Meet the eight Canadian artists recognized for their remarkable careers in visual and media arts.
Past Exhibitions

August 12, 2022 — December 18, 2022
The New Generation Photography Award recognizes the practices of some of Canada’s most promising lens-based artists.

June 11, 2022 — January 8, 2023
Featuring more than 200 works of art, including 30 works from the National Gallery of Canada, Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment...

June 3, 2022 — November 20, 2022
In the most comprehensive retrospective on the trio ever produced, the National Gallery of Canada brings together more than 200 works exploring...

April 8, 2022 — September 11, 2022
This installation celebrates the rainbow lens of LGBTQ2S+ artists with a presentation of a range of works produced over several decades.

February 26, 2022 — July 3, 2022
View masterworks of Canadian Impressionism and explore their impact on modernism in Canada.

February 26, 2022 — June 19, 2022
This video installation by John Akomfrah is at once devastatingly beautiful, heart-wrenching and incredibly timely.

February 16, 2022 — April 9, 2022
Since the beginning of her career in the early 1980s, Moyra Davey has continued to push the boundaries between photography, film, text and the human...

October 8, 2021 — March 6, 2022
Discover works of art by finalists for the 2021 Sobey Art Award, celebrating some of the best and most talented emerging contemporary artists from...

October 6, 2021 — January 30, 2022
Explore the rise of one of the great artists in the European tradition.