2024 Sobey Art Award Longlist Announced

April 30, 2024

The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) and the Sobey Art Foundation (SAF) today announced the 30 artists longlisted for the 2024 Sobey Art Award, Canada’s preeminent contemporary visuals arts award. This year, Circumpolar was added as a sixth nomination region, increasing representation from across the country. Prize money now totals $465,000. Funded by the Sobey Art Foundation, this is the richest award in visual arts in the country and one of the most generous in the world.

The 2024 Sobey Art Award longlisted artists are:

Circumpolar
Eldred Allen
Casey Koyczan
Taqralik Partridge
Jason Sikoak
Jessica Winters

Pacific
Judy Chartrand
Sara Cwynar
Barry Doupé
Zoe Kreye
Peter Morin

Prairies
Erica Eyres
Audie Murray
Marigold Santos
Rhayne Vermette
Aikaterini Zegeye-Gebrehiwot

Ontario
June Clark
Sameer Farooq
Timothy Yanick Hunter
Oluseye Ogunlesi
Chrysanne Stathacos

Quebec
Chun Hua Catherine Dong
Miles Greenberg
Frances Adair Mckenzie
Eve Tagny
Nico Williams

Atlantic
Carrie Allison
Rémi Belliveau
Séamus Gallagher
Mathieu Léger
Lucas Morneau

“Congratulations to all 30 artists longlisted for the 2024 Sobey Art Award. The longlist is an exciting moment to celebrate and appreciate a wide range of artistic perspectives from the nomination process, which yet again received incredibly strong applications,” said Jonathan Shaughnessy, Director, Curatorial Initiatives, NGC, and Chair of the 2024 Sobey Award Jury. “We are grateful to the Sobey Art Foundation for increasing their annual support to introduce the Circumpolar region, thereby enabling us to recognize and learn from five more innovative artistic voices.”

“On behalf of the Sobey Art Award Foundation, our warmest congratulations to each of the deserving artists selected for the 2024 longlist,” said Bernard Doucet, Executive Director of the Sobey Art Foundation. “Each year, we look forward to the Sobey Art Award longlist as an incredible way to gain insight into Canada’s contemporary cultural makeup. The addition of five artists with a dedicated Circumpolar region brings even more awareness to our country’s great diversity and, in equal measure, our shared experiences. Together with the National Gallery of Canada, we are very proud of this year’s changes to the award and pleased to be furthering our mission to propel Canadian contemporary art to national and international audiences.”

The 2024 Sobey Art Award shortlist and the names of the jury members will be announced on June 11, 2024.

Works by the six shortlisted artists will be featured in a special exhibition at the NGC from October 4, 2024, to March 16, 2025. The winner will be announced on November 9, 2024, during an evening celebration at the Gallery.

For more information on the 2024 longlisted artists, please visit: https://www.gallery.ca/whats-on/sobey-art-award

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