Work by the three winners will be on view at
the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival in Toronto this spring, and at the National
Gallery of Canada in Ottawa this fall.
TORONTO, April 3, 2019 /CNW/ - The Canadian Photography
Institute of the National Gallery of Canada and Scotiabank today recognized
Canada's brightest young
photographers by awarding them the New Generation Photography
Award.
This year's winners of the annual prize are:
- Luther Konadu, Winnipeg (Manitoba)
- Ethan Murphy, Toronto (Ontario)
- Zinnia Naqvi, Montreal
(Quebec)
The New Generation Photography Award, established in 2018,
celebrates three outstanding young Canadians working in lens-based
art. The Award aims to elevate the careers of young artists and is
unique in that it is the only dedicated prize offered to artists 30
and under, specific to lens-based art.
The winners will each receive:
- A cash prize of $10,000.
- The opportunity to be featured in two group exhibitions.
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- At the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto,
Ontario, during the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
from May 1- June 9, 2019.
- At the Canadian Photography Institute PhotoLab, located at the
National Gallery of Canada in
Ottawa, from September 27, 2019 – March
22, 2020.
- Award recipients will also be included in educational
programming and present artist talks in September at the National
Gallery of Canada.
2019 New Generation Photography Award Selection
Process:
- To be eligible for the New Generation Photography Award,
recipients must be exhibited artists working in lens-based art,
aged 30 and under, and a Canadian citizen or permanent
resident.
- The three recipients of the 2019 New Generation Photography
Award were selected from the longlist by the award's jury,
consisting of Canadian and international photography experts,
artists, and leaders in the community.
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- Ann Thomas, Interim Chief
Curator/ Conservatrice en chef intérimaire, National Gallery of
Canada/Musée des beaux-arts du
Canada, Chair of the Jury;
- Angela Grauerholz, Artist
and past Scotiabank Photography Award winner (2015);
- Deanna Pizzitelli, Artist
and past winner of the New Generation Photography Award (2018);
and,
- Erandy Vergara,
Independent Curator.
- The Award longlist was announced February 20, 2019. It included 23 young Canadian
lens-based artists selected by the New Generation Photography Award
Nomination Committee, a panel of 12 nominators who represent
members of the arts community, including photography experts from
arts universities and colleges across Canada.
2019 New Generation Photography Award Recipient Bios:
Luther
Konadu
Luther Konadu
is a writer and artist of Ghanaian descent. He's also a content
contributor for the online publication Public Parking, a
collaborative project for highlighting the working practices of
emerging creatives. His studio activities are project-based and
realized through photographic print media and painting processes.
He acknowledges the legacies of these mediums as interpretive sites
for generating new conventions and expanding fixed narratives. He
recently showed work at New York
City's Aperture Foundation and is presently a writer in
residence for Gallery 44. He resides and works in Winnipeg.
Ethan
Murphy
Ethan Murphy
was born and raised in St. John's
and is currently finishing his BFA at Ryerson
University in Toronto.
His photographs link identity and place by reflecting on the
psychological impact of Newfoundland's rural environment. Murphy's
work focuses on his experiences of leaving and returning to the
island and his attempt to reconnect with its remote areas. Using
photography as a mediator, the artist reconciles his relationship
with identity and loss while examining the Newfoundland landscape post cod moratorium.
His photographs function as personal documents that combine urban
influence with a rural perspective.
Zinnia Naqvi
Zinnia Naqvi is a visual artist based in
Tkaronto/Toronto and
Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Her work uses
a combination of photography, video, writings, archival footage and
installation. Naqvi's practice questions the relationship between
authenticity and narrative, while dealing with larger themes of
post colonialism, cultural translation, language, and gender. Her
works often invite the viewer to question her process and working
methods. Naqvi's works have been shown across Canada and internationally. She recently
received an honorable mention at the 2017 Karachi Biennale in
Pakistan and was an Artist in
Residence at the Art Gallery of Ontario as part of EMILIA-AMALIA Working
Group.
Quotes:
"Through the New Generation Photography Award, Scotiabank aims
to recognize the talented young photographers that inspire
Canadians with their art form. The photographs of our winners
enrich the communities where we live and encourage us to develop
new perspectives. Congratulations to Luther, Ethan and Zinnia for
this important achievement.
- Laura Curtis Ferrera, Senior Vice President of Marketing,
Scotiabank.
"The submissions to the award were a testament to the talent and
lively interest in photography shown by these young Canadian
artists. The jury members were most impressed with the high-quality
of work received. The winners display a thoughtful and
personal connection to the medium all the while emphasizing the
constructed nature of photographic imagery. The photographs express
their story, history and journey within larger more complex social
and cultural settings. It is fascinating to see this new generation
of photographers use the medium to probe who we are as individuals
within larger themes of community building and the significance of
human connections."
-
Ann Thomas, Interim Chief Curator of
the National Gallery of Canada and
Chair of the Jury.
Learn more about the New Generation Photography Award and
Scotiabank's commitment to the arts by visiting:
http://www.scotiabank.com/arts.
Scotiabank believes the arts make Canadians richer. The New
Generation Photography Award is one of the many ways Scotiabank
acknowledges the importance of photography in Canada. Scotiabank is the title sponsor of the
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, the largest photography
festival in the world. In 2010, Scotiabank co-created the
Scotiabank Photography Award with Edward Burtynsky, the largest
annual peer-nominated and peer-reviewed award in Canadian
contemporary photography, designed to elevate the careers of
established artists. The New Generation Photography Award is
furthering Scotiabank's commitment to the arts and to young people
in Canada.
About Scotiabank:
At Scotiabank, we aim to support
organizations that are committed to helping young people reach
their infinite potential. Young people are our future leaders and
Scotiabank's goal is to help ensure that they have the necessary
skills and resources they need to support their success. Together
with our employees, the Bank supports causes at a grassroots level.
Recognized as a leader for our charitable donations and
philanthropic activities, in 2018, Scotiabank contributed more
than $80 million to help our communities around the
world.
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About the Canadian Photography Institute:
The Canadian
Photography Institute (CPI) of the National Gallery
of Canada is a creative and innovative centre dedicated
to sharing, collecting, and questioning photography in all its
forms. It brings people and communities together at the museum,
online, and around publications to see, appreciate, and study
photography.
The Canadian Photography Institute was established in 2015 and
officially launched in October 2016. Its collections build
upon the National Gallery's Photographs Collection. The Institute
benefits from the unprecedented support of CPI's Founding Partner
Scotiabank, the Archive of Modern Conflict - the Gallery's partner,
and the National Gallery of Canada Foundation. For more
information, visit: gallery.ca/cpi and follow CPI
@canadianphotoinstitute.
About the National Gallery of Canada:
The
National Gallery of Canada is home to the most important
collections of historical and contemporary Canadian art. The
Gallery also maintains Canada's premier collection of
European Art from the 14th to the 21st centuries, as well as
important works of American, Asian and Indigenous Art and renowned
international collections of prints, drawings and photographs.
Created in 1880, the National Gallery of Canada has
played a key role in Canadian culture for well over a century.
Among its principal missions is to increase access to excellent
works of art for all Canadians. For more information,
visit gallery.ca and follow us on
Twitter @NatGalleryCan.
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