This morning, 25 Canadian artists were longlisted for the 2019 Sobey Art Award.
A top prize of $100,000 will awarded to the winner on November 15, and $25,000 to each of four shortlisted artists. One shortlisted artist will also receive a residency at Fogo Island Arts.
Each of the 20 longlisted artists who do not proceed to the shortlist—which is announced June 12—will receive $2,000. Three of the longlisted artists will also be selected to participate in an international residency program of three to six months. An exhibition of the Sobey Art Award finalists will be on view from October 5, 2019, to January 5, 2020, at the Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton, where the winner will also be announced in November.
Here are the 25 longlisted artists:
ATLANTIC REGION
Philippa Jones
Eleanor King
Logan MacDonald
Ericka Walker
D’Arcy Wilson
QUÉBEC REGION
Marie-Michelle Deschamps
Nicolas Grenier
Caroline Monnet
Celia Perrin Sidarous
Sabrina Ratté
ONTARIO REGION
Stephanie Comilang
Patrick Cruz
Brendan Fernandes
Laurie Kang
Erdem Taşdelen
PRAIRIES & NORTH REGION
Alana Bartol
Catherine Blackburn
Kablusiak
Curtis Talwst Santiago
The Ephemerals
WEST COAST & YUKON REGION
Andrew Dadson
Rochelle Goldberg
Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill
Anne Low
Carmen Papalia
The artists were chosen by a jury consisting of National Gallery of Canada senior curator Josée Drouin-Brisebois; Dalhousie Art Gallery director/curator Peter Dykhuis; National Bank Collection curator Jo-Ann Kane; independent curator, artist and writer Swapnaa Tamhane; Art Gallery of Alberta curator Lindsey Sharman; Contemporary Art Gallery executive director Nigel Prince; and Kunsthal Charlottenborg curator Henriette Bretton-Meyer.