Now located on Water Street in Vancouver's heritage Gastown district, the Marion Scott Gallery has been exposing West Coast audiences to fine Inuit art from Canada’s North for three decades. As dealers committed to presenting the very best of northern art, both contemporary and older, the Gallery has been a driving force in the development of a stable, mature market for Inuit art.

Founded in 1975 by the late Marion Scott, who organized the first major exhibition of Inuit sculpture on the West Coast in 1966, the Gallery is now run by Judy Scott Kardosh, Marion’s daughter and Director since 1989. Producing on average two major, fully curated exhibitions per year, the Gallery has been successful in raising awareness about northern art and artists, both in Vancouver as well as nationally and internationally. Between exhibitions, the Gallery maintains a display of high quality Inuit sculpture, prints, drawings and wallhangings, ensuring an ongoing presence for Inuit art in the cultural life of Canada’s third largest city. The Marion Scott Gallery will also be mounting exhibitions of contemporary art by southern Canadian artists.

Under the curatorial co-direction of Robert Kardosh, a third-generation family member, the Marion Scott Gallery has become an established leader in the publication of exhibition-related catalogues and books on northern art. Aimed equally at collectors, scholars and the general public, the Gallery’s small but growing list of fine art publications is filling a vital need by helping to further develop the body of critical writing on Inuit art and artists.

Marion Scott Gallery offers professional appraisal services for all types of Inuit art, and is a recognized appraiser by the Canadian Cultural Properties Review Board. The Gallery will also purchase or take consignment of collections of fine Inuit art.