Five northern artists make long list for 2025 Sobey Art Award
Darcie Bernhardt, Tarralik Duffy, Shirley Moorhouse, Guná (Megan Jensen) and Mathew Nuqingaq up for $465,000 in prize money
Iqaluit-based jeweler Mathew Nuqingaq is one of the four northern artists included among 30 long-listed contenders for the 2025 Sobey Art Award. Six finalists will be announced on June 3, and the winner will be named on Nov. 8. (Photo by Beth Brown)
Four northerners are among 30 long-listed contenders for the 2025 Sobey Art Award.
The National Gallery of Canada and the Sobey Art Foundation announced the list Wednesday in a news release.
Darcie Bernhardt, Tarralik Duffy, Shirley Moorhouse, Guná (Megan Jensen) and Mathew Nuqingaq are included on the list.
Duffy, of Coral Harbour, is a designer and multidisciplinary artist who works in drawing, sculpture, textiles and digital art. She won the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award in 2021.
Nuqingaq is a member of the Order of Canada. He’s an Iqaluit-based jewelry artist and the owner of the city’s Aayuraa Studio. He is also co-founder and past chair of the Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association.
Moorhouse, based in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, N.L., is known for textile-based wall hangings that incorporate beading, hides, feathers and found materials.
Her work was commissioned for the opening exhibition at Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq in 2020: INUA: Inuit Nunangat Ungammmuaktut Atautikkut (Inuit Moving Forward Together).
Bernhardt is a visual artist and curator from Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., now based in Halifax.
Last year, Bernhardt’s work was included in the group exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts called ᐆᒻᒪᖁᑎᒃ_uummaqutik: essence of life.
Guná is an Inland Tlingit artist based in Whitehorse who explores themes of cultural theft, decolonization and healing through oil painting.
The Sobey Art Award, considered Canada’s most prestigious prize for contemporary visual art, recognizes artists from across six regions — including the Circumpolar category added last year — and distributes a total of $465,000 in prize money.
The overall winner will receive $100,000, each of the five other shortlisted artists will get $25,000, and the remaining 24 long-listed artists each receive $10,000.
Six shortlisted artists will be announced on June 3 and be featured in an exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa from Oct. 3 to Feb. 8.
The winner will be revealed during an evening celebration at the gallery on Nov. 8, the news release said.
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