2022 Sobey Art Award Exhibition
Congratulations to Divya Mehra, Winner of the 2022 Sobey Art Award!
Showcasing the artists of the 2022 Sobey Art Award shortlist, this year’s exhibition features presentations by Tyshan Wright (Atlantic), Stanley Février (Quebec), Azza El Siddique (Ontario), Divya Mehra (Prairies & North), and Krystle Silverfox (West Coast & Yukon). Rooted in lived experience, the work of this year’s finalists reflects their diverse backgrounds and unique ways of seeing, thinking and being in the world. Expanding what it means to be a “Canadian” artist working on Turtle Island, the multidisciplinary projects encompass a range of creative practices, from performance to activism, to installation, sculpture, photography and institutional critique.
A special complimentary publication on the five finalists will be available to all on-site visitors.
Organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Sobey Art Foundation.
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Krystle Silverfox, installation view, 2022 Sobey Art Award Exhibition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 28 October 2022 to 12 March 2023. Collection of the artist © Krystle Silverfox. Photo: NGC
Krystle Silverfox, installation view, 2022 Sobey Art Award Exhibition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 28 October 2022 to 12 March 2023. Collection of the artist © Krystle Silverfox. Photo: NGC
Azza El Siddique, Measure of One, 2020, steel, expanded steel, water, unfired slip clay, slow-drip irrigation system, EPDM pond liner, cement bricks. Collection of the artist © Azza El Siddique. Photo: NGC
Azza El Siddique, Measure of One, 2020, steel, expanded steel, water, unfired slip clay, slow-drip irrigation system, EPDM pond liner, cement bricks. Collection of the artist © Azza El Siddique. Photo: NGC
Tyshan Wright, installation view, 2022 Sobey Art Award Exhibition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 28 October 2022 to 12 March 2023. Collection of the artist © Tyshan Wright. Photo: NGC
Tyshan Wright, installation view, 2022 Sobey Art Award Exhibition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 28 October 2022 to 12 March 2023. Collection of the artist © Tyshan Wright. Photo: NGC
Divya Mehra, Afterlife of Colonialism, a reimagining of Power: It’s possible that the Sun has set on your Empire OR Why your voice does not matter: Portrait of an Imbalanced, and yet contemporary diasporic India vis-à-vis Colonial Red, Curry Sauce Yellow, and Paradise Green, placed neatly beneath these revived medieval forms: The Challenges of entering a predominantly White space (Can you get this in the gift shop?) where all Women and Magical Elephants may know this work, here in your Winnipeg, among all my Peers, desiring to be both seen and see the loot, through this Jungle Vine camouflage, celebrating an inheritance of loss through occupation of these outmoded spaces, 2018– 22, PVC-coated fabric, acrylic paint, plastic and electric components. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2019 (48651) © Divya Mehra. Photo: NGC
Divya Mehra, Afterlife of Colonialism, a reimagining of Power: It’s possible that the Sun has set on your Empire OR Why your voice does not matter: Portrait of an Imbalanced, and yet contemporary diasporic India vis-à-vis Colonial Red, Curry Sauce Yellow, and Paradise Green, placed neatly beneath these revived medieval forms: The Challenges of entering a predominantly White space (Can you get this in the gift shop?) where all Women and Magical Elephants may know this work, here in your Winnipeg, among all my Peers, desiring to be both seen and see the loot, through this Jungle Vine camouflage, celebrating an inheritance of loss through occupation of these outmoded spaces, 2018– 22, PVC-coated fabric, acrylic paint, plastic and electric components. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2019 (48651) © Divya Mehra. Photo: NGC
Stanley Février, installation view, 2022 Sobey Art Award Exhibition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 28 October 2022 to 12 March 2023. Collection of the artist © Stanley Février. Photo: NGC
Stanley Février, installation view, 2022 Sobey Art Award Exhibition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 28 October 2022 to 12 March 2023. Collection of the artist © Stanley Février. Photo: NGC
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