Aboriginal Art Galleries: Where to Shop

Aboriginal art galleries are your best bet for finding work by internationally-renowned artists like Kenojuak Ashevak and Norval Morrisseau.

They're also great places to find pieces by emerging artists who will someday be as famous as these veterans, and to learn more about the various types of work created by Aboriginal art makers.

Many foreign visitors like to bring home a piece of Canadian native art as a souvenir of their trip to Canada. If you want the REAL thing (and not a knockoff made abroad), be sure to shop in legitimate galleries.

Most shops attached to art galleries and museums sell original works and reproductions. The one at the Museum of Inuit Art in Toronto has one of the best Inuit art galleries around, with prints, wall hangings and sculpture.

You can also find a great number of commercial galleries in the province specializing in this kind of art, such as:

Arctic Experience Gallery, 191 James Street South, Hamilton Ontario
Inuit sculpture and prints.

Balzac Fine Arts, Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto
Broad selection of Inuit sculpture. Belongs to a chain of three art galleries, one in Ottawa and the other in Quebec.

Bay of Spirits, 156 Front St. W., Toronto
Inuit and First Nations and West Coast art.

Eskimo Art Gallery, 12 Queens Quay W., Toronto
Inuit sculpture, Inuit prints and more. Large gallery at Harbourfront.

Feheley Fine Arts, 14 Hazelton Ave., Toronto
One of the oldest Inuit art galleries in Ontario.

Galerie d'art Vincent, Fairmont Chateau Laurier, 1 Rideau Street, Ottawa
A lot of variety, and a beautiful setting.

Gallery Indigena Inc., 69 Ontario Street, Stratford Ontario
Original First Nations and Inuit art. Pacific coast masks. Also sells prints, calendars, cards, etc.

The Guild Shop, 118 Cumberland St., Toronto
They're not strictly Aboriginal art; it's actually the Ontario craft association's retail outlet so you'll find a range of artists and artisans from Ontario. But they do have one room devoted to Inuit sculpture.

Kinsman Robinson Galleries, 108 Cumberland, Toronto
Find works by famous First Nations artist Norval Morrisseau.

Ninavik Native Arts, 3845 Main Street, Jordan Ontario
Large Inuit art gallery in a small town in the Niagara Region. Specializes in Iroquois and Inuit art. Cool place to stop off for lunch and a bit of shopping if you're on your way between Niagara and Toronto.

NOTE: This list of Canadian native art galleries is FAR from exhaustive. It's just a start!

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