Established in 1977, the GOG Awards were created to highlight the continued excellence and innovation of our member public art galleries, art museums, artist-run-centres, and arts organizations. Now in its 47th edition, the GOG Awards is the most established and time-honoured awards program of any arts organization, and is one of our sector’s most important and signature events. The GOG Awards acknowledges both institutions and individuals, recognizing artistic merit, excellence, and outstanding achievement in Exhibitions, Programming, Writing, and Colleague Awards.

The GOG Awards were made to highlight the continued excellence, innovation, and importance of the public art galleries, art museums, art centres, and art organizations. Public art galleries and art museums are an integral part of Canada’s visual arts sector and hold a key role in Canada’s economy; every year 99% of Canadians participate in the arts, culture, and heritage in some way. Now more than ever, our cultural sector needs to be celebrated and honoured.

The GOG Awards are instrumental in educating the public about the importance of Ontario’s public art galleries as essential cultural resources and institutions. The event is open to the public and is advertised online to key stakeholders of the visual arts sectors such as curators, directors, art collectors, government officials, funders, and established cultural workers. These awards are a major benefit of membership as they play a vital role in peer recognition, help raise the profile of the public art gallery sector and are highly prized by recipients.

Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (GOG) is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 GOG Awards! This year marked the 47th edition of the awards, which recognize outstanding achievement, artistic merit, and excellence across Ontario’s public art gallery sector.

EXHIBITION AWARDS

Exhibition of the Year Budget over $50,000

Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch
Melissa Bennett, Greg Hill, David W. Penney, Curators
Melissa Neil, Exhibition Coordinator
Greg Dawe, Paula Esteves Mauro, Tina Destro, Joe Ollmann, Andrew Butkevicius, Kara Jongeling, Installation Team
Christine Braun, Andrea Howard, Stine Danielle, Gallery Collections Team
Shelley Niro, Artist
Art Gallery of Hamilton

Exhibition of the Year Budget over $20,000 Thematic

Nii Ndahlohke / I Work
Julie Rae Tucker, Mary Jane Logan McCallum, Curators
Julie Rae Tucker, Exhibition Designer
Nicole McCabe, Muriel N. Kahwagi, Exhibition Coordinators
Stephen Nilsson, Spencer Montcalm, Kristina Bradt, Grace Taylor, Installation Team
Kaia’tanoron Dumoulin Bush, Jessica Rachel Cook, Nancy Deleary, Gig Fisher, Vanessa Dion Fletcher, Judy McCallum, Donna Noah, Mo Thunder, Meg Tucker-kaya, Artists
Art Windsor-Essex

Exhibition of the Year Budget over $20,000 Monographic

Caroline Monnet: Pizandawatc / The One Who Listens / Celui qui écoute
Mona Filip, Curator
Daniel Griffin Hunt, Micah Donovan, Exhibition Coordinators
Simon Fuh, Jordan May, Robert Anthony O’Halloran, Jordan Prosser, Miles Rufelds, Craig Spence, Phillip Woollam, Nicholas Zirk, Installation Team
Caroline Monnet, Artist
Art Museum at the University of Toronto

Exhibition Under $20,000 Monographic

Sila / Siya / Ako – Julius Poncelet Manapul
Marissa Largo, Curator
Julius Poncelet Manapul, Exhibition Designer
Vicky Moufawad-Paul, Exhibition Coordinator
Allan Kosmajac, Julius Poncelet Manapul, Marissa Largo, Installation Team
Julius Poncelet Manapul, Artist
A Space Gallery

Exhibition of the Year Budget under $10,000

Continuous Memory: Max Lupo & José Andrés Mora
Tyler Durbano, Curator & Exhibition Coordinator
Tyler Durbano, Jennifer Onlock, Exhibition Designers
Tyler Durbano, Jennifer Onlock, Maeve Badger, Installation Team
Max Lupo, José Andrés Mora, Artists
Latcham Art Centre

Innovation in a Collection-Based Exhibition

Woodland Boogie Woogie 6
Anik Glaude, Curator
Native Art Department International (Maria Hupfield and Jason Lujan), Anik Glaude, Exhibition Designers
Anik Glaude, John Abrams, Exhibition Coordinators
John Abrams, Installation Team
Native Art Department International, Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, Steve Snake, John Laford, Artists
Varley Art Gallery of Markham in partnership with Markham Public Art

First Exhibition in a Public Art Gallery

Seasons of the Sun
Augatnaaq Eccles, Curator
Augatnaaq Eccles, Sandra Dyck, Exhibition Designers
Sandra Dyck, Exhibition Coordinator
Dinah Andersen, Roger Aksadjuak, Malaya Akulukjuk, Augatnaaq Eccles, Chris Eccles, Mark Emerak, Victoria Grey, Shorty Killiktee, Samson Kingalik, Anna Kingwatsiak, Andy Miki, Qupaapik Ningeocheak, Mary Okheena, Ulayu Pingwartuk, Annie Pootoogook, Itee Pootoogook, Kananginak Pootoogook, Napachie Pootoogook, Leah Qumaluk, Susan Thurston Shirley, Artists
Carleton University Art Gallery

Exhibition Design and Installation

Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko: Lover’s Wind
Aamna Muzaffar, Curator, Exhibition Designer, & Exhibition Coordinator
Uroš Jelic, Philip Luedemann, Grayson Richards, Vanessa Rieger, Installation Team
Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko, Artists
Mercer Union

PROGRAM & EDUCATION AWARDS

Public Program Award

Anikoobijiganag: Thunder Bay Beading Symposium
Thunder Bay Art Gallery in partnership with Anemki Art Collective, Public Programmers
Jean Marshall, Leanna Marshall, Shannon Gustafson, Gale Bannon, Katie Longboat, Deyani Keshena, Audrey DeRoy, Melissa Twance, Michele LaVallee, Sherry Farrell Racette, Cathy Mattes, Nico Williams, Lisa Myers, Amber Sandy, Jaymie Campbell, Shelby Gagnon, Kanina Terry, Justine Gustafson, Cher Chapman, Krysta Furioso, Artists
Thunder Bay Art Gallery (Thunder Bay/Anemki Wequedong) in partnership with Anemki Art Collective

Education Award

Visiting with Morrisseau
Danielle Printup, Carmen Robertson, Educators
Claudette Commanda, Albert Dumont, Kitigan Zibi Elders Circle (Jennifer Tenasco, Stella Chabot, Earl McGregor, Lionel Odjick, Eddie Cote, Jocko Ottawa, Margaret Cote, Pauline Whiteduck), Eugene Morrisseau, Logan Fiddler, Hunter Dewache, Bonnie Devine, Christian Chapman, Jobena Petonoquot, Sebastien Aubin, Patricia McGuire, Alexandra Nahwegahbow, Michelle LaVallee, Geraldine King, Participants & Artists
Carleton University Art Gallery

WRITING AWARDS

Major Curatorial Writing

Melissa Bennett
“It Starts with a Whisper”
From the publication Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch
Art Gallery of Hamilton

Curatorial Writing

Bonnie Devine
“On Looking and Reading”
From the publication Early Days: Indigenous Art from the McMichael
McMichael Canadian Art Collection

Short Curatorial Writing

Analays Álvarez Hernández
“On Americanity and Other Experiences of Belonging”
From the publication On Americanity and Other Experiences of Belonging
Onsite Gallery at OCAD University

Art Writing

Emelie Chhangur & Anne Riley
“A Conversation Around Dark Matter Ethics”
From the publication Drift: Art and Dark Matter
Agnes Etherington Art Centre

Art Publication

Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch
Art Book
Barr Gilmore, Book Designer
Melissa Neil, Project Coordinator
Melissa Bennett, Greg Hill, David W. Penney, Madeline Lennon, Lori Beavis, Nancy Marie Mithlo, Bryce Kanbara, Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, Adriana Greci Green, Sally Frater, Writers
Laurel Saint Pierre, Editor
Bryne McLaughlin, Copy Editor & Proofreader
Melissa Bennett, Greg Hill, David W. Penney, Curators
Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch, Related Exhibition
Art Gallery of Hamilton

DESIGN AWARDS

Art Book Design Award

Mark Bennett
Lost and Found: A Public Art Project by Kevin Schmidt and Holly Ward
Kevin Schmidt, Holly Ward, Project Artists
Yan Wu, Project Curator
Alessandra Pozzuoli, Project Coordinator
Markham Public Art and Varley Art Gallery of Markham

Catalogue Design

Clément Wibaut
Benny Nemer: I Don’t Know Where Paradise Is
Carleton University Art Gallery

Other Publication Design Award

K. Verlag, Wolfgang Hückel, Katharina Tauer
Drift: Art and Dark Matter
Nadia Lichtig, Josèfa Ntjam, Anne Riley, Jol Thoms, Exhibited Artists
Agnes Etherington Art Centre

Digital Project Design Award

Moment Factory
Flowing Forces
Emily Carr, Prudence Heward, James Kerr-Lawson, Seth Arca Whipple, Mary Hiester Reid, Exhibited Artists
Art Windsor-Essex

PERSONNEL AWARDS

Changemaker BIPOC Award

Vicky Moufawad-Paul
Curator / Programming Director
A Space Gallery

Lifetime Achievement

Sharon Godwin
Waterfront Project Coordinator
43 Years of Service
Thunder Bay Art Gallery

Colleague of the Year

Cydna Mercer
Head of Administration
24 Years of Service
Museum London

Volunteer Award

Kat Pasquach
Indigenous Circle; External Affairs Committee; Waawiiatanong Forever Planning Committee
4 Years of Service
Art Windsor-Essex

Key Partnership Award

Inuit Art Foundation
Up Front: Inuit Public Art @ Onsite Gallery
Onsite Gallery at OCAD U

Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees!

Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (GOG) has a 50 year history as an arts service organization (ASO) which represents over 260 members—public art galleries, museums, artist-run-centres, and arts organizations. Over 40 years, its annual award program has been defining the standards of excellence for the visual arts in Canada. Through advocacy on issues, policy, legislation to all levels of government, and delivery of innovative and cutting-edge professional development opportunities and network-building, GOG advances, empowers, and strengthens the visual arts sector in Canada.

All shortlisted nominations are presented in alphabetical order and listed by title, curator, organization. All winners will be announced live during the ceremony.

Exhibition Awards

Exhibition of the Year Budget over $50,000

Sarah Maloney’s Pleasure Ground: A Feminist Take on the Natural World
Jennifer Matotek, Laura Ritchie, Curators
Art Windsor-Essex

Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch
Melissa Bennett, Greg Hill, David W. Penney, Curators
Art Gallery of Hamilton

The Uses of Enchantment: Art & Environmentalism
Sarah Milroy, Curator
McMichael Canadian Art Collection

Exhibition of the Year Budget over $20,000 Thematic

Nii Ndahlohke / I Work
Julie Rae Tucker, Mary Jane Logan McCallum, Curators
Art Windsor-Essex

World-builders, shapeshifters
Erin Szikora, Curator
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery

Exhibition of the Year Budget over $20,000 Monographic

Caroline Monnet: Pizandawatc / The One Who Listens / Celui qui écoute
Mona Filip, Curator
Art Museum at the University of Toronto

Elif Saydam: Eviction Notice
Theresa Wang, Curator
Oakville Galleries

Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko: Lover’s Wind
Aamna Muzaffar, Curator
Mercer Union

Exhibition Under $20,000 Monographic

Helen Pelletier: Wiigwas Manidoog Descendants
Penelope Smart, Curator
Thunder Bay Art Gallery

Sila / Siya / Ako – Julius Poncelet Manapul
Marissa Largo, Curator
A Space Gallery

Tina Rouhandeh: Inquiry About Forgotten Birds
Muriel N. Kahwagi, Curator
Art Windsor-Essex

Exhibition of the Year Budget under $10,000

Continuous Memory: Max Lupo & José Andrés Mora
Tyler Durbano, Curator
Latcham Art Centre

José Luis Torres: Dérives
Alix Voz, Curator
Cambridge Art Galleries

Raechel Wastesicoot: Kenatentas
Erin Szikora, Curator
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery

Innovation in a Collection-Based Exhibition

Elizabeth Zvonar: Cracks in the Clockwork
Emily McKibbon, Curator
Art Windsor-Essex

Patterns for All Bodies
Alicia Boutilier, Curator
Agnes Etherington Art Centre

Woodland Boogie Woogie 6
Anik Glaude, Curator
Varley Art Gallery of Markham in partnership with Markham Public Art

Exhibition Design and Installation

Caroline Monnet: Pizandawatc / The One Who Listens / Celui qui écoute
Mona Filip, Curator
Mona Filip, Caroline Monnet, Exhibition Designers
Daniel Griffin Hunt, Micah Donovan, Exhibition Coordinators
Simon Fuh, Jordan May, Robert Anthony O’Halloran, Jordan Prosser, Miles Rufelds, Craig Spence, Phillip Woollam, Nicholas Zirk, Installation Team
Art Museum at the University of Toronto

Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko: Lover’s Wind
Aamna Muzaffar, Curator, Exhibition Designer, & Exhibition Coordinator
Uroš Jelic, Philip Luedemann, Grayson Richards, Vanessa Rieger, Installation team
Mercer Union

Sila/Siya/Ako
Marissa Largo, Curator
Julius Poncelet Manapul, Exhibition Designer and Artist
Vicky Moufawad-Paul, Exhibition Coordinator
Allan Kosmajac, Julius Poncelet Manapul, Marissa Largo, Installation Team
A Space Gallery

Writing Awards

Major Curatorial Writing

Agnes Etherington Art Centre – “Forays in the Underburden,” Sunny Kerr

Art Gallery of Hamilton – “It Starts with a Whisper,” Melissa Bennett

Royal Canadian Academy of Arts – “Photography, Film, and Electricity,” Robert Tombs

Curatorial Writing

Art Gallery of Hamilton – Greg Hill, “Shelley Niro Matters”

Art Gallery of Sudbury – Bénédicte Ramade, “Faire alliance | Forming Alliances”
McMichael – Bonnie Devine, “On Looking and Reading”

Short Curatorial Writing

Agnes Etherington – Qanita Lilla, “Tracing Kingston’s Solidarities”

Art Gallery of Sudbury – Shannon Anderson, “Sara Angelucci: Undergrowth | Broussailles”

Onsite Gallery – Analays Álvarez Hernández, “On Americanity and Other Experiences of Belonging”

Art Writing

Agnes Etherington Art Centre – Emelie Chhangur & Anne Riley, “A Conversation Around Dark Matter Ethics”

Art Gallery of Sudbury – Kim Fahner, “It Begins and Ends With Birds: A Journey into Sara Angelucci’s Undergrowth”

Art Publication

Agnes Etherington Art Centre – eleven metal tongues

Art Gallery of Hamilton – Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch

McMichael – Early Days: Indigenous Art from the McMichael

DESIGN AWARDS 

Catalogue Design

Carleton University Art Gallery – Benny Nemer: I Don’t Know Where Paradise Is
Varley Art Gallery of Markham – Gathering Fictions: A Dialogue on Painting

PROGRAM & EDUCATION AWARDS

Public Program Award

Anikoobijiganag: Thunder Bay Beading Symposium
Thunder Bay Art Gallery in partnership with Anemki Art Collective, Public Programmers/ Curators
Thunder Bay Art Gallery

Resonance
Ellen Waterman, Sandra Dyck, Public Programmers/ Curators
Carleton University Art Gallery

Tracing Kingston’s Solidarities
Qanita Lilla, Public Programmer/ Curator
Agnes Etherington Art Centre

Education Award

Agnes Learns
Sarah Cook, Jessica Endress, Charlotte Gagnier, Agnes Student Docents, Educators
Agnes Etherington Art Centre

Dream Sandwiches
Nancy Deleary, Julie Rae Tucker, Sophie Hinch, Meaghan Sweeney, Educators
Art Windsor-Essex

Visiting with Morrisseau
Danielle Printup, Carmen Robertson, Educators
Carleton University Art Gallery

PERSONNEL AWARDS

Key Partnership

Art Windsor-Essex – Elizabeth O’Neil Meurehg, Chair & CEO of the O’Neil Foundation,
AWE Strategic Planning and Rebranding

Museum London – Unity Project for Relief of Homelessness, UPwithART

Onsite Gallery – Inuit Art Foundation, Up Front: Inuit Public Art @ Onsite Gallery

The remaining Awards do not have a shortlist, winners will be announced live during the ceremony:

EXHIBITION AWARDS
First Exhibition in a Public Gallery

PERSONNEL AWARDS
Colleague of the Year
Volunteer Award
Changemaker BIPOC Award
Lifetime Achievement

DESIGN AWARDS
Art Book Design Award
Digital Project Design Award
Other Publication Design Award

Thank you to our jurors who diligently peer-assessed the nominations!

Jurors: Christian Bernard Singer, Nina Boccia, Alexis Boyle, Demetra Christakos, Tanya Harnett, Nasrin Himada, Shauna McCabe, Margaux Parker, Alana Traficante, Kamila Westerback, Lauren Wickware, and Annie Wong.

Now in its 47th year, the GOG Awards have represented excellence across a vast range of production, talent and innovation from institutions of all shapes and sizes. Past winners from 2010 – 2023 are linked below.