Long List for Sobey Art Award
The Sobey Art Foundation and the National Gallery of Canada have released the long list of 25 visual artists for this year's $100,000 Sobey Art Award.
ATLANTIC
Philippa Jones
Ericka Walker
D’Arcy Wilson
QUEBEC
Marie-Michelle Deschamps
Nicolas Grenier
Caroline Monnet
Sabrina Ratté
ONTARIO
Stephanie Comilang
Brendan Fernandes
Laurie Kang
PRAIRIES AND NORTH
Alana Bartol
Kablusiak
Curtis Talwst Santiago
The Ephemerals
WEST COAST AND YUKON
Andrew Dadson
Rochelle Goldberg
Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill
Carmen Papalia
In addition to the top prize, to be announced Nov. 15, $25,000 is given to each of the four artists on the short list, to be announced June 12. The remaining artists receive $2,000.
As well, three artists are selected to participate in the Sobey's international residency program and one artist for a residency at Fogo Island Arts in Newfoundland.
“I am thrilled by the calibre of the artists selected by the jury for this year’s long list," says Rob Sobey, the chair of the Sobey Art Foundation. "The diversity of backgrounds gets more exciting every year."
The jury is chaired by the National Gallery of Canada’s senior curator of contemporary art, Josée Drouin-Brisebois. Other members are Peter Dykhuis, director/curator of the Dalhousie Art Gallery; Jo-Ann Kane, curator of the National Bank Collection; Swapnaa Tamhane, independent curator, artist and writer; Lindsey Sharman, curator of the Art Gallery of Alberta; Nigel Prince, executive director of the Contemporary Art Gallery; and Henriette Bretton-Meyer, curator of Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen.
Source: National Gallery of Canada
