OAF Curated Space | From the North

OAF's Curated Space for 2026 was, "From the North: Inuit Prints and Drawings from Canada, 1959 – 2025." The presentation is organized by renowned experts Patricia Feheley and Mark London. Feheley, a Toronto-based dealer and OAF exhibitor since 2023, has championed Inuit artists for decades and was awarded the Order of Canada for her contributions. London, director of Galerie Elca London for over 40 years, is Feheley's co-founding partner of First Arts, Canada’s boutique auction house dedicated to Indigenous art.

From the North focuses on graphic expression—prints and drawings—from 1959, marking the beginning of Inuit printmaking, through 2025. The exhibition centers on works from Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset), home to the Kinngait Studio, established in 1958 and the only Arctic studio to have continuously produced prints while supporting drawing and other media. In 2025, the studio released its 66th Annual Cape Dorset Print Collection. Over more than six decades, artists associated with the Kinngait Studio have expanded printmaking techniques from stonecut and stencil in smaller scale to lithography, etching, and aquatint. Drawing evolved in scale, media, and complexity. Since 2000, increased access to new materials and global communication hasfueled experimentation and broadened subject matter, reflecting both contemporary Arctic life and global concerns.