Today, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and the Sobey Art Foundation announced the five finalists for the 2015 Sobey Art Award.
Lisa Lipton (Atlantic), Jon Rafman (Quebec), Abbas Akhavan (Ontario), Sarah Anne Johnson (Prairies and the North) and Raymond Boisjoly (West Coast and the Yukon) will be considered for the prize, which will be announced on October 28. $50,000 will go to the winner with $10,000 awarded to the other finalists and $500 to the longlisted artists.
An exhibition of works by the finalists will be on view at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia from September 26.
For more on the finalists, check out these stories from the Canadian Art archives:
Lisa Lipton
2009 review by Laura Kennis of the installation “High on a Hill” at the Khyber ICA, Halifax
2008 “Must See” about “High on a Hill” at Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s
Jon Rafman
2014 best-of by Twerdy, praising Rafman’s show at Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal
Abbas Akhavan
“Home Fronts” by Hadani Ditmars, a feature on Akhavan from the Spring 2012 issue of the magazine
2012 review by Joni Murphy of Akhavan’s show at the Darling Foundry, Montreal
Sarah Anne Johnson
“Northern Splendour” by Nancy Tousley, a feature on Johnson from the Fall 2011 issue of the magazine
A 2013 interview with Johnson by Britt Gallpen
Raymond Boisjoly
Bryne McLaughlin selects Boisjoly’s show at VOX, Montreal, for our 2015 Spring picks
McLaughlin mentions Boisjoly in his report on the 2014 “Convergence” summit in Banff
