소비 아트 어워드 Sobey Art Award

The Sobey Art Award is the pre-eminent prize for emerging Canadian artists of all ages. Presented annually, the award celebrates some of our country’s most exciting artists and provides significant financial recognition. This year, a total of $400,000 in prize money will be awarded: $100,000 to the overall winner, $25,000 to each of the four other shortlisted artists, and $10,000 to each of the remaining twenty longlisted artists. In addition, the five shortlisted artists will be featured in an exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada during the fall of 2021. Since it was created in 2001, the Sobey Art Award has had an undeniable impact on the careers of Canadian contemporary artists. Within little more than a decade, the award and its attendant publicity have also boosted awareness of contemporary art in Canada and further afield. Each year, a jury composed of one distinguished representative from each of Canada’s five regions — the Atlantic Provinces, Quebec, Ontario, the Prairies and the North, and the West Coast and Yukon), as well as one international juror — oversees the selection process. The jury creates a list of five artists from each region selected from all regional nominees, and based on the jurors’ professional knowledge of their regions and of the national art scene. The jury then meets and chooses its shortlist, with one finalist from each region. The 2021 Sobey Art Award is jointly administered by the National Gallery of Canada and the Sobey Art Foundation.

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