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.
We’re proud to reveal the 48th Annual GOG Awards Winners!
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!
48th Annual GOG Awards News Coverage
- CHCH – McMaster Museum of Art wins Ontario’s ‘Exhibition of the Year’
- CTV – Art Windsor-Essex wins four awards
- CTV – Ottawa Art Gallery wins two prestigious awards
- FlamboroughToday – Art Gallery of Hamilton nabs 2 top provincial awards
- McMaster University – McMaster Museum of Art wins Exhibition of the Year, topping Ontario’s biggest galleries
- McMicheal – Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries Award and Nominations
- Ottawa Art Gallery – Ottawa Art Gallery Takes Home Two GOG 2025 Awards
- The Bay Observer – Art Gallery of Hamilton Takes home two Ontario Galleries awards
- UWindsor – Curation as collaboration: MFA alumna wins curatorial award

The 48th Annual GOG Awards: Changemaker BIPOC, Colleague Of The Year, and Volunteer Of The Year Award Winners & Awards Shortlist
Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (GOG) is pleased to announce the Personal Award Winners for Changemaker BIPOC, Colleague Of The Year, and Volunteer Of The Year Awards of the 48th Annual GOG Awards. Alongside these winners, GOG presents this year’s Awards shortlist.
The 48th Annual GOG Awards Winners
We’re proud to reveal the recipients of the Changemaker BIPOC Award, Colleague of the Year Award, and Volunteer of the Year Award.
The 48th Annual GOG Award Shortlist follows.
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
The 48th Annual GOG Awards Shortlist
Alongside our Changemaker BIPOC Award, Colleague of the Year Award, and Volunteer of the Year Award winners, we’re thrilled to announce all the shortlisted nominees recognized across this year’s categories.
All shortlisted nominations are presented in alphabetical order. All winners will be announced live during the ceremony.
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
Sarindar Dhaliwal: when I grow up I want to be a namer of paint colours
Curator(s) – Renée van der Avoird
Exhibition Designer(s) – Marco Cheuk
Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Katarina Veljovic
Installation Team – Tina Giovinazzo, André Ethier, Curtish Amisich, Ruth Jones, Paul Mathiesen, Randal Fedje, David Kinsman, Damian Seguin
Artist(s) – Sarindar Dhaliwal
Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), 2023-2024
Stories my father couldn’t tell me: Jeff Thomas Origin
Curator(s) – Rachelle Dickenson, Hanako Hubbard-Radulovich, Victoria Pelky
Exhibition Designer(s) – elsonstudio
Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Rebecca Basciano, Erin Bruce
Installation Team – Jennifer Gilliland, Stephanie Germano, Dan Austin, Rob Keefe, Mark Garland, Neil Horsack
Artist(s) – Jeff Thomas, Clara Thomas, Carl Beam, Ali Kazimi
Ottawa Art Gallery / Galerie d’art d’Ottawa, touring venues McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton), Winnipeg Art Gallery, Musée d’art de Joliette, 2024-2025
Exhibition Of The Year Budget Over $20,000 Thematic
Art Farm
Curator(s) – Amish Morrell
Exhibition Designer(s) – Shannon Gerard, Amish Morrell
Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Erin Peck, Erin Szikora
Installation Team – Shannon Gerard, Nadine Maher, Amish Morrell, Darren Rigo
Artist(s) – Futurefarmers, Shannon Gerard, Outdoor School
Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough, 2024
Love Languages
Curator(s) – Julie Rae Tucker
Exhibition Designer(s) – Julie Rae Tucker
Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Nicole McCabe
Installation Team – Stephen Nilsson, Spencer Montcalm, Kristina Bradt, Grace Taylor
Artist(s) – Jaime Angelopoulos, Joi T. Arcand, Michael Belmore, Susan Blight, David Bobier, Erika DeFreitas, Ed Janzen + Collette Broeders, Laura Moore, Sanaz Mazinani, Mani Mazinani, Anne Riley
Art Windsor-Essex, 2024
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
In spite of my own desire to see you disappear
Curator(s) – Theresa Wang
Exhibition Designer(s) – Aamna Muzaffar
Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Aamna Muzaffar
Installation Team – Max Chandler, Philip Luedemann, Vanessa Rieger, Maximilian Suillerot
Artist(s) – Paul Maheke
Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art (Toronto) partnering with Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin (Lethbridge), 2024
Jane Martin: The Ties that Bind
Curator(s) – Diana Nemiroff
Exhibition Designer(s) – Diana Nemiroff, Sandra Dyck, Patrick Lacasse, Gabriel Thomsen
Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Sandra Dyck
Installation Team – Patrick Lacasse and Gabriel Thomsen
Artist(s) – Jane Martin
Carleton University Art Gallery (Ottawa), 2024
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
Erratic Behaviour
Curator(s) – Katie Lawson
Exhibition Designer(s) – Katie Lawson, Darryn Doull
Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Katie Lawson, Darryn Doull
Installation Team – Lawrence Salza, Soroush Dabiri, Katie Lawson, Darryn Doull, Jennifer Bullock
Artist(s) – Catherine Telford Keogh, Diane Borsato, Kelly Jazvac, Laura Moore, Meghan Price, Robert Hengeveld, Tahir Carl Karmali, Tsēmā Igharas
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 2024
petal, clay, berry, leaf: natural inks, dyes, and pigments in Northern Ontario
Curator(s) – Penelope Smart
Installation Team – Patricia Roy, Damian Rivers-Moore, Meaghan Eley, Bob Gravelle
Artist(s) – Anong Migwans Beam, Betty Carpick, Tuija Hansen, Sister Mollusk
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 2024-2025
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
Derek Sullivan: Field Notes
Curator(s) – John Geoghegan
Exhibition Designer(s) – Eric Pearson
Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Nicole Dawkins, Meaghan Eldridge, Shi Qiu
Installation Team – Lorena Jurdana, Dax Morrison, Sarah Hawley, Angelique Phanthavong, Tim Savary, Michael Beynon, Patricia Roy, Sonja Watt
Artist(s) – Derek Sullivan
McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Kleinburg), 2025
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
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
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
like heirlooms
Curator(s) – Tyler Durbano
Exhibition Designer(s) – Tyler Durbano
Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Tyler Durbano
Installation Team – Tyler Durbano, Jennifer Onlock, Molly Steels, Shailee Guerard
Artist(s) – Morris Lum, Joy Wong, Stephanie Yee
Latcham Art Centre (Stouffville), 2024
Rebecca Belmore: March 5, 1819
Curator(s) – Penelope Smart
Exhibition Designer(s) – Penelope Smart, Meaghan Eley, Matthew Hills
Installation Team – Patricia Roy, Damian Rivers-Moore, Meaghan Eley
Artist(s) – Rebecca Belmore
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 2025
Innovation In A Collections Based Exhibition
Bev Pike: Grottesque: Spectacles of Miniature & Gigantic
Curator(s) – Bev Pike, Emily McKibbon
Exhibition Designer(s) – Bev Pike, Emily McKibbon
Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Nicole McCabe
Installation Team – Stephen Nilsson, Spencer Montcalm, Kristina Bradt, Grace Taylor
Artist(s) – Bev Pike, Aganetha Dyck, Anna Frlan, Anne Louch, Bobs Cogill Haworth, Brenda Pelkey, Cyndra MacDowall, Daphne Odjig, Elaine Ling, Eleanor Bond, Elizabeth A. McGillivray Knowles, Joyce Wieland, Kathleen Daly, Kathleen Margaret “K.M.” Graham, Keeleemeeoommee Samualie, Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucille Oille, Margaret Lawrence, Margaret Priest, Margaret Shelton, Mary Celestino, Pitseolak Ashoona, Sarah Robertson, Susan Schelle, Suzy Lake, Verna Viola Depew, Unknown, Unknown
Art Windsor-Essex, 2024-2025
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
Test Kitchen: A Museum Project
Curator(s) – Aida Ali, Franchesca Hebert-Spence, Sequoia Miller, Juliana Ramirez Herrera, Karine Tsoumis
Exhibition Designer(s) – Jack McCombe, Origin Studios
Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Natalia Goldchteine
Installation Team – Jack McCombe, Nadine Maher, Phu Bui, Hannah McInally, Jordan May, Philip Woollam, Queenie Xu
Artist(s) – Roger Aksadjuak, Maestro Giorgio Andreoli, Carl Beam, Sharif Bey, Pamela Cevallos, Judy Chartrand, Richard DeVore, Léopold Foulem, Michael Frimkess, Karine Giboulo, David Gilhooly, Susan Harlander, Theo Harlander, David R. Harper, John Kurok, Janet Macpherson, Paul Mathieu, Nadia Myre, Matthias Ostermann, Guillermo Quijije, Oliver Smith, Steve Smith, Rupert Spira, Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Kukuli Velarde, Karen Williams, 27 unknown
Gardiner Museum (Toronto), 2024-2025
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
Jim Oskineegish: Keep Yourself Alive
Curator(s) – Caitlyn Bird
Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Penelope Smart
Installation Team – Patricia Roy, Damian Rivers-Moore, Meaghan Eley
Artist(s) – Jim Oskineegish
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 2024-2025
Best Exhibition In A Commercial Gallery
The winner will be announced during the ceremony.
Exhibition Design and Installation
Maryam Taghavi: Unfolding Worlds / شونده مریم تقوی: جهانهای عیان
Curator(s) – Felicia Mings
Exhibition Designer(s) – Felicia Mings
Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Clara Halpern
Installation Team – Uroš Jelić, Phu Bui, Corinne Carlson, Jonah Kamphorst, Matthew Koudys, Jordan May, Manny Trinh, and Morgan Ziegler
Artist(s) – Maryam Taghavi
The Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery of York University (Toronto), 2025
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
To our reunited future
Curator(s) – Megan Kammerer
Exhibition Designer(s) – Megan Kammerer, Rihab Essayh
Exhibition Coordinator(s) – Megan Kammerer
Installation Team – David Wigley, Erin Voisey, Samantha Lance
Artist(s) – Rihab Essayh
Visual Arts Centre Of Clarington (Bowmanville), 2025
Public Program
Expanding Learning on Black History in Windsor Essex
Curator(s) / Public Programmer(s) – Julie Rae Tucker, Sophie Hinch, Irene Moore Davis, Emily Conlon
Artist(s) – Anthony Sherwood, Chidera Ikewibe, Paula O’Keiffe-Anthony, Dorothy Abbott, Leslie McCurdy, Brian McCurdy, Shantelle Browning-Morgan, Patricia Jeppoe, Janet Brown, Sydnie Moore, Camisha Sibblis, Amina Abdulle, Crystal Mowry, Deanna Bowen, Yuri Dojc, Irene Moore Davis, Emma McGee, Darryl Hogan, Susan Johnson-Washington, Wanda Relf
Art Windsor-Essex, 2024
Field Trip 44
Curator(s) / Public Programmer(s) – Sameen Mahboubi, Paula McLean
Artist(s) – Hannah Doucet, Philip Leonard Ocampo, Atanas Bozdarov, Geoffrey Lok-Fay Cheung, Kosar Movahedi
Gallery44 Centre for Contemporary Photography (Toronto), 2025
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
Creative Aging
Educator(s) – Erin Szturm
Artist(s) – Karly Huitsing, Anthony Santoro, Leanna Rosengren, Erin Szturm, Tuija Hansen, Alicia Brink
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 2025
Illuminating Minds: The Art and Science of Light
Educator(s) – Shirin Divanbeigi, Madalina Raduta, Julie Jones, Martin Fischer, Salima Habib, Eleonora Sermoneta, Roshelle Filart and Vishnu Ramcharan
Artist(s) – Anila Quayyum Agha, Ghazaleh Avarzamani, Ala Ebtekar, Olafur Eliasson, Jamelie Hassan, Anish Kapoor, Kimsooja, Sanaz Mazinani, Mallory Lowe Mpoka, Tannis Nielsen, Phillip K. Smith III
Aga Khan Museum (Toronto) partnering with Ontario Science Centre, 2025
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
WRITING AWARDS
Curatorial Writing: Major Text
Ingrid Jones – Writer
“Labour”
Related exhibition Labour
Art Museum at the University of Toronto, 2024
John O’Brian – Writer
“John Scott and the Four Horsemen”
From the publication John Scott: Firestorm
McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Kleinburg), 2024
Julie Rae Tucker – Writer
“Ktahwaalul | I love you”
Related exhibition Love Languages
Art Windsor-Essex, 2025
Curatorial Writing
Emily Laurent Henderson – Writer
“Dreaming Forward”
From the publication Worlds on Paper: Drawings from Kinngait
McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Kleinburg), 2025
Mark Kingwell – Writer
“The Clichettes in Concert”
From the publication The Clichettes: Lips, Wigs, and Politics
McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton), 2024
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
Jeffrey Nye – Writer
“Shaheer Zazai: Another word for translation. Another thread for thought.”
From the publication Shaheer Zazai: Another word for translation. Another thread for thought.
Latcham Art Centre (Stouffville), 2025
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
Chidera Ikewibe – Writer
“Recitation Test”
From the publication Recitation Test
Art Windsor-Essex, 2025
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
Richard William Hill – Writer
“You Can Be Any John Scott You Like”
From the publication John Scott: Firestorm
McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Kleinburg), 2024
Art Publication
The Clichettes: Lips, Wigs, and Politics
Art Book
Book Designer – Rob Gray
Editor(s) – Ivana Dizdar
Writer(s) – Ivana Dizdar, Marni Jackson, John Greyson, Alexandra Schwartz, Mark Kingwell, rl Goldberg, Lillian Allen, Wanda Nanibush
Proofing – Julie Bronson
Gallery Project Coordinator(s) – Julie Bronson, Collections and Exhibitions Coordinator
Curator(s) – Ivana Dizdar
Related exhibition The Clichettes: Lips, Wigs, and Politics
McMaster Museum Of Art (Hamilton), 2024
Joyce Wieland: Heart On
Art Book
Book Designer – Lara Minja, Lime Design
Editor(s) – Anne Grace, Georgiana Uhlyarik
Writer(s) – Anne Grace, Georgiana Uhlyarik, Anna Hudson, Shannon Stride, Renée van der Avoird, Adam Welch, Vincent Bonin, Jim Shedden, Tobi Bruce, Mark Kearney, Stephanie Barnes, Richard Gagnier, Rachel Stark, Sjoukje van der Laan, Stephanie Cote, Guillaume Lafleur, Alicia Boutilier, Kristy A. Holmes, Eo Sharp, Judy Steed, Leila Sujir, Jean-Philippe Warren
Publishing Coordinator(s) – Robyn Lew
Curator(s) – Anne Grace, Georgiana Uhlyarik
Related exhibition Joyce Wieland: Heart On
Art Gallery Of Ontario (Toronto), 2025
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
DESIGN AWARDS
Art Book Design
Cecilia Berkovic – Graphic Designer
The Beyond Within: Annie MacDonell and Maïder Fortuné
Publisher(s) – The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa) SFU Galleries (Vancouver), MacKenzie Art Gallery (Regina), Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Illingworth Kerr Gallery (Calgary), and Art Metropole (Toronto)
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa), 2024
Lisa Kiss – Graphic Designer
The Milliner’s Daughter: The Artistic Practice of Ydessa Hendeles
Design Concept – Ydessa Hendeles
Publisher(s) -Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König (Cologne)
Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation (Toronto), 2024
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
Julie Scriver, Goose Lane Editions – Graphic Designer
Sarah Maloney’s Pleasure Ground: A Feminist Take on the Natural World
Publisher(s) – Goose Lane Editions (Fredericton), Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Halifax), Art Windsor-Essex
Art Windsor-Essex, 2024
Lisa Kiss – Graphic Designer
Jess Dobkin’s Wetrospective: Constellating performance archives
Publisher(s) – Art Gallery of York University (Toronto), Intellect Books (Bristol)
The Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery of York University (Toronto), 2024
OTAMI / Sebastien Aubin – Graphic Designer
Greg Staats: Runners Continuum
Publisher(s) – Art Gallery of Hamilton
Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2025
Other Publication Design
Bob Gravelle – Graphic Designer
petal, clay, berry, leaf: natural inks, dyes, and pigments of Northern Ontario Publication
Publisher(s) – Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 2024
Jay Wilson – Graphic Designer
Inside. Outside. Of. booklet
Publisher(s) – Art Gallery of Mississauga, Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop’s University (Sherbrooke)
Art Gallery of Mississauga, 2024
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
The winner will be announced during the ceremony.
Design Budget Under $1,500
Bob Gravelle – Graphic Designer
Out There: Art Card Series
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 2022-Present
Marc Ngui – Graphic Designer
Recitation Test
Art Windsor-Essex, 2025
PERSONNEL AWARDS
Key Partnership Award
Ontario Science Centre
Illuminating Minds: The Art and Science of Light
Aga Khan Museum (Toronto), 2025
Triple P.L.A.Y.
Free Admission Days and Family Crafternoons
The Muse: Lake Of The Woods Museum & Douglas Family Centre (Kenora), 2024
Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority
The Bridge Artists, Cut-outs Off Cuts and Cast-offs, The Closest I’ve Felt to God, Sandwich Visionaries
Art Windsor-Essex, 2021-Present
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