Christienne Cuevas won the 2017 Kingston Prize with her piece Portrait of the artist.
Thirty artists have been named as finalists for the 2019 Kingston Prize. The award, presented every two years, is unique in Canada for focusing exclusively on portraiture.
The prize winner this year will receive $20,000, while two honourable mention recipients will receive $2,000 each.
The winner will be announced at the Firehall Theatre in Gananoque on October 17. The jury that will make the decision consists of Catharine Mastin, director of the Art Gallery of Windsor; Sarah Milroy, chief curator of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection; and Phil Richards, artist.
Here are the finalists for the 2019 Kingston Prize:
Houssam Alloum, Gananoque
Laurence Antony, Montréal
Kendall Ayoub-Nichols, Sainte-Cécile de Masham
Nicholas Bierk, Toronto
Armando Cabba, Paris
Melissa Chen, Coquitlam
Charles Choi, Whitby
Lorna Conquergood, Saskatoon
Christine Cousineau, Hudson
Lauren Crazybull, Edmonton
Louise Dee West, Vancouver
Elaine Despins, Montréal
Nathan Dixon, Oakville
Shaun Downey, Toronto
Felicia Gagnon, Montréal
Anne Harrison, Toronto
Atleigh Homma, Toronto
Christopher Laffin, Stella
Linglei Lu, Toronto
Carol Miller, Stratford
Andrew Pink, Montréal
Kae Sasaki, Winnipeg
Ewa Scheer, Sutton
Jeannette Sirois, Salt Spring Island
Kyle Stewart, Toronto
Robert Strickland, Richmond Hill
Jane Tarini, Ancaster
Andrew Valko, Winnipeg
Sarah Van Dusen, Toronto
Leslie Watts, Stratford
