Nicotye Samayualie: Cape Dorset

Nicotye Samayualie: Cape Dorset

Nicotye Samayualie was born on November 25, 1983. She is the daughter of Kudluajuk Ashoona and Johnny Tunnillie Samayualie. Nicotye’s grandmother, Keeleemeeoomee Samayualie was a well known graphic artist whose prints were represented in the Cape Dorset annual print collections throughout the 1970’s and 80’s.

Nicotye is fascinated by patterns and arrangements of disparate objects in nature and man-made materials. Many of her drawings depict everyday items such as the contents of a pantry shelf, a table of shiny fishing lures or boxes of camping supplies.

Nicotye has had her original drawings shown at the Toronto Art Fair and in 2013 her work was featured in an Italian publication, ‘Annie e le Altre’, an ambitious scholastic study that explored the role of women artists in Cape Dorset.

— Dorset Fine Arts (reproduced with permission)

EXHIBITIONS
October 2011: Toronto Art Fair - Feheley Fine Arts Booth - Toronto, Ontario
January - March 2012: Views from the North: Original Drawings from Cape Dorset - Alaska on Madison, New York, NY
May- June 2012: The Unexpected - Feheley Fine Arts - Toronto, Ontario
2013 Cape Dorset Graphics (Annual Collection) (illustrated catalogue)
August -September 2013: Eight Women - Marion Scott Gallery - Vancouver, British Columbia
October - November 2013: The Hand of the Artist - Feheley Fine Arts - Toronto, Ontario
October 2013 Toronto International Art Fair - Metro Toronto Convention Centre - Toronto, Ontario

REFERENCE:
Tiberini, Elvira Stefania - Annie e le Altre: Artiste Contemporanee Di Cape Dorset. Rome: CISU, 2013

HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS AND EVENTS:
2007 - 2008 Calendar Competition winner - Nunavut Mining Symposium