2022 Winners

Shizuka Yoshimura: Transient Shine
Shizuka Yoshimura: Transient Shine Shizuka Yoshimura: Transient Shine Shizuka Yoshimura: Transient Shine Shizuka Yoshimura: Transient Shine

National Winner

Shizuka Yoshimura

Yukon School of Visual Arts

Transient Shine

wood, hemp cordage, steel, copper, glass vessels, 27 x 70 x 12 in; 68.5 x 178 x 30.5 cm

Kaela Murphy: my hair Kaela Murphy: my hair Kaela Murphy: my hair

Alberta Winner

Kaela Murphy

University of Lethbridge

my hair

charcoal on paper, 22.5 x 22 in; 57 x 56 cm

Ali Cayetano: cope Ali Cayetano: cope Ali Cayetano: cope

British Columbia Winner

Ali Cayetano

University of British Columbia

cope

gouache, watercolour, pencil crayon and gel pen on watercolour paper, 30 x 91 in; 76 x 231 cm

Solange Roy: You Want a Piece of Me? Solange Roy: You Want a Piece of Me? Solange Roy: You Want a Piece of Me?

Manitoba Winner

Solange Roy

University of Manitoba

You Want a Piece of Me?

ceramics, 23 x 13.5 x 13.5 in; 58.5 x 34.25 x 34.25 cm

Oakley Rain Wysote Gray: Nmis (Sister) Oakley Rain Wysote Gray: Nmis (Sister) Oakley Rain Wysote Gray: Nmis (Sister) Oakley Rain Wysote Gray: Nmis (Sister)

New Brunswick Winner

Oakley Rain Wysote Gray

New Brunswick College of Craft & Design

Nmis (Sister)

3D textile design, 67 x 19 x 14 in; 170 x 48.25 x 35.5 cm

Georgia Dawkin: PROFESSIONAL WOMAN: COMING SOON
Georgia Dawkin: PROFESSIONAL WOMAN: COMING SOON Georgia Dawkin: PROFESSIONAL WOMAN: COMING SOON Georgia Dawkin: PROFESSIONAL WOMAN: COMING SOON Georgia Dawkin: PROFESSIONAL WOMAN: COMING SOON Georgia Dawkin: PROFESSIONAL WOMAN: COMING SOON

Newfoundland & Labrador Winner

Georgia Dawkin

Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland

PROFESSIONAL WOMAN: COMING SOON

video, performance, 10 minutes 11 seconds

Ivan Flores: Mother Giant Ivan Flores: Mother Giant

Nova Scotia Winner

Ivan Flores

NSCAD University

Mother Giant

handwoven reverse twill doubleweave pick-up: Tencel, cotton, polyeurethane floss, 13.5 x 41.5 in; 34.25 x 105.5 cm

Collin Alexander: MLAGEJUO’Q Collin Alexander: MLAGEJUO’Q Collin Alexander: MLAGEJUO’Q

Ontario Winner

Collin Alexander

University of Toronto

MLAGEJUO’Q

Borden & City Dairy Company milk bottles, birch plywood, found lumber, bricks, clay, audio, speaker,
24 x 80 x 28 in; 61 x 203 x 71 cm
8 minutes audio

Chris Bailey: Fisherman’s Repose

Prince Edward Island Winner

Chris Bailey

Holland College

Fisherman’s Repose

CMYK print on foam core PVC panel, 43 x 35 in; 109 x 89 cm

Avery Mikolic-O’Rourke: Center-Point Cycle (45.4704492, -73.6044496)
Avery Mikolic-O’Rourke: Center-Point Cycle (45.4704492, -73.6044496) Avery Mikolic-O’Rourke: Center-Point Cycle (45.4704492, -73.6044496) Avery Mikolic-O’Rourke: Center-Point Cycle (45.4704492, -73.6044496)

Québec Winner

Avery Mikolic-O’Rourke

Concordia University

Center-Point Cycle
(45.4704492, -73.6044496)

digital video installation,
21 x 71 x 8 in; 53.5 x 180.5 x 20.5 cm
13 minutes 37 seconds

Aurora Wolfe: Interruption I, Interruption II Aurora Wolfe: Interruption I, Interruption II Aurora Wolfe: Interruption I, Interruption II

Saskatchewan Winner

Aurora Wolfe

University of Saskatchewan

Interruption I, Interruption II

digital prints (glass seed beads, thread, red osier dogwood, coccinellid), 18 x 27 in; 45.75 x 68.5 cm
27 x 18 in; 68.5 x 45.75 cm

Sabrina Jin: Kink Sabrina Jin: Kink Sabrina Jin: Kink Sabrina Jin: Kink Sabrina Jin: Kink

Yukon Winner

Sabrina Jin

Yukon School of Visual Arts

Kink

weaving, knotwork, 62 x 54 in; 157.5 x 137 cm

2022 Selection Committee

  • Emily Falencki, Artist and Educator
  • Sequoia Miller, Chief Curator, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art
  • Michelle Jacques, Head of Exhibitions and Collections / Chief Curator, Remai Modern
  • Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre, Curator of Contemporary Art, Musée d’art de Joliette