2015 Winners

Tamara Himmelspach: Back Into the Earth: Creation and the Interpretation of Meaning

National Winner

Tamara Himmelspach

Alberta College of Art & Design

Back Into the Earth: Creation and the Interpretation of Meaning

jingle dress, beaded purse and moccasins: cotton and polyester, unfired clay, deerhide, beads; 11 inkjet prints, overall installation: 182.8 x 182.8 cm; 72 x 72 in

Svea Ferguson: Future Classic

Alberta Winner

Svea Ferguson

Alberta College of Art & Design

Future Classic

linoleum flooring, 96.5 x 71.1 x 12.7 cm; 38 x 28 x 5 in

Richard Heikkilä-Sawan: Freedom Flag

British Columbia Winner

Richard Heikkilä-Sawan

Emily Carr University of Art & Design

Freedom Flag

buffalo hide, dye, 200.6 x 137.1 x 6.3 cm; 79 x 54 x 2.5 in

Yucen Zhou: The City Underwater (Montreal)

Manitoba Winner

Yucen Zhou

University of Manitoba

The City Underwater (Montreal)

oil on linen, 152.4 x 121.9 cm; 60 x 48 in

Jasmine Keillor: Travellers

New Brunswick Winner

Jasmine Keillor

Mount Allison University

Travellers

pencil on paper; balsa wood, hollow wax, sewing pattern paper, 3 drawings, each: 83.8 x 66 cm; 33 x 26 in / sculpture 1: 33 x 12.7 x 6.3 cm; 13 x 5 x 2.5 in / sculpture 2: 20.3 x 7.6 x 12.7 cm; 8 x 3 x 5 in

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Newfoundland & Labrador Winner

Alex Noel

Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Only Begetter

silver gelatin prints on RC photo paper, 126 parts, each: 21.5 x 27.9 cm; 8.5 x 11 in

Connie Lynn Higgs: (r)evolve

Nova Scotia Winner

Connie Lynn Higgs

Nova Scotia College of Art & Design

(r)evolve

hand-woven, ikat resist dyed linen, wool, 203.2 x 43.1 x 1.2 cm; 80 x 17 x 0.5 in (photo courtesy of Eliot Wright)

Ramona Barkhouse: Flight of the Peacock

Nunavut Winner

Ramona Barkhouse

Nunavut Arctic College

Flight of the Peacock

sterling silver, 14 karat gold, labradorite, diameter: 43.1 cm; 17 in

Lindsey Wilson: Murmur I

Ontario Winner

Lindsey Wilson

Queen’s University

Murmur I

stoneware, wool, silk yarn, 60.9 x 17.7 x 7.6 cm; 24 x 7 x 3 in

Jude Scheppele: Dysmorphia

Prince Edward Island Winner

Jude Scheppele

Holland College

Dysmorphia

digital illustration on canvas, edition 1 of 1, 121.9 x 45.7 cm; 48 x 18 in

Erin Skelton: All Our Mother’s Wishes

Quebec Winner

Erin Skelton

Concordia University

All Our Mother’s Wishes

steel, porcelain, pigmented encaustic, cotton cord, silicone, wood crate, 22.8 x 45.7 x 19 cm; 9 x 18 x 7.5 in

Shelby Lechman: Exodus

Saskatchewan Winner

Shelby Lechman

University of Saskatchewan

Exodus

oil on canvas, 152.4 x 182.8 cm; 60 x 72 in

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Yukon Winner

Jon Iñaki Etxeberria Vanneste

Yukon School of Visual Arts

Moving Target Artifacts

doctored and digitally manipulated archival, found and original photographs, overall installation: 81.9 x 78.7 cm; 32.25 x 31 in

2015 Selection Committee

  • Pip Day, Director/Curator, SBC Contemporary Art
  • Peter Dykhuis, Artist and Director, Dalhousie Art Gallery
  • Michelle Jacques, Chief Curator, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
  • Michelle LaVallee, Associate Curator, MacKenzie Art Gallery
  • Dawn Cain, Curator, BMO Financial Group