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 2010
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