Lot
23
COMPOSITION (20.3.21)
Watercolour and ink, 2021
76,2 x 45,7 cm
Estimate
$3 300
This drawing is part of a series titled Silavut, meaning “our skies, our weather, our outside.” It is meant to capture the purity, space, and atmosphere of the North—more specifically, Nunavik. The light that this drawing evokes, the colours used, and the grand sky represent peace at the end of a dark time.
Biographical note
Niap (b. 1986) is a multimedia artist from Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, currently based in Montreal. Niap’s practice shifts among sculpture, textiles, paintings, and photography. Through each medium, she reaffirms her culture by incorporating elements that represent her identity as an Inuk woman.
In November 2015, Niap participated in her first group exhibition, Ullumimut—Between Tradition and Innovation, at McClure Gallery (Montreal). In 2017, she created a permanent mural for the Canada Goose Arctic Gallery at the Canadian Museum of Natures. Her installation Katajjausivallaat, le rythme bercé, exhibited at Oboro in Montreal, was acquired by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in the summer of 2018. In 2019, Feheley Fine Arts held Niap’s first solo exhibition, which featured multi-media drawings and a live performance including traditional Inuit tattooing. Her work has been collected by the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Hydro-Québec and the Royal Bank of Canada, among others, and has been exhibited across Canada.