List of recipients of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts
Introduction The '''Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts''' are annual awards for achievements in visual and media arts in Canada. Up to eight awards are presented annually, each with a prize amount of $25,000.Created in 2000 by then Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, the awards are managed by the Canada Council for the Arts. An independent peer jury of senior visual and media arts professionals selects up to seven laureates to be recognized for artistic achievement and one award for outstanding contributions in a professional or volunteer role. Visual and media artists in fine arts (painting, drawing, photography, print-making and sculpture, including installation and other three-dimensional work), applied arts (architecture and fine crafts), independent film and video, and audio and new media are eligible for the annual award. Since 2007, the Saidye Bronfman Award for excellence in the fine crafts is also awarded by this process.In 2015, each laureate received $25,000 and recognition in the form of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada.
Laureates (2000–2023)  Year  Name  Award  Field  Location2000Jocelyne AlloucherieArtistic AchievementSculptureMontreal, QC2000Ghitta Caiserman-RothArtistic AchievementPaintingMontreal, QC2000John ChalkeArtistic AchievementFine craftsCalgary, AB2000Jacques GiraldeauArtistic AchievementFilmMontreal, QC2000John ScottArtistic AchievementPaintingToronto, ON2000Doris ShadboltOutstanding ContributionVoluntarismVancouver, BC2000Michael SnowArtistic AchievementFilmToronto, ON2001Russell C. GoodmanArtistic AchievementStained glass artistKelowna, BC2001Douglas CardinalArtistic AchievementArchitectOttawa, ON2001Joan ChalmersOutstanding ContributionPhilanthropistToronto, ON2001Tom Dean (artist)Artistic AchievementVisual artistToronto, ON2001Jamelie HassanArtistic AchievementVisual artistLondon, ON2001Liz MagorArtistic AchievementVisual artistVancouver, BC2001Alanis ObomsawinArtistic AchievementFilmmakerMontreal, QC2002AA BronsonArtistic AchievementVisual artistToronto and New York2002Charles GagnonArtistic AchievementVisual artistMontreal, QC2002Ydessa HendelesOutstanding ContributionCurator, art collector and philanthropistToronto, ON2002Edward PoitrasArtistic AchievementVisual artistRegina, SK and Québec City, QC2002David RokebyArtistic AchievementMedia artistToronto, ON2002Barbara SteinmanArtistic AchievementVisual artistMontreal, QC2002Irene WhittomeArtistic AchievementVisual artistMontreal, QC2003Robert ArchambeauArtistic AchievementCeramistWinnipeg, MB2003Alex ColvilleArtistic AchievementPainterWolfville, NS2003Gathie FalkArtistic AchievementVisual artistVancouver, BC2003Betty GoodwinArtistic AchievementVisual artistMontreal, QC2003Walter HarrisArtistic AchievementSculptorHazelton, BC2003Suzanne Rivard-LemoyneOutstanding ContributionArts educator and administratorMontreal, QC2003Takao TanabeArtistic AchievementPainterParksville, BC2004Iain BaxterArtistic AchievementVisual artistWindsor, ON2004Eric CameronArtistic AchievementPainterCalgary, AB2004Tom HillOutstanding ContributionCurator, artist and Aboriginal arts advocateOhsweken, ON2004Istvan KantorArtistic AchievementMedia artistToronto, ON2004Garry Neill KennedyArtistic AchievementPainterHalifax, NS2004John OswaldArtistic AchievementMedia artistToronto, ON2004Ian WallaceArtistic AchievementPainterVancouver, BC2005Carl BeamArtistic AchievementVisual artistManitoulin Island, ON2005Lynne CohenArtistic AchievementPhotographerMontreal, QC2005Claude GosselinOutstanding ContributionCuratorMontreal, QC2005Roland PoulinArtistic AchievementSculptorSainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir, QC2005Lisa Steele and Kim TomczakArtistic AchievementVideo artistsToronto, ON2005Françoise SullivanArtistic AchievementPainter, sculptor and dancerMontreal, QC2005Paul WongArtistic AchievementVideo artistVancouver, BC2006Mowry BadenArtistic AchievementSculptorVictoria, BC2006Micheline BeaucheminArtistic AchievementTextile artist and weaverLes Grondines, QC2006Vera FrenkelArtistic AchievementMultidisciplinary artistToronto, ON2006Peggy GaleOutstanding ContributionIndependent curator, writerToronto, ON2006Kenneth LochheadArtistic AchievementPainterOttawa, ON2006Arnaud MaggsArtistic AchievementVisual artistToronto, ON2006Peter WintonickArtistic AchievementFilm producer, director, critic and editorMontreal, QC2007Ian Carr-HarrisArtistic AchievementSculptor, installation, photographerToronto, ON2007Aganetha DyckArtistic AchievementSculptor, installation, mixed media artistWinnipeg, MB2007Bruce ElderArtistic AchievementFilmmakerToronto, ON2007Murray FavroArtistic AchievementMultidisciplinary artistLondon, ON2007Fernand LeducArtistic AchievementPainterMontreal, QC2007Paul MathieuSaidye Bronfman AwardCeramistVancouver, BC2007Daphne OdjigArtistic AchievementPainter, printmakerPenticton, BC2007David SilcoxOutstanding ContributionArts advocate, writer, educatorToronto, ON2008Kenojuak AshevakArtistic AchievementDrawing, printmaking and sculptureCape Dorset, NV2008Serge GiguèreArtistic AchievementFilmmakerSaint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska, QC2008Chantal GilbertSaidye Bronfman AwardJewellerQuebec City, QC2008Michel GouletArtistic AchievementSculptorMontreal, QC2008Alex JanvierArtistic AchievementPainterCold Lake, AB2008Tanya MarsArtistic AchievementPerformance artistToronto, ON2008Eric MetcalfeArtistic AchievementMultidisciplinary artistVancouver, BC2008Shirley ThomsonOutstanding ContributionCultural administrator, gallery director and arts advocateOttawa, ON2009John GreerArtistic AchievementSculptorLaHave, NS2009Nobuo KubotaArtistic AchievementSculptor, musician, and performerToronto, ON2009Kevin LockauSaidye Bronfman AwardGlass sculptorBancroft, ON2009Rita McKeoughArtistic AchievementInterdisciplinary artistCalgary, AB2009Robert MorinArtistic AchievementFilmmakerMontreal, QC2009Raymond MoriyamaArtistic AchievementArchitectToronto, ON2009Gordon SmithArtistic AchievementPainterWest Vancouver, BC2009Tony Urquhart and Kim OndaatjeOutstanding ContributionFounders, CARFAC, the Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes CanadiensStratford, ON (Urquhart); Verona, ON (Ondaatje)2010Robert DavidsonArtistic AchievementSculptorWhite Rock, BC2010André ForcierArtistic AchievementFilmmakerLongueuil, QC2010Rita LetendreArtistic AchievementPainterToronto, ON2010Terry RyanOutstanding ContributionManager, West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative (now Kinngait Studios)Toronto, ON2010Tom ShermanArtistic AchievementVideo artistToronto, ON2010Gabor SzilasiArtistic AchievementPhotographerWestmount, QC2010Ione ThorkelssonSaidye Bronfman AwardGlass sculptorRoseisle, MB2010Claude TousignantArtistic AchievementPainter, sculptorMontreal, QC2011Robert FonesArtistic AchievementVisual artistToronto, ON2011Geneviève CadieuxArtistic AchievementPhotographerMontreal, QC2011Michael MorrisArtistic AchievementVisual, performance artistVancouver/Victoria, BC2011David RimmerArtistic AchievementFilmmakerVancouver, BC2011Kye-Yeon SonSaidye Bronfman AwardMetalsmithHalifax, NS2011Barbara SternbergArtistic AchievementFilmmakerToronto, ON2011Nancy TousleyOutstanding ContributionArt criticCalgary, AB2011Shirley WiitasaloArtistic AchievementPainterToronto, ON2012Margaret DraguArtistic AchievementPerformance artistVancouver/Richmond, BC2012Geoffrey JamesArtistic AchievementPhotographerToronto, ON2012Charles Lewton-BrainSaidye Bronfman AwardArtist–goldsmithCalgary, AB2012Ron MartinArtistic AchievementVisual artistToronto, ON2012Diana NemiroffOutstanding ContributionArt gallery director and curatorOttawa, ON2012Jan PeacockArtistic AchievementVisual artist - media and installationHalifax, NS2012Royden RabinowitchArtistic AchievementSculptorWaterloo, ON2012Jana SterbakArtistic AchievementVisual artistMontreal, QC2013Marcel BarbeauArtistic AchievementPainter and sculptorMontreal, QC2013Rebecca BelmoreArtistic AchievementPainterWinnipeg, MB2013William D. MacGillivrayArtistic AchievementFilmmaker and directorRose Bay NS2013Gordon MonahanArtistic AchievementSound artist, composer and media artistMeaford, ON2013Greg PayceSaidye Bronfman AwardArtist-potterCalgary, AB2013Chantal PontbriandOutstanding ContributionCurator and art criticMontreal, QC and Paris2013Colette WhitenArtistic AchievementSculpture installation artistToronto/Haliburton, ON2014Kim AdamsArtistic AchievementSculptorToronto, ON2014Sandra BrownleeSaidye Bronfman AwardWeaver/notebook keeperDartmouth, NS2014Max DeanArtistic AchievementMultidisciplinary visual artistToronto, ON2014Raymond GervaisArtistic AchievementPerformance and installation artistMontreal, QC2014Angela GrauerholzArtistic AchievementPhotographer/visual artistMontreal, QC2014Jayce SalloumArtistic AchievementMedia artistVancouver, BC2014Brydon SmithOutstanding ContributionCuratorOttawa, ON2014Carol WainioArtistic AchievementPainterOttawa, ON2015Louise DéryOutstanding ContributionCuratorMontreal, QC2015Robert HouleArtistic AchievementVisual artistToronto, ON2015Micah LexierArtistic AchievementVisual artistToronto, ON2015Rafael Lozano-HemmerArtistic AchievementMedia artistMontreal, QC2015Paul McClureSaidye Bronfman AwardJewellery artistToronto, ON2015Sandra MeigsArtistic AchievementPainterVictoria, BC2015Rober RacineArtistic AchievementVisual artist, writer and composerMontreal, QC2015Reva StoneArtistic AchievementNew media artistWinnipeg, MB2016Edward BurtynskyPhotographer2016Marnie FlemingOutstanding Contribution AwardCurator2016Philip HoffmanFilmmaker2016Jane KiddSaidye Bronfman AwardTextile artist2016Wanda KoopVisual artist2016Suzy LakeVisual artist2016Mark LewisVideo artist2016William (Bill) VazanVisual artist2017Michèle CournoyerArtistic AchievementAnimatorMontreal, QC2017Glenn LewisVisual artist2017Landon MackenzieVisual artist2017Mike HoolboomFilmmaker2017Shelagh KeeleyVisual artist2017Philip MonkCurator, writer2017Shelley NiroVisual artist2017Pamela RitchieJewellery artist2018Bruce EvesArtistic AchievementVisual artistToronto, ON2018Wyn GeleynseArtistic AchievementVisual artist, media artsLondon, ON2018Spring HurlbutArtistic AchievementVisual artistToronto, ON2018Midi OnoderaArtistic AchievementVisual artist, filmmakerToronto, ON2018Sandra SemchukArtistic AchievementVisual artist, photographerVancouver, BC2018Adrian StimsonArtistic AchievementVisual artist, performance artistSiksika, AB2018Glenn AlteenOutstanding AchievementCuratorVancouver, BC2019Stephen AndrewsArtistic AchievementVisual artistToronto, ON2019COZIC (Yvon Cozic and Monic Brassard)Artistic AchievementVisual artistSainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle, QC2019Marlene CreatesArtistic AchievementVisual artistPortugal Cove, NL2019Ali KazimiArtistic AchievementVisual artist and filmmakerToronto, ON2019Lee-Anne MartinOutstanding ContributionCuratorCarp, ON2019Andrew J. PatersonArtistic AchievementMedia artistToronto, ON2019Jeff ThomasArtistic AchievementPhoto-based storytellerOttawa, ON2020Zainub VerjeeOutstanding ContributionCultural administrator, arts advocate, art critic, art centre/gallery director, artistMississauga, ON2020Deanna BowenArtistic AchievementInterdisciplinary artistToronto, ON2020Dana ClaxtonArtistic AchievementArtistVancouver, BC2020Ruth CuthandArtistic AchievementArtistSaskatoon, SK2020Michael FernandesArtistic AchievementVisual artistEast Dover, NS2020Ken LumArtistic AchievementVisual artistPhiladelphia, PA, United States2020Jorge Lozano LorzaArtistic AchievementFilmmakerToronto, ON2021Bryce KanbaraOutstanding ContributionVisual artist and curatorHamilton, ON2021Lori BlondeauArtistic AchievementVisual artistWinnipeg, MB2021Germaine ArnaktauyokArtistic AchievementVisual artistYellowknife, NT2021Dempsey BobArtistic AchievementArtist, sculptorTerrace, BC2021Luc CourchesneArtistic AchievementMedia artistMontréal, QC2021Bonnie DevineArtistic AchievementVisual artistToronto, ON2021Cheryl L'HirondelleArtistic AchievementInterdisciplinary artistSaskatoon, SK2022Gerald McMasterOutstanding ContributionCurator, artist, writerToronto, ON2022Moyra Frances DaveyArtistic AchievementVisual artistNew York City, NY2022Jocelyn RobertArtistic AchievementArtistQuébec City, QC2022Carole Condé and Karl BeveridgeArtistic AchievementVisual artistsToronto, ON2022David Ruben PiqtoukunArtistic AchievementSculptor/artistPlainfield, ON2022Monique Régimbald-ZeiberArtistic AchievementVisual artistMontréal, QC2022Pierre BourgaultArtistic AchievementVisual artistSaint-Jean-Port-Joli, QC2023David GarneauOutstanding ContributionVisual artist, curator, critical art writerRegina, SK2023EvergonArtistic AchievementGay politico and eroticist working in lens-based artMontréal, QC2023FASTWÜRMSArtistic AchievementVisual artistsMulmur, ON2023Germaine KohArtistic AchievementArtistVancouver, BC2023Shannon WalshArtistic AchievementFilmmakerVancouver, BC2023Tim WhitenArtistic AchievementImage maker and creator of cultural objectsToronto, ON2023Nettie WildArtistic AchievementFilmmakerVancouver, BC===Saidye Bronfman Award=== Year Name Field  Location1977Robin HopperPotterMetchosin, BC1978Lois Etherington BetteridgeSilversmithGuelph, ON1979Monique Cliche-SpénardQuilt artistSt-Joseph-de-Beauce, QC1980Doucet-Saito (Louise Doucet and Satoshi Saito)Ceramic artists1981Joanna StaniszkisTextile artistVancouver, BC1982Micheline BeaucheminPainter-weaverLes Grondines, QC1983Wayne NganPotterHornby Island, BC1984William HazzardWood carverRegina, SK1985Michael WilcoxBookbinderWoodview, ON1986Bill ReidMetalsmith, wood carver, jewellerVancouver, BC1987Carole SabistonFibre artistVictoria, BC1988Lutz HaufschildGlass artistWest Vancouver, BC1989Harlan HousePotterMarysville, ON1990Dorothy CaldwellTextile artistHastings, ON1991Susan Warner KeeneFibre artistToronto, ON1992Walter DexterPotterMetchosin, BC1993Michael FortuneFurniture designer and makerLindsay, ON1994Daniel CrichtonGlass artistToronto, ON1995Louise GenestBookbinderMontreal, QC1996Steven HeinemannCeramic artistRichmond Hill, ON1997William 'Grit' LaskinGuitar makerToronto, ON1998Marcel MaroisTapestry artistQuebec, QC1999Susan Low-BeerSculptorToronto, ON2000Peter FlemingFurniture designer and makerToronto, ON2001Léopold L. FoulemCeramic artistCaraquet, NB and Montreal, QC2002Kai ChanTextile artistToronto, ON2003Walter OstromCeramic artistIndian Harbour, NS2004Maurice SavoieCeramistLongueuil, QC2005Michael HosalukWood turnerSaskatoon, SK2006Peter PowningCeramist and sculptorMarkhamville, NB2007Paul MathieuCeramistVancouver, BC2008Chantal GilbertJewellerQuébec, QC2009Kevin LockauGlass sculptorBancroft, ON2010Ione ThorkelssonGlass sculptorRoseisle, MB2011Kye-Yeon SonMetalsmithHalifax, NS2012Charles Lewton-Brainartist-goldsmithCalgary, AB2013Greg PayceArtist-potterCalgary, AB2014Sandra BrownleeWeaver/notebook keeperDartmouth, NS2015Paul McClureJewellery artistToronto, ON2016Jane KiddTextile artistSalt Spring Island, BC2017Pamela RitchieJewellery artistHalifax, NS2018Jack SuresCeramic artistRegina, SK2019Susan EdgerleyGlass artistVal-Morin, QC2020Anna TormaVisual artistBaie Verte, NB2021Lou LynnSculptorWinlaw, BC2022Brigitte ClavetteJeweller and metalsmithFredericton, NB2023Grace NickelVisual artistWinnipeg, MB
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