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Derya Akay, Rydel Cerezo, Michelle Sylliboy Make 2022 Sobey Award Longlist – ECUAD

by ahnationtalk on May 19, 202257 Views

May 19, 2022

The three artists are among 25 under consideration by a distinguished jury for prizes totalling $400,000.

Artists Derya Akay (BFA 2010), Rydel Cerezo (BFA 2019) and Michelle Sylliboy (BFA 2002) are among 25 outstanding creative practitioners included on the Sobey Art Award’s 2022 longlist.

The prestigious award is billed as “one of the world’s most generous privately funded prizes,” and is open to emerging Canadian contemporary visual artists of all ages.

“The Sobey Art Award underscores the importance of contemporary art in Canadian society at large,” Sasha Suda, director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada, says in a statement. “As Chair of the Jury, I was excited to see so many courageous and exciting artists nominated.