Two Artists Receive Tanabe Prize

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Amy Modahl, “How have you been?”, 2021

ink and other drawing media on semi-opaque paper, 2 rolls, 30’ x 30’ (Installation Kamloops Art Gallery, Summer 2021, image courtesy Kamloops Art Gallery)

Two artists in the B.C. Interior, Amy Modahl and Robin Hodgson, have won this year's Tanabe Prize. They each receive $15,000.

Modahl, who teaches at the Vernon campus of Okanagan College, has had solo exhibitions at the Kamloops Art Gallery and the Kelowna Art Gallery.

Emerging artist Robin Hodgson, of Kamloops, a quadriplegic since the age of 19, has partial movement in his arms, allowing him to paint with the assistance of adaptive tools. Last year, he had an exhibition at the Kamloops Art Gallery.

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Robin Hodgson, "A Trife with Nature to Outdo the Life," 2022

acrylic, latex and oil bar on canvas, 7' x 4'

The winners were selected by a panel of curators connected to British Columbia galleries and museums. Selection is based on exceptional creativity coupled with a promise of future achievements. Names of the selectors are confidential.

There is no application process for either curators or artists. The prize is open to painters in British Columbia and is administered by the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.

Takao Tanabe, born in Prince Rupert, B.C., in 1926, lives on Vancouver Island. His paintings reflect his interest in abstraction and the landscape. 

Source: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria