The Audain Prize for the Visual Arts
The Audain Prize for the Visual Arts is one of Canada’s most prestigious honours. This annual prize worth $100,000 is awarded to a senior artist in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the arts. Recipients of the Audain Prize are highly acclaimed Canadian cultural icons. The Audain Prize is presented by the Audain art Museum.
2024 Winner:
Rebecca Belmore
Rebecca Belmore is an internationally recognized multidisciplinary artist. Rooted in the political and social realities of Indigenous communities, Belmore’s works make evocative connections between bodies, land, and language. A member of the Lac Seul First Nation on traditional Anishinaabe territories in Northwestern Ontario, her performative practice focuses on issues of place and identity while confronting contemporary challenges faced by indigenous peoples throughout North America. Belmore’s work has been exhibited at the Polygon Gallery, Audain Art Museum, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, and National Gallery of Canada,…
Rebecca Belmore, Clay on Stone, 2016.
Performance.
Nuit Blanche Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON.
Photo credit: Sam Javanrouh