Museum of Contemporary Circumpolar Art (MCCA)

Samonie Toonoo 1969 - 2017 Samonie was the youngest brother of Oviloo Tunnillie and Jutai Toonoo. Toonoo’s sculpture also serves as commentary on colonial traumas working their way through Inuit culture. (Inuit Art Samonie Toonoo’s work continues to challenge established paradigms for Inuit sculptural work in the contemporary art world. His persistence to question and provoke the viewer about their insights and interpretation of modern Arctic and post-colonial life will trouble some and provide impetus to others to explore these realities further. His figures present a clear visual understanding of the belief system introduced to Inuit and how the messages were perceived to be wielded. (Inuit Gallery, Vancouver)