Sobey Art Award — Residencies

Discover the inaugural winners of the Sobey Art Award’s international residency programs.

The Sobey Art Foundation and the National Gallery of Canada are launching residency programs in Germany, England and the United States, helping to propel artists into the next phase of their careers. The new Sobey Art Award Residencies Program (SAARP) will provide recipients with time, space and facilities to create new work or conduct research for future projects, while also introducing them to new communities, and bringing them into dialogue with other cultures, places, and ways of thinking and making.

The Sobey Art Foundation is thrilled to work with the National Gallery to establish new ways to recognize and bolster the careers of Canadian artists through the Sobey Art Award program. I am personally excited at the potential these residencies have to shine a light on our country’s leading young artists.

— Rob Sobey, Chair of the Sobey Art Foundation

 

Meet the Winners

Three artists from the 2018 Sobey Art Award longlist have been selected by the Sobey Art Award jury to participate in the residencies, which range in length from three to six months. All three residencies include funds for travel, living expenses, and materials.

This year’s winners are Lou Sheppard, Life of a Craphead, and Krista Belle Stewart.

What's on

International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP)
Brooklyn, USA

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From the Atlantic Provinces, Lou Sheppard will participate in a three-month residency at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in Brooklyn, New York.

Working in video, audio and installation practices, Lou Sheppard was raised on unceded Mi'Kmaq territory and currently lives in K'jiputuk (Halifax). A graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, their work has been exhibited in Canada and internationally.

International Studio & Curatorial Program building façade

Delfina Foundation
London, England

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From Ontario, Life of a Craphead will participate in a three-month residency at the Delfina Foundation in London, England.

Life of a Craphead is the collaboration of Amy Lam and Jon McCurley. Their work spans performance art, film and curation. The name Life of a Craphead comes from the opening joke of the very first live comedy routine they performed together in 2006. 

Delfina Foundation, 2017. Photo: Dan Weill. Courtesy of Delfina Foundation

Künstlerhaus Bethanien
Berlin, Germany

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From the West Coast and the Yukon, Krista Belle Stewart will participate in a six-month residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin Germany.

Working with video, photography, design, ephemera and textiles, Krista Belle Stewart engages with the complexities of archival material through processes that allow for both intimacy and coincidence, as well as for the atemporal meeting of actors across time.

External view of the gallery entrance at Kottbusser Str. 10. Photo: Georg Schroeder | Künstlerhaus Bethanien

 

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