Ningiukulu Teevee. Printmaker: Ashoona Ashoona. No Turning Back, 2021. Stonecut, stencil, linocut, hand-colouring on Kizuki Kozo White paper. 80.5 x 61.7 cm. Art in Practice Collection of Cholakis Dental Group. Photo: Courtesy of Dorset Fine Arts.
This exhibition features the work of Ningiukulu (Ning) Teevee, one of the leading graphic art talents working in Canada today.
Ningiukulu Teevee: Stories from Kinngait was presented in partnership with The High Commission of Canada at Canada House, London, UK in 2024. Now an expanded show is coming back to Winnipeg this spring, all from Cholakis Dental Group’s “Inuit Art in Practice” collection, the largest corporate collection of Teevee’s work in the world.
In this exhibition you will see Teevee’s interest in the stories associated with Inuit cultural traditions and traditional tales that have been passed down through generations. Her images include creation stories, tales of mistreatment and its consequences, tales of the legendary traveller, Kiviuq, animal fables, and stories that relate the activities of shamans and the various spirits that inhabit the Shamanic belief system. This includes the powerful female sea spirit variously called Sedna, Nuliajuk, or Taleelayu, who controls the supply of game animals to hunters.
All works in this exhibition are from the Art in Practice Collection of Cholakis Dental Group.