Katherine Takpannie’s Solo Exhibition at SAW Gallery 

On February 20, the solo exhibition Katherine Takpannie: Every Now and Then I Get a Feeling opened at SAW Gallery in Ottawa, ON, and will run until April 4. Katherine Takpannie is a photographer and writer based in Ottawa, whose family is from Niaqunngut (Apex), NU. Curated by Jason St-Laurent, the exhibition highlights two decades of Takpannie’s photography, including her 2025 series, Urban Inuk. In 2020, Takpannie was one of three recipients of the National Gallery of Canada’s New Generation Photography Award, and in 2022 she was one of the artists featured in Saw Gallery’s group exhibition SAW Prize for New Works. 

Barry Pottle’s Work Part of Group Exhibition in Ottawa 

On February 26, the exhibition 2026 Karsh Continuum opened at the Karsh-Masson Gallery in Ottawa. Every four years, the show is held in memory of brothers and photographers Yousuf Karsh and Malak Karsh and “fosters photo/lens-based innovation” through mentorship. For this exhibition, 2023 Karsh Award laureate Christine Fitzgerald selected three local artists whose practices include photo/lens-based work: Angelina Barrucco, Barry Pottle, and Laura Taler. Pottle is an Inuk photographer from Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, NL, who is based in Ottawa. The exhibition is on until May 17.

Work by Qavavau Manumie and Albert Rose W. / Ingniq featured in Entwined exhibition 

There are two weeks left to see Entwined at Contemporary Calgary in Alberta! Opened on December 5, 2025, the exhibition considers the relationship between humans, land, and all forms of life. Entwined features works by 19 artists and collectives, including Inuk graphic and visual artist Qavavau Manumie, whose drawings reference Inuit traditional stories to highlight the interspecies dependencies that sustain contemporary life, and Inuvialuk artist and curator Alberta Rose W. / Ingniq, whose work considers land relations within the natural landscape and the built environment. The exhibition closes March 15. 

Nunatsiavut Artists Featured in the Arts for Equity exhibition

The Arts for Equity exhibition opened on February 13 in St. John’s, NL, and features works by several Nunatsiavummiut artists, including producer, director, and screenwriter Jessica Brown; interdisciplinary artist Echo Henoche; photographer and filmmaker Jennie Williams; and painter, mixed media artist, and curator Jessica Winters. The group exhibition, curated by Bruno Vinhas, is part of the Arts for Equity initiative which aims to “dismantle barriers in the arts sector and build new pathways rooted in anti-racism and decolonizing practices.” The show is on view at 235 Water Street, Suite 101, St. John’s until March 7. 

The 10th Annual Snowscreen Event in Ottawa 

Presented by the Asinbka Festival, the 10th annual Snowscreen, Unikkaatuarniq, screened circumpolar Indigenous films in Ottawa  from February 6 to 8. The indoor screening was held at Beandigen Cafe and the iconic outdoor screenings were held at Lansdowne Park, including Zacharias Kunuk’s OC, ONu, animated short film Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice (2022), which has won several awards, including Best Animated Short at the Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 and Best Canadian Short Film at the Toronto Film Festival in 2021; asinnajaq’s documentary short film Three Thousand (2017), which was nominated for Best Short Documentary Film at the Canadian Screen Awards in 2018; and Germaine Arnaktauyok, Neil Christopher, and Louise Flaherty’s animated short film Arctic Song (2021), which was nominated for Best Animated Short at the Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.

Check Out Some of the Latest Artist Profiles! 

The IAQ editorial team has recently created IAQ Profiles for the following artists: Kalaaleq painter and graphic artist Aron of Kangeq (1822–1869), who was the first Kalaaleq printmaker, from the former community of Kangeq in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland); Inuk wildlife and landscape photographer David Kakuktinniq Jr., based in Kangiqliniq (Rankin Inlet), NU; and Inuk textile artist Mary Nanooklook Jewell, who has roots in Uqsuqtuuq (Gjoa Haven), NU.