Kiawak Ashoona
was born in Cape Dorset in 1933. He is the remaining son of renowned artist Pitseolak Ashoona.
He first exhibited sculpture at the Stratford Festival in Stratford Ontario in 1959, one of the
earliest Inuit sculptors to be widely exhibited.  His work has been illustrated on a Canadian
postage stamp, and one of his sculptures was presented to US President Ronald Reagan in 1987
at a summit meeting in Toronto.

Kiawak Ashoona has sculpture in all significant corporate and museum collections, as well as
many private collections around the world.  His work is highly sought after by discerning
collectors around the world.

Davie Atchealak:
Other forms of his name include Teevee and  Davidee.  He was born in 1947, in  Ikirasaq, a small Baffin Island community down coast from Cape Dorset. He now lives in  Iqaluit, and has also lived in Pangnirtung, Cape Dorset, Lake Harbour, and Markham Bay.

He began exhibiting his sculpture in 1976, and has become one of the most prominent Inuit sculptors of his generation. As well as exhibiting in museums and galleries across Canada, his work has been included in exhibitions in major cities in  the USA, including Washington D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle.

David Atchealak's work has travelled to world with the prestigious Amway collection and is represented in all of the major Inuit Art museum collections in Canada and abroad.

The identifying feature of this talented artist's sculpture is the delicate balance he achieves in his pieces.  Dancing bears and walruses appear to float, anchored by a single point to a small stone base, all carved out of a single piece of stone.  His works are technically challenging, and  are exquisitely formed modern sculpture.

Robert Bateman is Canada's best known painter and environmental activist. His paintings of
nature almost always include wildlife. He has had exhibitions in many countries around the
world, and highlights of his career include major exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution in
Washington, D.C., and in Tokyo, Japan.  The gallery is privileged to have paintings by this noted
painter.

Michael Dumas' personal style is one born of observation and a great sensitivity to the unique subtleties of his chosen subjects.  His art has been exhibited in prestigious institutions in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Asia, including the National Museum of Canada, the Suntory Museum in Japan and the International Museum of Wildlife Art in England.  He is also a published writer, and an ardent conservationaist.  He is listed in the "Canadian Who's Who".

Omalu Oshutsiak
born in Cape Dorset in 1948, is one of the few women who support their families through their work as sculptors.   Omalu was raised in a family of Cape Dorset artists.  Her adopted  parents are Cape Dorset artists Etidlooie Etidlooie, and Kingmeata Etidlooie.        Her adopted brothers, Etulu Etidlui, Eeyoukak Nakoolak, Pukaluk Etungat, and
Kellypalik Etidlooie are sculptors in Cape Dorset.   Omalu's son, Pitseolak Oshutsiak, and daughter Mary Oshutsiak, are  also developing sculpture careers.

Exhibited in many galleries in Canada and the USA, one of the highlights of Omalu's career was a trip to Switzerland in 1993, where she attended the opening of a solo exhibition at a Zurich gallery.   She gave carving demonstrations, and talks about her work, to great popular acclaim.

Omalu uses scenes from her daily life as a wife, mother and grandmother as inspirationn.  Her pieces are often family scenes, mother and children, or shildren playing.  Often, her images of women have a baby peeking out from inside the hood of their amoutiks (parkas).

In Cape Dorset, they say that he above all artists has an ability to depict the human face, and
express many emotions -he is a master sculptor, and a favourite of the gallery clientele.

Paintings by this talented artist are highly sought after by visitors to Canada, evoking memories
of the brilliant colours of Canadian autumn, and the serenity of Northern Canada. Ross accepts
commissions for paintings of particular places that have special meaning to collectors. His work
is modestly priced; small paintings starting at $200.00.

Axanguya  Shaa
was born in 1937 in Cape Dorset. He works in sculpture and also produces stonecut prints. He
work is included in major museums across Canada and the USA, including the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Canada, The Art Gallery of Ontario, the McMichael
Canadian Collection, and many more. His work is also in significant corporate and private
collections.

His works have been exhibited in Canada, the USA, Germany, and France.  There is a growing
interest and appreciation for the Inuit Art form in Europe, the Pacific Rim and in other countries
outside North America, and Shaa is one of the leading artists in these  exhibitions.

Manomie Shako
was born in 1917, and now resides in Cape Dorset. He describes his life through interview.

"I was born in a winter camp near Dorset.  I used to remember how old I was but I have a poor
memory and have forgotten now. I know it was around the time Cape Dorset became a
settlement.  I was born in an igloo. My father was Towatuga and my mother was Karalooatoo.
When I was young I loved to follow my grandfather and the other men in the camp hunting.  I
don't remember what it was like to hunt with spears and harpoons since most of the men had
rifles.  As a boy I was afraid of whiteman because I imagined they wanted to kidnap me.

"When I was a teenager I started to carve..At first I used to sit and etch many ivory tusks.  I later
carved stone. My family needed money for food so this is why I carved. I enjoy carving women
out of hard dark stone best. For many years I have carved. I usually carve every day. I have no
other job."

Chris Wallace has spent time in both Scotland and Canada, and now makes his home in
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on Canada's east coast.   He is inspired by, and paints in the tradition of
other East Coast Realists such as Alex Colville and Christopher Pratt.  His work is reminiscent
of Andrew Wyeth in the simplicity of images, and the muted palette. He paints in egg tempera; a
very demanding medium that he works in fine detail. He also paints in watercolours. His works
depict the local scenes around his home, and each conveys a sense of mystery.

Chris Wallace is represented  exclusively in North America by the McNaught Gallery.