Long List Announced for Sobey Art Award
The Sobey Art Award's long list is out and, for the first time, artists over 40 are on the list.
The age limit was removed earlier this year to make the prestigious award more inclusive.
Each of the five regional categories includes at least one person aged 41 to 58.
The 25 artists on the long list will receive $10,000 each, an increase from the $2,000 awarded in previous years.
This year saw an unprecedented number of first-time long-listed artists, says Rob Sobey, chair of the Sobey Art Foundation.
“I am pleased to see such an exciting array of emerging artists.”
Sasha Suda, jury chair and director of the National Gallery of Canada, noted there was a record number of nominations, many “from outside of the large urban centres that we often associate with the art world.”
The four regional winners on the short list will receive $25,000 each, while the winner will take home $100,000.
The long list artists are:
WEST COAST & YUKON
Sharona Franklin
Anne Riley and T’uy’t’anat-Cease Wyss
PRAIRIES & NORTH
Nic Wilson
ONTARIO
Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour and Ryan Ferko
Jawa El Khash
Esmaa Mohamoud
QUEBEC
Guillaume Adjutor Provost
Lorna Bauer
Dayna Danger
ATLANTIC
Rémi Belliveau
Glenn Gear
Lou Sheppard
The short-list artists will have an exhibition at the National Gallery in the fall.
A jury of curators from the five geographic regions, as well as two international jurors, oversaw the selection process.
Source: National Gallery of Canada
