Ningiukulu Teevee

Ningiukulu (Ningeokuluk) Teevee (born May 27, 1963 in Cape Dorset)^[1] is a CanadianInuk writer and visual artist.

Formerly known as Ningeokuluk, as of March 2017 she uses the name, Ningiukulu, to reflect the modern orthography on her government issued identification.^[2] Teevee is the daughter of Joanasie (deceased) and Kanajuk Salomonie, and her father-in-law is the graphic artist Jamasie Teevee.^[3]

Ningiukulu Teevee is recognized as one of the Kinngait Co-operative's leading artists. Teevee is a self-taught artist, who began her career in the 1990s.^[4] She uses ink and coloured pencils as her primary mediums but is adept in a multitude of drawing media, including black fibre-tip pen, coloured pencil, oil sticks, and watercolour.^[4] Her subject matter is diverse and creative.

She is known for constructing imagery that is built from cognitive memory and knowledge of Inuit folklore, combined with the humorous aspects of contemporary life in Nunavut.^[5] The wealth of these Inuit stories depict, in her flattened 2D style (an abstraction of representation, referencing patterns found in nature^[6]), relationships between the land and animals that are used for sustenance, and the familial histories that define a wealth of cultural storytelling.^[7]

As a modern day Inuk, raised in an urban community, the artist explores contemporary themes but also retains an interest in her cultural heritage including the Inuit oral tradition. While her interpretation of the stories heard from Elders are true to the telling, they are nonetheless interpreted through her own imagination and presented from her personal perspective.^[4]

Her first children's book, Alego, is an introduction to Inuit tradition and lifestyle, and was a nominee for the 2009 Governor General's Award for children's literature illustration.^[8]Alego is an autobiographical tale (written and illustrated by Teevee) about adventure and discovery along the seashore; for the first time, a young girl goes clam digging with her grandmother.^[9]

In 2023, Teevee won the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award.^[10]

La obra de Teevee se ha exhibido ampliamente en Canadá e internacionalmente. ^{[ 2 ]} En 2006, se realizó su primera exposición individual en la galería Feheley Fine Arts de Toronto, titulada "Ningeokuluk Teevee". ^{[ 3 ]} En 2009 tuvo su segunda exposición individual en la galería Feely Fine Arts de Toronto, titulada "Dibujos de Ningeokuluk Teevee", que incluyó una presentación pública de Alego. ^{[ 3 ]} En 2017, la Galería de Arte de Winnipeg inauguró Ningiukulu Teevee: Historias de Kinngait en la Embajada de Canadá en Washington, DC. ^{[ 11 ]} En 2023, se realizó una exposición llamada Ningiukulu Teevee: Crónicas para los curiosos en la Galería de Arte de Ontario . ^{[ 12 ]} Ningiukulu Teevee: Historias de Kinngait, comisariada por Darlene Wight, fue exhibida por la Alta Comisión de Canadá y la Galería de Arte de Winnipeg-Qaumajuq en Canada House, Londres, Reino Unido, y se exhibirá en WAG-Qaumajuq en la primavera de 2026.

Su obra artística se encuentra en colecciones privadas y en las colecciones institucionales permanentes de la Galería de Arte de Ontario, la Galería Nacional de Canadá , ^{[ 4 ]} el Museo Canadiense de la Civilización , la Colección de Arte Canadiense McMichael , el Museo de Arte de la Universidad de Michigan , ^{[ 13 ]} y la Galería de Arte de Winnipeg. ^{[ 14 ]}

• Proyecto Canadá 150 , Presentado por Roche Bobois, Toronto (2017)
• Floe Edge : Arte contemporáneo y colaboraciones de Nunavut , Canada House, Londres, Reino Unido (2016) ^{[ 15 ]}
• Colección anual de grabados de Cape Dorset , Kinngait Studios, Cape Dorset (2004-2016)
• 15 años: Kinngait 2000 –2015 , Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto (2015)
• Nuevas voces del nuevo norte , Galería Nacional de Canadá (2014)
• Mujeres a cargo: artistas mujeres contemporáneas inuit , Museo Nazionale Preistorica Etnografica, Roma, Italia (2012)
• Nuevas obras de arte de Cape Dorset , Galería de Arte de Winnipeg (2011)
• Uuturautiit: Cape Dorset celebra 50 años de grabado , Galería Nacional de Canadá (2009)
• Espíritu Ártico: 50.º aniversario de los estudios Kinngait de Cape Dorset , Galería de Arte de Ontario, Toronto (2009)