Ningiukulu Teevee was born in 1963 in the south Baffin Island hamlet of Kinngait, formerly Cape Dorset. She has created images for as long as she can remember. She watched her father, Joanasie Salomonie, make drawings and would “borrow” paper from him. In the mid-1990s the West Baffin Cooperative Print Studio began buying her drawings, and in 2004 and 2005, two of her drawings were translated into lithographs for the Cape Dorset annual print collection by printmaker, Pitseolak Niviaqsi. Both Bed of Kelp (2004) and Cross Current (2005) are in this exhibition. Since 2004, 175 prints have been created from Teevee’s drawings. Her practice is rooted in visual storytelling that gives personal and often surprising dimensions to Arctic animals, particularly owls, birds, and walruses. Her interpretations of contemporary life, history and mythology oscillate between empathy and humour. Her subjects often include shape shifters and the powerful female sea spirit variously referenced as Sedna, Taleelayu, and Nuliajuk. Teevee understands the importance of her work as a means of documenting the Arctic around her, and that those narratives become platforms from which to communicate the cultural importance of her Kinngait community. She has explained: “my work connects Inuit storytelling with contemporary art.” As one of Canada’s most significant visual creators, her work is exhibited across the country and internationally. On December 17, 2025, The Sydney Opera House unveiled Badu Gill: Story Keepers. Images from Teevee’s Owl and Raven stories are being projected on the outer sails of the Opera House every evening for a year.

All works in this exhibition are from the Art in Practice Collection of Cholakis Dental Group.