The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and the Sobey Art Foundation have announced the longlist for the 2013 Sobey Art Award, the pre-eminent award for contemporary Canadian Art.
Of the 25 artists vying for the prize, six are linked to Concordia.
- Diane Borsato, MFA 03
- Anthony Burnham, BFA 97
- Jacynthe Carrier, MFA 12
- Mark Clintberg, MA 08 and current PhD candidate (Art History)
- Peter Flemming, part-time lecturer in Studio Arts (Intermedia/Cyberarts)
- Nadia Myre, MFA 02
Sarah Fillmore, curator of the Sobey Art Award, said, "The list of artists proposed for this year's award points to the vibrancy of practice in the country."
Each year the Sobey Art Award is awarded to an artist age 40 and under who has exhibited in a public or commercial art gallery within 18 months of being nominated. Work by the shortlisted artists, to be announced in late June, will be shown in an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in September.
The 2013 winner's announcement will take place at a gala event at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia on October 9, 2013.