Border Crossings Magazine

2009 Sobey Art Award Longlist Announced

Mar 10, 2009

The Sobey Art Award, Canada’s top prize for contemporary Canadian Art, announced the longlist of 25 artists up for the $50,000 prize.

WEST COAST & YUKON
Rhonda Weppler & Trevor Mahovsky; Luanne Martineau; Keith Langergraber; Evan Lee; Julie York

PRAIRIES & THE NORTH
Paul Butler; Marcel Dzama; Sarah Anne Johnson; Jon Pylypchuk; Althea Thauberger

ONTARIO
Shary Boyle; Christian Giroux & Daniel Young; Luis Jacob; Kelly Richardson; Derek Sullivan

QUÉBEC
David Altmejd; Raphaëlle de Groot; Manon De Pauw; Pascal Grandmaison; Adad Hannah

ATLANTIC
Alexandra Flood; Tara K. Wells; Ilan Sandler; Graeme Patterson; Joe McKay

The shortlist for the 2009 Sobey Art Award will be announced on May 1, 2009.

Congratulations to all the artists on the longlist and especially to Winnipeg’s Paul Butler, Marcel Dzama, Sarah Anne Johnson and Jon Pylypchuk!

For more information on the Sobey Art Award vist: akimbo.ca or the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia