Nicotye Samayualie Explained

Nicotye Samayualie
Birth Place:Kinngait, Nunavut

Nicotye Samayualie (born 1983) is a Canadian Inuk artist from Cape Dorset, Nunavut. Samayualie specializes in drawings of still lifes and landscapes.[1] She often uses large-format drawings to create expansive images of Cape Dorset landscapes.

Early life

Samayualie was born in 1983 in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories, also known as Kinngait, Nunavut. Her parents are Kudluajuk Ashoona and Johnny Tunnillie Samayualie.[2] [3] Her sister Padloo Samayualie is also an artist. She is the cousin of artist Annie Pootoogook (1969-2016). Her grandmother, Keeleemeeoomee Samayualie (1919-1983), was also a graphic artist.[4] [5]

Art career

Samayualie began developing her artistic practice in her early twenties.[6] She is particularly interested in Cape Dorset landscapes and in mundane day-to-day objects such as buttons, pantry shelves, and camping equipment.[7] [8]

Her work has been displayed by public galleries including the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, ON) and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, ON). Her first group show was "A New Perspective" at Feheley Fine Arts in Toronto, Ontario in 2011, and she had her first solo exhibition, "Nicotye Samayualie," in February 2015, also at Feheley Fine Arts.

In 2014, she was an invited artist at the Great Northern Arts Festival in Inuvik. In 2016, she was selected for a residency at the Banff Centre as part of the TD Bank's Cape Dorset North-South artist exchange program.[9]

Collections

Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada,[10] the Winnipeg Art Gallery,[11] and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.[12] [13]

Exhibitions

Notes and References

  1. Christine Lalonde, Acquisition Proposal for Nicotye Samayualie’s My Idea, My Style, My Way and Composition (Landscape), accession #46707 and #46708, Curatorial File, National Gallery of Canada.
  2. Web site: Inuit Drawings — Artists. 2020-12-21. Madrona Gallery. en-US.
  3. Web site: Nicotye Samayualie. 2020-12-21. DORSET FINE ARTS. en-US.
  4. Web site: Keeleemeeoomee Samualie. Inuit Art Foundation. 25 April 2020.
  5. Web site: Up and coming Nunavut artist holds first solo exhibit in Toronto. Rogers. Sarah. 2015-03-25. Nunatsiaq News. en. 2020-05-24.
  6. Web site: Nicotye Samayualie. Inuit Art Foundation. 25 April 2020.
  7. Web site: Nicotye Samayualie. Dorset Fine Arts. 25 April 2020.
  8. Web site: Nicotye Samayualie. 2020-12-21. La Guilde. en.
  9. Web site: Nicotye Samayualie. The Hnatyshyn Foundation.
  10. Web site: Nicotye Samayualie. www.gallery.ca.
  11. Web site: 2015-116 "Happiness" Nicotye Samayualie » WAG.
  12. Web site: ExchangeSearch: artist:"Nicotye Samayualie". 2020-12-21. exchange.umma.umich.edu.
  13. Web site: UMMA's "Reflections: An Ordinary Day" explores quotidian moments in Inuit life Ann Arbor District Library. 2020-12-21. aadl.org.
  14. Web site: Highpoint Presents: Kinngait Studio Returns. 2021-03-26. Highpoint Center for Printmaking. en-US.
  15. Web site: Traditional subject matter, contemporary point of view. Parkinson. Kamille. 2019-07-12. The Kingston Whig-Standard. en-US. 2020-05-24.
  16. Web site: Change Makers Art Gallery of Mississauga. 2021-03-26. en-US.
  17. Web site: 2015-02-28. Nicotye Samayualie in Toronto. 2021-03-26. Feheley Fine Arts - Inuit Art Gallery. en-US.
  18. Web site: Plants, Objects, Landscapes: Drawings by Nicotye Samayualie. 2021-03-26. Marion Scott Gallery. en-US.

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