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Celebrating Excellence: Congratulations To The 48th Annual Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries Award Winners!

On Monday, December 1st, 2025  GOG announced the award winners of the 48th Annual GOG Awards held at the Toronto Reference Library. We were thrilled to celebrate the achievements of public art galleries with arts professionals, and we are immensely grateful to our members, sponsors, and event partners for the success of this event. 

This year’s theme, MAKE YOUR MARK – LAISSEZ VOTRE MARQUE, focuses on defending Canadian cultural sovereignty, and supporting the arts as a public good. This theme calls for collective imagination and urgent action: to protect and nurture the expressions that make us feel alive, connected, and human. In a time of heightened social, environmental, economical and political volatility, Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (GOG) is leading the dialogue on protecting and standing up for Canadian culture – that it is not a commodity, vulnerable to political pressures, but is essential to our sovereignty.

Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (GOG) is pleased to announce the 48th Annual GOG Award Winners!

As the only annual juried awards of its kind, the iconic GOG Awards celebrate the outstanding achievement, artistic merit, and excellence of arts institutions and professionals in the public art gallery sector.

We extend our sincere gratitude to our jurors for their dedication, insight, and diligent work in peer-assessing the nominations!

Julie Bevan, Alexis Boyle, Demetra Christakos, Tatum Dooley, Nicola Hamilton, Luis Jacob, Fynn Leitch, Shauna McCabe, John Montgomery, Vicky Moufawad-Paul, Margaux Parker, Yuluo Wei.

View the 48th Annual GOG Awards Program Book

48th Annual GOG Awards, 2025. Image Courtesy: Ammar Bowaihl, Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries.


EXHIBITION AWARDS

Exhibition Of The Year Budget Over $50,000

The Clichettes: Lips, Wigs and Politics

Curator(s) – Ivana Dizdar

Exhibition Designer(s) – Ivana Dizdar, Sam de Lange

Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Julie Bronson

Installation Team – Sam de Lange, Nicole Levaque, Julie Bronson

Artist(s) – Johanna Householder, Janice Hladki, Louise Garfield

McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton) partnering with Vtape (Toronto), 2024 

Exhibition Of The Year Budget Over $20,000 Thematic

To go boldly

Curator(s) – Anik Glaude

Exhibition Designer(s) – Anik Glaude, Terry Lau (graphic design)

Exhibition Coordinator(s) – John Abrams

Installation Team – John Abrams, Anik Glaude

Artist(s) – Sonny Assu, Ana Diab, Rosalie Favell, Dara Gellman, Sky Hopinka, Stefana Fratila, Shelley Niro, Alex McLeod, Rajni Perera, Claire Scherzinger, Brendan Lee Satish Tang, Syrus Marcus Ware

Varley Art Gallery of Markham, 2024 

Exhibition Of The Year Budget Over $20,000 Monographic

Otherworld

Curator(s) – Barbara Fischer

Exhibition Designer(s) – Barbara Fischer, Camille Turner

Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Micah Donovan, Daniel Hunt

Installation Team – Alex Durlak, Nadine Maher, Robert O’Halloran, Nick Silvani, Michael Thompson, Sean Weisgerber, Philip Woollam, Cameron Wylie

Artist(s) – Camille Turner

Art Museum at the University of Toronto, 2024-2025 

Exhibition Of The Year Budget Under $20,000 Thematic

What Remains

Curator(s) – Sidd Joag

Exhibition Designer(s) – Monica Lozano, Mabel Weber, Adriana Alvarez, Julio Morales Sidd Joag

Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Shauna McCabe

Installation Team – Shannon Muegge, Greg Denton, Linda Perez

Artist(s) – Monica Lozano, Mabel Weber, Adriana Alvarez, Julio Morales, Iris

Morales

Art Gallery of Guelph partnering with ArtsEverywhere, Musagetes (Guelph), 2024 

Exhibition Of The Year Budget Under $20,000 Monographic

Jinny Yu: at once

Curator(s) – Georgiana Uhlyarik

Exhibition Designer(s) – Jim Bourke

Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Hillary Taylor

Installation Team – Tina Giovinazzo, André Ethier, Curtish Amisich, Ruth Jones, Paul Mathiesen, Randal Fedje, David Kinsman

Artist(s) – Jinny Yu

Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto) partnering with Guido Molinari Foundation (Montreal), 2024-2025

Exhibition Of The Year Budget Under $10,000

Jordan Sook: The Closest I’ve Felt to God

Curator(s) – Jennifer Matotek

Exhibition Designer(s) – Jennifer Matotek, Jordan Sook, Emily McKibbon

Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Nicole McCabe

Installation Team – Stephen Nilsson, Spencer Montcalm, Kristina Bradt, Grace Taylor

Artist(s) – Jordan Sook

Art Windsor-Essex, 2024

Innovation In A Collections Based Exhibition

ᑕᐅᑐᑉᐹ Tautuppaa | Long Looking – Tim Pitsiulak

Curator(s) – Taqralik Partridge

Exhibition Designer(s) – Taqralik Partridge, Shauna McCabe

Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Shauna McCabe

Installation Team – Linda Perez, Greg Denton, Leah Orellana-Banning, Shannon Muegge

Artist(s) – Tim Pitsiulak and Nee Alexander, Davidialuk Alasua Amittu, Syollie Arpatuk Amituk, Kenojuak Ashevak, Shuvinai Ashoona, Pitseolak Ashoona, Ruth Annaqtuusi Tulurialik, Etidlooie Etidlooie, Ragee Eegyvadluk, Martha Ittuluka’naaq, Daniel Inukpuk, Helen Kalvak, Enook Manomie, Victoria Mamnguqsualuk, Peter Pitseolak, Napachie Pootoogook, Kananginak Pootoogook, Nancy Pukingrnak Aupaluktuq, Josie Papialuk, Niviaksiak, William Noah, Jonah Oolayou, Jessie Oonark, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Leah Qumaluk, Jutai Toonoo, Simon Tookoome, Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq, Marion Tuu’luq, Celina Utatnaq, Innukjuakju Pudlat, Luke Anguhadluq, once known artists

Art Gallery of Guelph, 2024

First Exhibition In A Public Art Gallery

Behnaz Fatemi: Rhythm of Remembering

Curator(s) – Niku Koochak

Exhibition Designer(s) – Behnaz Fatemi, Niku Koochak

Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Nicole McCabe

Installation Team – Stephen Nilsson, Spencer Montcalm, Kristina Bradt, Grace Taylor, Jeremy Burke

Artist(s) – Behnaz Fatemi

Art Windsor-Essex, 2025

Best Exhibition In A Commercial Gallery

Inviting the Conflict

Curator(s) – Regatu Asefa

Exhibition Designer(s) – Regatu Asefa, Sam Loewen

Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Rebecca Basciano, Stephanie Germano

Installation Team – Stephanie Germano, Rob Keefe

Artist(s) – Sarah-Mecca Abdourahman, Tolorunlogo Akinrinola, Stéphane Alexis, Jemimah Lorissaint, Judy Nakagawa, Yomi Orimoloye

Ottawa Art Gallery / Galerie d’art d’Ottawa partnering with Ottawa Black Art Kollective, 2024

Exhibition Design and Installation

Miles Rufelds: Salvage Archives

Curator(s) – Darryn Doull

Exhibition Designer(s) – Miles Rufelds, Darryn Doull

Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Darryn Doull

Installation Team – Lawrence Salza, Soroush Dabiri, Miles Rufelds, Darryn Doull

Artist(s) – Miles Rufelds

Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 2025

Public Program

A Journey through Otherworld

Curator(s) / Public Programmer(s) – Bushra Junaid in collaboration with Drea Asibey

Artist(s) – Karen Turner, Lee Turner, Queen Kukoyi, Jasmine Vanstone, Dr. Shauna Sweeney, Dr. Seika Boye, Dr. Karina Vernon, Dr. Melanie J. Newton, Dr. Alissa Trotz, Ésery Mondésir, Dr. Emilie Jabouin, Diane Roberts, Dr. SA Smythe, Dr. Camille Turner, Collette Murray (aka Miss Coco Murray), m. nourbeSe, Kobena Aquaa Harrison, Dr. Otoniya J. Okot Bitek, Yasmine (Saysah) Hassen, Sistah Lois Jacob, Y Josephine, Bushra Junaid, Amai Kuda, Charmaine Lurch, Vivienne Scarlett, Natalie Wood

Art Museum at the University of Toronto, 2025

Education

Sandwich Visionaries

Educator(s) – Marc Ngui, Julie Rae Tucker, Sophie Hinch, Nadja Pelkey

Artist(s) – Lana Talbot, Fabio Costante, Melinda Munro, John Elliot, Safa Youness, Nolan Arthur, Bilal Nasser, Talysha Bujold-Abu, Kamryn Cusamano, Chidera Ikewibe, Catherine Hois, Meaghan Sweeney, Emily Conlon, A Jamali Rad, Mary Anne Barkhouse

Art Windsor-Essex partnering with Windsor Detroit Bridge Authority, 2024-2025

48th Annual GOG Awards, 2025. Image Courtesy: Ammar Bowaihl, Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries.

WRITING AWARDS

Curatorial Writing: Major Text

Ingrid Jones – Writer

“Labour”

Related exhibition Labour

Art Museum at the University of Toronto, 2024

Curatorial Writing

Richard Hill Sr – Writer

“Path of Liberation: Artistic Healing of Greg Staats” 

From the publication Greg Staats: Runners Continuum

Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2025

Curatorial Writing: Short Text

Lillian Allen – Writer

“Dubbing a Political History of The Clichettes (They Blew the Whole Shit Up!)” 

From the publication The Clichettes: Lips, Wigs, and Politics

McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton), 2024

Art Writing

Kristi Leora Gansworth – Writer

“Sacred Mirror, Blood of the Earth” 

From the publication The Air of the Now and Gone

Carleton University Art Gallery (Ottawa), 2025

Art Publication

Worlds on Paper: Drawings from Kinngait

Art Book

Book Designer – Lauren Wickware

Editor(s) – John Geoghegan, Emily Laurent Henderson, Sarah Milroy

Writer(s) – Susan Aglukark, Kyle Aleekuk, Mark Bennett, Tarralik Duffy, John Geoghegan, Janice Grey, Napatsi Folger, Jamesie Fournier, Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka, Emily Laurent Henderson, Jonas Laurent Henderson, Jessica Kotierk, Nicole Luke, Malayah Maloney, Qavavau Manumie, Sarah Milroy, Taqralik Partridge, Jocelyn Piirainen, Krista ᐅᓗᔪᒃ Zawadski

Gallery Project Coordinator(s) – Emily Laurent Henderson

Curator(s) – Emily Laurent Henderson

Related exhibition Worlds on Paper: Drawings from Kinngait

McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Kleinburg) co-published with and distributed by Figure 1 Publishing (Vancouver), 2025

48th Annual GOG Awards, 2025. Image Courtesy: Ammar Bowaihl, Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries.

DESIGN AWARDS

Art Book Design

Robert Tombs – Graphic Designer

Marina Roy, Jinny Yu & the Painted Object

Publisher(s) – Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (Ottawa)

Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (Ottawa), 2024

Exhibition Catalogue Design

OTAMI / Sebastien Aubin – Graphic Designer

Greg Staats: Runners Continuum

Publisher(s) – Art Gallery of Hamilton

Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2025

Other Publication Design

Patrick Côté – Graphic Designer

The Air of the Now and Gone

Publisher(s) – Carleton University Art Gallery (Ottawa)

Carleton University Art Gallery (Ottawa), 2025

Identity Renewal Design

Mark Bennett – Graphic Designer

The Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery of York University identity

The Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery of York University (Toronto), 2024

Design Budget Under $1,500 

Marc Ngui – Graphic Designer

Recitation Test

Art Windsor-Essex, 2025

PERSONNEL AWARDS

Changemaker BIPOC

Yan Wu

Public Art Curator

Varley Art Gallery of Markham

Colleague Of The Year

Emma Campbell

Executive Liaison Officer

6 Years of Service

Ottawa Art Gallery / Galerie d’art d’Ottawa

Volunteer Of The Year

Bryce Kraeker

Past Chair/Vice-Chair Board of Directors Member, Permanent Collection Committee

15 Years of Service

Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery

Key Partnership Award

Ontario Science Centre

Illuminating Minds: The Art and Science of Light

Aga Khan Museum (Toronto), 2025

Congratulations to all the winners!