The Sobey Art Award, Canada's preeminent award for contemporary Canadian art, was created in 2002 by the Sobey Art Foundation. It is an annual prize given to an artist under 40 who has exhibited in a public or commercial art gallery within 18 months of being nominated. A total of $70,000 in prize money is awarded annually; $50,000 to the winner and $5,000 to the other four finalists. Since its inception, the Sobey Art Award and accompanying exhibition have been organized and administered by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
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The Sobey Art Award 2009 winner will be announced at a gala ceremony at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Bravo!News will present a segment on the winner on Saturday, October 24, 2009.
An exhibition featuring the work from this year's finalists is on view at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia until November 5, 2009.
The 2009 Short List:
1) Atlantic - Graeme Patterson - Bio
2) Québec - David Altmejd - Bio
3) Ontario - Shary Boyle - Bio
4) Prairies & The North - Marcel Dzama - Bio
5) West Coast & Yukon - Luanne Martineau - Bio
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The Sobey Art Award 2009 Finalists have been featured on Bravo!News every week since September! Watch each episode NOW!
September 14 --> Sobey Art Award
September 21 --> David Altmejd, Shary Boyle
September 28 --> Graeme Patterson
October 5 --> Marcel Dzama, Luanne Martineau
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HEADER. ARTIST WORKS. 1. Graeme Patterson, Hockey Organ, 2007, mixed media. 2. David Altmejd, Sans titre. L'idée dure de l'homme lui sort par la tête, 2007, plaster, glass beads, plastic beads. 3. Shary Boyle, To Colonize the Moon (detail), 2008, glazed and lace-draped porcelain, china paint with mirror. 4. Marcel Dzama, Welcome to the land of the bat (detail), 2008, Diorama: wood, glazed ceramic sculptures, metal, fabric. 5. Luanne Martineau, Dangler (detail), 2008, dyed wool, silk fibre, pin-felted wool, industrial felt and thread.
