Ningiukulu Teevee

Born May 27, 1963, Ningiukulu is the daughter of Joanasie Salomonie (deceased) and his wife Kanajuk. Her father, Joanasie, was much loved in Cape Dorset for his sense of humour, mischief and compassion. Ningiukulu works full-time for the department of Housing in Cape Dorset, and devotes her spare time to her family and whatever time she can to her drawing, which she does at home. Her husband, Simeonie Teevee is a musician and plays with his band at community events in Cape Dorset and at music festivals around Nunavut.

Ningiukulu is one of the most versatile and intelligent graphic artists to emerge from the Kinngait Studios. In the the fall of 2009, Ningiukulu’s first children’s book was published by Groundwood Books (A division of House of Anasi Press). Entitled Alego, it is an autobiographical story of a young girl named Alego who goes clam-digging with her grandmother for the first time and, along the way discovers all the wonders of the seashore. The book was short-listed for the Governor General’s Literary Award for children’s illustration.

Since her first prints appeared in the collection in 2004, Ningiukulu has been one of Kinngait studio’s most celebrated artists. She has a comprehensive knowledge of Inuit legends and a fine sense of design and composition. These elements that have made many of her prints highly sought after by collectors. Ningiukulu has had numerous solo shows of her bold and resplendent drawings and some of her work has been featured on exhibitions in major public galleries and museums.

Born on May 27, 1963 in Kinngait, NU. Nationality is Inuit

Exhibitions

2019 Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2018 Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2017 CANADA 150, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2017 Cape Dorset Graphics, (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)
2015 Beyond the Surface, Drawings by Ningeokuluk Teevee, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
2015 Over the Top, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2015 Stonecut to Sugar-lift, Inuit Prints From the 1960’s to the Present, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2015 15 Years: Kinngait 2000 – 2015, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2015 Contemporary North II, Madrona Gallery, Victoria, BC
2015 Cape Dorset Graphics, (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)
2014 Recent Drawings by Ningeokukluk Teevee, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2014 New Voices from the New North, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
2014 Cape Dorset: New Generation, Willocks and Sax Gallery, Banff, AB
2014 Views from the North: Original Drawings from Cape Dorset, Alaska on Madison, New York, NY
2014 Skin Deep, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2014 Cape Dorset and Points South, Theo Gantz Studio, Beacon, NY
2014 Cape Dorset Graphics, (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)
2013 Of Stories Past: An exhibition of Original Drawings by Ningeokuluk Teevee, The Guild Shop, Toronto, ON
2013 Venture North: Drawings from Cape Dorset, Willocks and Sax Gallery, Banff, AB
2013 Where Do We Come From? What are We? Where are We Going? Identity in Contemporary Cape Dorset Art, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON
2013 Animal Power: Images in Contemporary Inuit Art, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2013 Dorset Seen, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2013 The Hand of the Artist, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2013 Sanaunguabik: Traditions and Transformations in Inuit Art, Enterprise Square Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2013 Cape Dorset Prints, Gallery 210, St. Louis, MO
2013 Toronto International Art Fair, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
2013 Cape Dorset Graphics, (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)
2012-2013 Telling Stories: Inuit Art from Cape Dorset, Toronto Pearson International Airport (Terminal 1), Toronto, ON
2012 Sky Ecchymosis: Part of the Series - Women of the Arctic, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, PQ
2012 Colour, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2012 The Unexpected, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2012 Summer Show, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2012 Octopus Dreams: 200 Works on Paper by Contemporary Native American Artists, Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Ekaterinburg, Russia
2012 Ice and Sand, Coombe Farm Gallery, Dartmouth, Devon, UK (illustrated catalogue)
2012 New Art from Cape Dorset, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2012 Cape Dorset Graphics, (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)
2011-2012 Women in Charge, Inuit Contemporary Women Artists, Museo Nazionale Preistorica Etnografica, “Luigi Pigorini”, Rome, Italy (illustrated catalogue)
2011-2012 New Art from Cape Dorset, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2011 Dorset Large: Large Scale drawings from the Kinngait Studios, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON (illustrated catalogue)
2011 Fall Migration: A Selection of Birds in Sculpture, Prints and Drawings, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2011 Contemporary North: Drawings from Cape Dorset, Madrona Gallery, Victoria, BC
2011 Contemporary Reflections, The Canadian Guild of Craft, Montreal, PQ
2011 Cape Dorset Graphics, (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)
2010-2011 Ningeokuluk Teevee – Recent Drawings, Elca London Gallery, Montreal, PQ
2010 Ningeokuluk Teevee Drawings, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
2010 Ningeokuluk Teevee, Nunavut Gallery, Winnipeg, MB (illustrated brochure)
2010 Patterns from Nature – Drawings by Ningeokuluk Teevee, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2010 Ningeokuluk Teevee Drawings, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Facing Forward – New Works from Kinngait Studios, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2010 Nipirasait: Many Voices, Inuit Prints from Cape Dorset, The Canadian Embassy Art Gallery, Washington, DC
2010 Inuit Sculptures and Drawings, The Canadian Guild of Crafts, Montreal, PQ
2010 Cape Dorset Graphics, (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)
2009-2010 Arctic Spirit: 50th Anniversary of Cape Dorset’s Kinngait Studios, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
2009-2010 Uuturautiit: Cape Dorset Celebrates 50 Years of Printmaking, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON (illustrated catalogue)
2009-2010 Nunannguaq: In the Likeness of the Earth, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON
2009 Summer Celebration, Images of the North, San Francisco, CA
2009 Cape Dorset Graphics, (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)
2008 Arctic Wind – An Expression of Naturalism, Coastal Peoples Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008 Cape Dorset Graphics, (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)
2007 Cape Dorset Graphics, (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)
2006 Ningeokuluk Teevee: Drawings, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2006 Landscape: Contemporary Inuit Drawings, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2006 Cape Dorset Graphics, (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)
2005 Cape Dorset Graphics, (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)
2004 Cape Dorset Graphics, (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)