Special Projects
Throughout those sixty-year history, West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative has been a leader in shaping the wide-reaching profile of Inuit art, and is consistently a robust contributor to a broader international contemporary art discussion. The organization maintains active partnerships, which result in the Inuit art of Kinngait highlighted in Canadian destinations such as Montréal, Ottawa, Sasktoon, Dawson City, Vancouver and international cultural centres like New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London, Glasgow, Milan, Stockholm, Venice and Warsaw. You can discover some of the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative special project below:
Qavavau Manumie at Busan Biennale
First Kinngait artist to participate in prestigious South Korean visual art event.
Shuvinai Ashoona at La Biennale de Venezia
Major international visual arts survey features prominent Kinngait artist.
New Inuit Art in Warsaw
National Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw, Poland presents a groundbreaking exhibition of printmaking, drawing and sculpture.
Our People, Our Climate
Ground-breaking experimental documentary featuring special imagery selected for the project by artist members of the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative.
Kenojuak Ashevak and TVO Arts
A short video, interactive experience, and downloadable educator guide features the work Kenojuak Ashevak.
Cape Dorset Video Initiative
A series of video “snapshots” created in partnership with the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom.
Kenojuak Ashevak: Life and Legacy
A national touring exhibition of drawings and prints presented at six locations across canada.
The Penumbral Age. Art in the Time of Planetary Change
Kinngait artist Qavavau Manumie at Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.
Shuvinai Ashoona: Holding on to Universes
A solo exhibition by one of Kinngait’s most provocative artists.
Warsaw Gallery Weekend
A virtual exhibition of recent drawings by Inuit artists living and working in Kinngait.