TORONTO, March 27,
2023 /CNW/ - Three Canadian artists have been named
to the 2023 Scotiabank Photography Award shortlist. The Award,
celebrating its 13th anniversary this year, is
Canada's largest and most
prestigious annual peer-nominated and reviewed prize for lens-based
art. The Award celebrates the creative vision and accomplishments
of some of the country's most gifted contemporary lens-based
artists.
The 2023 shortlisted artists are:
- Sandra Brewster, Toronto, Ontario
- Chris Curreri, Toronto, Ontario
- Ken Lum, Vancouver, British Columbia
"Congratulations to the three artists named to this year's
Scotiabank Photography Award shortlist," says Laura Curtis Ferrera, Chief Marketing Officer,
Scotiabank. "Scotiabank has a long-standing history and commitment
to supporting art across Canada
because we believe in the power of art and how it inspires and
enriches the communities where we live and work. This year's
finalists represent an impressive and inspiring group of Canadian
artists from coast-to-coast-to-coast, and I look forward to
celebrating their work."
In 2010, Scotiabank co-created the Scotiabank Photography Award
with Canadian photographer, Edward Burtynsky, to strengthen its
commitment to the arts and celebrate the creative vision and
accomplishments of some of our country's most gifted lens-based
artists. Thirteen years later, the Award continues to engage
Canadians with photographic art and aims to be instrumental in
working with the winning artist to assist them in achieving the
next level of their artistic career.
"Now in its 13th year, the Scotiabank Photography Award
continues to recognize the strength of photography as an artistic
medium in Canada, and through the
publishing of the Steidl book brings it to the world stage," says
Edward Burtynsky, Chair of the Scotiabank Photography Award jury.
"This year's finalists represent exceptional perspective,
innovation and creativity within the photographic medium. It is a
great pleasure to recognize each of these talented Canadian
artists."
This year's shortlist was selected from a longlist of eight
artists, inclusive of:
- Lorna Bauer
- Krista Bell Stewart
- Genevieve Cadieux
- Rosalie Favell
- Ned Pratt
The winner of the 2023 Scotiabank Photography Award will be
announced May 4, 2023. The
winner will receive a $50,000 cash
prize, a solo exhibition during the 2024 Scotiabank CONTACT
Photography Festival, and a published book of their work
distributed worldwide by renowned art book publisher Steidl. The
three finalists will receive a cash prize of $10,000 each.
The finalists and winner of the 2023 Scotiabank Photography
Award are selected by a jury of pre-eminent members of the Canadian
arts community. This year's jury includes:
- Edward Burtynsky, Artist, Jury Chair
- Stéphane Aquin, Director, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- Dr. Kenneth Montague, Art
Collector & Curator
- Gaëlle Morel, Exhibition Curator at the Toronto Image
Centre (TIC)
The 2022 Scotiabank Photography Award winner, Jin-me Yoon,
will have a solo Primary Exhibition at the Toronto Image Centre
during the Scotiabank 2023 CONTACT Photography
Festival opening May 2023.
For more information about the Scotiabank Photography Award,
please visit the website at www.scotiabank.com/photoaward.
About Scotiabank
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purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families
and their communities achieve success through a broad range of
advice, products and services, including personal and commercial
banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and
investment banking, and capital markets. With a team of over 90,000
employees and assets of over $1.3 trillion (as
at January 31, 2023), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto Stock
Exchange (TSX: BNS) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BNS). For
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SOURCE Scotiabank