The Kingston Prize
The Kingston Prize of $20,000 is presented by the W. Garfield Weston Foundation, and there will be two Honourable Mention awards of $2000 each. At each exhibition venue, there will be a People’s Choice award of $1000.
Eligible entries for this sixth biennial portrait competition are portraits of Canadians by Canadian artists, either paintings or drawings.
The exhibition of thirty finalists will be held at three venues: the Firehall Theatre, Gananoque ON in October 2015; the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredricton NB from November to February 2016; Maison d’art Desjardins Drummondville QC from February to March 2016.
The thirty finalists are:
Maria Bida Albulet, Mississauga ON
Jessie Babin, Dalhousie NB
Hélène Béland, Pierreville QC
Charles Bierk, Toronto ON
David Caesar, Guelph ON
Neville Clarke, Ajax ON
Joe Coffey, Victoria BC
Jason de Graaf, Dalkeith ON
Ella Fles, Montreal QC
Jennifer Goddard, Westmount QC
Dana Holst, Edmonton AB
Daniel Hughes, Kingston ON
Jason Jenkins, Philadelphia PA
Kayla King, Curran ON
Sarah Lacy, Ottawa ON
Brian LaSaga, St. George’s NF
Tony Luciani, Durham ON
Jen Mann, Mississauga ON
Suzanne Paleczny, Whitehorse YT
Maggie Rose, Toronto ON
Kae Sasaki, Winnipeg MB
Jay Senetchko, Vancouver BC
Shawn Shepherd, Victoria BC
Momcilo Simic, Kitchener ON
Jeannette Sirois, Salt Spring Island BC
Barbara Sutherland, Toronto ON
Matthew Tarini, Ancaster ON
Leslie Watts, Stratford ON
Marnie White, Toronto ON
Carol Wylie, Saskatoon SK
Click HERE to preview images of the finalist entries.
