Biography Ningiukulu Teevee
NINGIUKULU (NINGEOKULUK) TEEVEE
PLEASE NOTE: The name change from Ningeokuluk to Ningiukulu as of March 2017.
Date of Birth: May 27, 1963
Place of Birth: Cape Dorset
Mother: Kanajuk Salomonie
Father: Joanasie Salomonie
Male/Female: Female
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 divishion 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 with 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 on of Kinngait’s 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 drawing and some of her work has been featured on exhibitions in major public galleries and museums.
EXHIBITIONS:
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 20012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Cape Dorset Graphics (annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
April – May 2006:
Landscape: Contemporary Inuit Drawings Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
April – May, 2008:
Arctic Wind – An Expression of Naturalism Coastal Peoples Fine Arts Gallery Vancouver, British Columbia
Summer 2009:
Summer Celebration Images of the North San Francisco
October, 2009 – April, 2010:
Arctic Spirit:
50th Anniversary of Cape Dorset’s Kinngait Studios
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
Oct 2009 – Jan 2010:
Uuturautiit: Cape Dorset Celebrates 50 Years of Printmaking
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
October, 2009 – January, 2010:
Nunannguaq: In the Likeness of the Earth McMichael Canadian Art Collection Kleinburg, Ontario
May – June, 2010:
Facing Forward – New Works from Kinngait Studios
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
July – December, 2010:
Nipirasait: Many Voices
Inuit Prints from Cape Dorset
The Canadian Embassy Art Gallery Washington, DC
November – December 2011:
Inuit Sculptures and Drawings The Canadian Guild of Crafts Montreal, Quebec
October, 2011 – April, 2012:
New Art from Cape Dorset Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba
June 2011:
Dorset Large:
Large Scale drawings from the Kinngait Studios Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
September, 2011:
Fall Migration:
A Selection of Birds in Sculpture, Prints and Drawings
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
November, 2011:
Contemporary North: Drawings from Cape Dorset Madrona Gallery
Victoria, British Columbia
November – December 2011:
Contemporary Reflections The Canadian Guild of Craft Montreal, Quebec
Dec. 2011 – Feb. 2012:
Women in Charge
Inuit Contemporary Women Artists Museo Nazionale Preistorica Etnografica “Luigi Pigorini”
Rome Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
February – March 2012:
Sky Ecchymosis: Part of the Series – Women of the Arctic
La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse
Montreal, Quebec
February- March 2012:
Colour
Marion Scott Gallery Vancouver, British Columbia
May- June 2012:
The Unexpected Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario
August – September 2012:
Summer Show
Marion Scott Gallery Vancouver, British Columbia
June – August, 2012:
Octopus Dreams:
200 Works on Paper by Contemporary Native American Artists
Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts Ekaterinburg, Russia
September – October, 2012:
Ice and Sand
Coombe Farm Gallery
Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
(illustrated catalogue)
October – April, 2012:
New Art from Cape Dorset Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba
December 2012 – May 2013:
Telling Stories: Inuit Art from Cape Dorset Toronto Pearson International Airport (Terminal 1)
Toronto, Ontario
January 2013:
Venture North: Drawings from Cape Dorset Willocks and Sax Gallery
Banff, Alberta
February – June 2013:
Where Do We Come From? What are We? Where are We Going? Identity in Contemporary Cape Dorset Art
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
April – June 2013:
Animal Power: Images in Contemporary Inuit Art Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
April – June 2013:
Dorset Seen
Carleton University Art Gallery Ottawa, Ontario
October – November 2013:
The Hand of the Artist Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario
October – December 2013:
Sanaunguabik: Traditions and Transformations in Inuit Art
Enterprise Square Gallery
Edmonton, Alberta
October – December 2013:
Cape Dorset Prints Gallery 210
St. Louis, Missouri
October 2013:
Toronto International Art Fair Metro Toronto Convention Centre Toronto, Ontario
April 2014 – February 2014:
New Voices from the New North National Gallery of Canada Ottawa, Ontario
January 2014:
Cape Dorset: New Generation Willocks and Sax Gallery Banff, Alberta
January – March, 2014:
Views from the North: Original Drawings from Cape Dorset.
Alaska on Madison
New York, New York.
May – September 2014:
Skin Deep
Carleton University Art Gallery Ottawa, Ontario
July – August, 2014:
Cape Dorset and Points South Theo Gantz Studio
Beacon, New York
March – April, 2015:
Over the Top Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario
June – July 2015:
Stonecut to Sugar-lift
Inuit Prints From the 1960’s to the Present Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
September – October, 2015:
15 Years: Kinngait 2000 – 2015 Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
November – December 2015:
Contemporary North II Madrona Gallery
Victoria, British Columbia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
October 2006:
Ningeokuluk Teevee: Drawings Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
March – April, 2010:
Ningeokuluk Teevee Drawings Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia
April – June, 2010:
Ningeokuluk Teevee Nunavut Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated brochure)
September – October, 2010:
Patterns from Nature – Drawings by Ningeokuluk Teevee
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
November 2010:
Ningeokuluk Teevee Drawings Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California
December 2010 – January 2011:
Ningeokuluk Teevee – Recent Drawings Elca London Gallery
Montreal, Quebec
June – July 2013:
Of Stories Past
An exhibition of Original Drawings by Ningeokuluk Teevee
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario
March 2014:
Recent Drawings by Ningekukluk Teevee Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
February – March, 2015:
Beyond the Surface
Drawings by Ningeokuluk Teevee Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, BC
COLLECTIONS:
Art Gallery of Ontario
National Gallery of Canada
Canadian Museum of Civilization
HONOURS, ACHEIVEMENTS AND EVENTS:
In 2009, Ningiokuluk’s first children’s book, Alego was short listed for the Governor General’s Literary Award for children’s illustration
