Announcing the Winners of the 2017 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts
/
Landon MacKenzie, Neurocity, 2008, oil on linen, 220 x 290 cm. Collection of McCarthy Tetrault Law.
The winners of the 2017 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts were announced Feb. 15. The list comprises eight artists who represent a range of disciplines including filmmaking, animation, visuals arts, writing, curation and jewellery. Their work will be on exhibit in the Winnipeg Art Gallery until April 8.
The winners are:
- filmmaker and animator Michèle Cournoyer;
- filmmaker Mike Hoolboom;
- visual artist Shelagh Keeley;
- Vancouver-based visual artist Glenn Lewis;
- Vancouver-based visual artist Landon Mackenzie;
- curator and writer Philip Monk;
- visual artist Shelley Niro; and
- jewellery artist Pamela Ritchie, who was awarded the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Fine Crafts.
