{"id":695733,"date":"2026-05-26T21:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/695733\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:46:10","slug":"here-are-the-six-finalists-shortlisted-for-the-sobey-art-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/695733\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the six finalists shortlisted for the Sobey Art Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Finalists of Sobey Art Award, clockwise from top left, Samuel Roy-Bois, Melaw Nakehk\u2019o, Caroline Monnet, Audie Murray, Shane Perley-Dutcher and Lotus L. Kang.Supplied<\/p>\n

Multidisciplinary artist Melaw Nakehk\u2019o, who co-founded the collective Dene Nahjo, has been shortlisted for the Sobey Art Award.<\/p>\n

Nakehk\u2019o, who is based in Yellowknife, is a textile artist whose work includes reviving traditional moosehide tanning.<\/p>\n

The annual award handed out by the Sobey Art Foundation and the National Gallery of Canada is worth $100,000 and the remaining shortlisted artists get $25,000 apiece.<\/p>\n

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Also in the running is Samuel Roy-Bois, a professor at UBC Okanagan whose practice includes sculpture and installation, and Regina-based Audie Murray, who uses mediums including beadwork and drawing.<\/p>\n

Finalist Lotus L. Kang, from Ontario, uses unstable, organic and structural forms in her art installations, highlighting their impermanence; while Montreal\u2019s Caroline Monnet uses industrial materials to create high art.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the short list is Shane Perley-Dutcher of New Brunswick, whose work transforms Wabanaki ash basketry by incorporating metal splints into the weaving.<\/p>\n

The winner will be announced on Nov. 14, and the six shortlisted artists will have their work featured in an exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada that opens Sept. 4 and will run until January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Finalists of Sobey Art Award, clockwise from top left, Samuel Roy-Bois, Melaw Nakehk\u2019o,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[901,76,354,888,355,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,356,46,549,75,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-695733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-alberta","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-arts-news","tag-artsanddesign","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-design","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-entertainment","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}