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut. A prolific
artist, she began drawing in the early 1990s. Although never
formally trained, Ashoona's family of artists and the graphics
studio in Cape Dorset provided her
with a creative atmosphere. Over the years, Ashoona moved from
drawing small, detailed landscapes to large-scale, inventive and
colourful drawings filled with fantastic imagery. Her unique
practice is at the forefront of contemporary art from the Canadian
Arctic.
This exhibition will be presented concurrently with the Toronto
Power Plant's show, Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds. Her
drawings have been included in notable group exhibitions such as
Earthlings at the Esker Art Foundation (2017-2018), Inuit
Modern at the Art Gallery of Ontario (2011); and Three Women, Three
Generations at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection (1999). Ashoona's works can be
found in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, the Montreal Museum of Fine Art, the
Art Gallery of Ontario and
numerous corporate and private collections.
The subject of two publications, Ashoona was also featured in a
2010 documentary (Ghost Noise by Marcia Connelly). She has received
commissions for major projects including a collaborative large
banner for Basel. She has also
been featured in The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Border Crossings
(Toronto), the Inuit Art
Quarterly (Toronto) and the
New York Times.
Related Images
composition-octopus-transformation.jpg
COMPOSITION (OCTOPUS TRANSFORMATION)
2018, coloured pencil & ink on paper, 50 x 45 inches.
composition-fish-baleen-globes.jpg
COMPOSITION (FISH, BALEEN, GLOBES, PEBBLES)
2018, ink on paper, 36 x 50 inches.
composition-rainbow-baleen.jpg
COMPOSITION (RAINBOW BALEEN)
2018, coloured pencil & ink on paper, 24 x 99.25 inches.
composition-pink-and-purple-monster.jpg
COMPOSITION (PINK AND PURPLE MONSTER)
2018, coloured pencil & ink on paper, 44 x 64.5 inches.
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