2015 Winners
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
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
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
Manitoba Winner
Yucen Zhou
University of Manitoba
The City Underwater (Montreal)
oil on linen, 152.4 x 121.9 cm; 60 x 48 in
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
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
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)
Nunavut Winner
Ramona Barkhouse
Nunavut Arctic College
Flight of the Peacock
sterling silver, 14 karat gold, labradorite, diameter: 43.1 cm; 17 in
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
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
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
Saskatchewan Winner
Shelby Lechman
University of Saskatchewan
Exodus
oil on canvas, 152.4 x 182.8 cm; 60 x 72 in
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