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