Artist News & Events
Ooloosie Saila | Solo exhibition
C.O.A is delighted to announce the imminent launch of an online exhibition featuring previously unreleased artworks by Inuit artist Ooloosie Saila. Born in Iqaluit (NU), Ooloosie Saila is an emerging artist working in the Kinngait Studios (Cape Dorset, NU) since 2015. Granddaughter of Pauta Saila (1916-2009)—a renowned sculptor and graphic artist—Ooloosie Saila began to draw at a young age, strongly inspired by her occasional visits to the home of her friend’s grandmother, celebrated artist Kenojuak Ashevak. ...
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Dialogue | Ooloosie Saila & Josiane Lanthier
For C.O.A, this exhibition marks an opportunity to bring together two favourites: two emerging artists in their early thirties who paint the territories that surround them. Although the landscapes that inspire them differ, Ooloosie Saila (Canadian Inuit artist from Kinngait - Cape Dorset) and Josiane Lanthier (Montreal painter expatriated in Baie-Saint-Paul) share a common vision. Through their works, they both choose to translate an emotion, the trace of a visual feeling, rather than a photographic representation of forms. ...
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