{"id":613507,"date":"2026-04-19T01:22:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T01:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/613507\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T01:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T01:22:28","slug":"the-long-list-for-the-2026-sobey-art-award-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/613507\/","title":{"rendered":"The long list for the 2026 Sobey Art Award is here."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thirty artists will compete for the prestigious 2026 Sobey Art Award<\/a>, the most valuable prize of its kind in Canada. The long list of nominees was announced this morning by the National Gallery of Canada and the Sobey Art Foundation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The winner of the $100,000 grand prize will be named at a gala this fall. Shortlisted artists will receive $25,000 each and those names to the longlist are guaranteed $10,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The short list will be revealed May 26, and artists who make the cut will have their work featured in a group exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. The exhibition is scheduled to open in September.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The long list finalists are split evenly across six regional categories: Circumpolar, Pacific, Prairies, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic. Each zone is represented by five nominees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a statement, Jonathan Shaughnessy, the chair of the Sobey Art Award jury, congratulated the honourees and thanked the Sobey Art Foundation which funds the program. \u201cThe Sobey Art Award continues to serve as a crucial platform in the circulation of this country\u2019s most pertinent contemporary artistic voices,\u201d said Shaughnessy, who is also the NGC\u2019s director of curatorial initiatives. \u201cExemplifying a wide array of materials and perspectives, the works of this year\u2019s longlisted artists assert a compelling engagement with the present.\u201d<\/p>\n

Past Sobey winners include Divya Mehra<\/a>, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory<\/a>, Nico Williams<\/a> and Abbas Akhavan who will represent Canada at the Venice Biennale<\/a> this year. Tania Willard<\/a>, an artist and curator from Neskonlith First Nation in B.C., received the 2025 prize<\/a>. Founded in 2002, it originally recognized exemplary artists under 40, but was opened to all ages in 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The artists on the 2026 Sobey Art Award long list are:<\/p>\n

Circumpolar\"PhotoKrystle Silverfox. Cowgirl & NDNs 1, 2025. (United Contemporary)<\/p>\n

Melaw Nakehk\u2019o<\/a><\/p>\n

Janet Nungnik<\/p>\n

Annie Pillaktuaq<\/p>\n

Krystle Silverfox<\/a><\/p>\n

Melissa Tremblett<\/a><\/p>\n

Pacific\"HangingEmily Hermant. Talk Through Me, 2024. (Monte Clark Gallery)<\/p>\n

Charles Campbell<\/a><\/p>\n

Emily Hermant<\/p>\n

Kelly Lycan<\/p>\n

Samuel Roy-Bois<\/a><\/p>\n

Manuel Axel Strain<\/a><\/p>\n

Prairies\"AAnna Binta Diallo. Awakenings (First Light), 2025. (Karen Asher)<\/p>\n

Aileen Bahmanipour<\/p>\n

Anna Binta Diallo<\/a><\/p>\n

Jude Griebel<\/a><\/p>\n

Zachari Logan<\/a><\/p>\n

Audie Murray<\/a><\/p>\n

Ontario\"TextileAftershocks by Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka. (Laura Findlay\/McMichael Canadian Art Collection)<\/p>\n

Nadia Belerique<\/p>\n

Nour Bishouty<\/a><\/p>\n

Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka<\/p>\n

Lotus L. Kang<\/a><\/p>\n

Oluseye Ogunlesi<\/a><\/p>\n

Quebec\"ArtChun Hua Catherine Dong. The Willows, 2026 (Chun Hua Catherine Dong)<\/p>\n

Marie-Michelle Deschamps<\/p>\n

Chun Hua Catherine Dong<\/a><\/p>\n

Frantz Patrick Henry<\/p>\n

Liza Lacroix<\/p>\n

Caroline Monnet<\/a><\/p>\n

Atlantic\"SculpturalShane Perley-Dutcher. The Crown, 2023. (Michael Patten)<\/p>\n

Carrie Allison<\/p>\n

Chris Donovan<\/p>\n

Chantal Khoury<\/p>\n

Shane Perley-Dutcher<\/a><\/p>\n

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