TORONTO, March 31, 2021 /CNW/ - Four Canadian artists have
been named to the 2021 Scotiabank Photography Award shortlist. The
Award, celebrating its 11th anniversary this year, is
Canada's largest and most
prestigious annual peer-nominated and reviewed prize for lens-based
art. The Award celebrates the creative vision and accomplishments
of some of the country's most gifted contemporary lens-based
artists. Due to an exceptional talent pool to choose from this
year, four artists have been shortlisted, instead of three.
The 2021 shortlisted artists are:
- Deanna Bowen, Montreal, QC
- Annie MacDonell, Toronto, ON
- Dawit L. Petros, Montreal, QC
- Greg Staats, Toronto / Six Nations of the Grand River
Territory, ON
"Congratulations to these four outstanding artists," says
Laura Curtis Ferrera, Chief
Marketing Officer, Scotiabank. "Scotiabank has a long history and
deep passion for supporting the arts in communities across
Canada, and through their work,
these artists demonstrate how photography exposes us to new ideas
and allows us to see the world through a different lens."
In 2010, Scotiabank co-created the Scotiabank Photography Award
with Canadian photographer, Edward Burtynsky, to strengthen its
commitment to the arts and celebrate the creative vision and
accomplishments of some of our country's most gifted lens-based
artists. More than ten years later, the Award continues to inspire
Canadians with photographic art and has proven to be instrumental
in helping the winning artist to move to the next level of their
artistic career.
"Following a year of challenges unlike anything many of us have
faced in this lifetime, it is an immense pleasure to announce the
2021 Scotiabank Photography Award shortlist," says Edward
Burtynsky, Chair of the Scotiabank Photography Award jury. "These
artists have brought forth important photographic work and it's
exciting to be able to celebrate and honour exceptional Canadian
talent."
The winner of the 2021 Scotiabank Photography Award will be
selected by a jury of pre-eminent members of the Canadian arts
community and will receive:
- A cash prize of $50,000;
- A solo Primary Exhibition during the 2022 Scotiabank CONTACT
Photography Festival; and,
- A book of their work published and distributed worldwide by
Steidl of Germany.
The 2021 jurors are:
- Edward Burtynsky, Artist, chair of the jury
- Sophie Hackett, Curator,
Photography at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)
- Dr. Kenneth Montague, Art
Collector & Curator
- Brian Sholis, Editor,
Curator/Writer
The three finalists will each receive $10,000.
The winner of the 2021 Scotiabank Photography Award will be
announced in Spring 2021.
The 2020 Scotiabank Photography Award Winner, Dana
Claxton, will have a solo Primary Exhibition at the Ryerson Image
Centre during the Scotiabank 2021 CONTACT Photography
Festival opening May 2021.
For more information about the Scotiabank Photography Award,
please visit the website at www.scotiabank.com/photoaward.
About Scotiabank
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purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families
and their communities achieve success through a broad range of
advice, products and services, including personal and commercial
banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and
investment banking, and capital markets. With a team of
approximately 90,000 employees and assets of approximately
$1.2 trillion (as at January 31, 2021), Scotiabank trades on the
Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: BNS) and New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE: BNS). For more information, please visit
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SOURCE Scotiabank