An inuit art cooperative in Canadian Great North
Kinngait, Nunavut - The Claude Baud and Michel Jacot Collection

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the territory of Nunavut, in Canada, and the 65th anniversary of the West Baffin Cooperative in Kinngait (Cape Dorset, Baffin Island), the Canadian Cultural Centre is redeploying its historic exhibition, Fantastique Kenojuak Ashevak (created in 2013), by adding a new group of prints and sculptures from the Claude Baud and Michel Jacot collection. The exhibition illustrates both the wealth of a cooperative that is unique in the world and the vision of a Franco-Swiss collector duo who have been helping to raise the profile of Canadian Inuit art in France for decades.     

This exceptional ensemble is complemented here by a body of new works by the now-famous Shuvinai Ashoona, granddaughter of Pitseolak Ashoona, a major figure in the first generation of artists from the Kinngait cooperative, who is also part of the Baud-Jacot collection.

In partnership with the West Baffin Cooperative, Kinngait, Nunavut

Artists on display: Ashevak ADLA, Arnaqu ASHEVAK, Kenojuak ASHEVAK, Mayoreak ASHOONA, Napachie ASHOONA, Ningeeoschiak ASHOONA, Pitseolak ASHOONA, Shuvinai ASHOONA, Kingmeata ETIDLOOIE, Meelia KELLY, KIAKSHUK, Shorty KILLIKTEE, Paul KOWMAGEAK, Qavavau MANNUMI, Tukiki MANOMIE, Oqutak MIKKIGAK, Kananginak POOTOOGOOK, Pudlo PUDLAT, Pootoogook QIATSUK, Kellypallik QIMIRPIK, Nuyaliaq QIMIRPIK, Lucy QINUAJUAK, Turataga RAGEE, Kakulu SAGGIAKTOK, Pitaloosie SAILA, Pudlalik SHAA, Mannumi SHAGU, Toonoo SHARKY, Ningeokulk TEEVEE, Nalenik TEMELA, Jutaï TOONOO, Annie TUNNILLIE, Ashevak TUNNILLIE and Ovilu TUNNILLIE.

Curator: Catherine Bédard
Guided tours by the curator, book your tour here
Special Opening on Saturdays, November 23 and 30 from 1 pm to 7 pm and on December 14 from 1 pm to 7 pm