Finalists Chosen for Salt Spring National Art Prize

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The 52 finalists for the Salt Spring National Art Prize Society have been chosen from amongst 2,158 entrants.

The finalists will exhibit their work on Salt Spring Island, B.C., from Sept. 23 to Oct. 23, with prizes announced at a closing gala on Oct. 21.

"The artists chosen are exploring their personal and social place, reinventing themselves as artists and re-evaluating the role of art in today's times," said Ronald Crawford, the prize's founding director. "I cannot wait to see the actual work."

The finalists were selected by an independent jury composed of Kwakwaka'wakw  artist Richard Hunt, Montreal gallerist Pierre-François Ouellette, independent Vancouver curator Helga Pakasaar and Gaëtane Verna, former director of the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto.

Prizes totalling $50,000 will be awarded in various categories.

The finalists are:

Sarah-Mecca Abdourahman – Ottawa

Peter Adams – Collingwood, Ont.

Greg Allen – North Saanich, B.C.

Katy Biele – Victoria

Martin Blanchet – St-Emile-de-Suffolk, Que.

Jillian Bogan – Saskatoon

Jeanne Bourget – Vancouver

Michaela Bridgemohan – Kelowna

Nicki Brooks – Toronto

Norman Busse – Guelph, Ont.

Glenna Cardinal – Tsuut'ina, Alta.

Rydel Cerezo – Surrey, B.C.

Anna Binta Diallo – Winnipeg

Samantha Dickie – Victoria

Gerry Dotto – Sherwood Park, Alta.

Amanda Fauteux – Sackville, N.B.

Braxton Garneau – Edmonton

Jennifer Globush – Balmertown, Ont.

Michael Greer – Dartmouth, N.S.

Xin He – Richmond Hill, Ont.

Martin Herbert – Salt Spring Island, B.C.

Connie Higgs – Perth, Ont.

Marlene Hilton Moore – Hillsdale, Ont.

Susan Huber – Salt Spring Island, B.C.

Shinae Kim – Toronto

Lynn Kodeih – Montreal

Daniel Labutes – Medicine Hat, Alta.

Cheyenne LeGrande – Edmonton

Chris McQuilkin – Richmond, B.C.

Iryna Merkulova – Montreal

Virginia Morgan – Hazelton, B.C.

Robert Moss – Salt Spring Island, B.C.

Agnes Neufeld – Niverville, Man.

Maureen O'Connor – Toronto

Annie Pillaktuaq – Gatineau, Que.

Desere Pressey – Calgary

Meghan Price – Montreal

Esther Rausenberg – Vancouver

Laura Rosengren – Chilliwack, B.C.

Tammy Salzl – Edmonton

David Shepherd – Hamilton

Guntaj Singh – Vancouver

Nicole Sleeth – Carbonear, N.L.

Douglas Smith – Vancouver

Alicja Swiatlon – Salt Spring Island, B.C.

Barrie Szekely – Victoria

Francis Tiffany – Vancouver

Brenna Tomas – Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

Bruce van Slyke – Burnaby, B.C.

Tlehpik Hjalmer Wenstob – Ty-Histanis (Tofino), B.C.

April Winter – Mayne Island, B.C.

Zoey Zoric – Toronto

Source: Salt Spring National Art Prize Society