Mid-Career Awards

Mid-Career Artist Award

Lesley Johnstone, Director of Exhibitions and Research, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal

Suzy Lake, Artist, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, and Professor Emerita, University of Guelph

Philip Monk, Independent writer

Monique Régimbald-Zeiber, Artist

Jana Sterbak, Artist

Mid-Career Curator Award

Audrey Genois, Executive Director of MOMENTA | Biennale de l'image

Jon Tupper, former Director of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

Su Ying Strang, Executive Director, Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin, Lethbridge

Jennifer McRorie, Director and Curator, Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery

Jaimie Isaac, Curator and Artist, former Chief Curator, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, former Curator of Contemporary and Indigenous Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, and co-founder, Ephemerals Collective

Mid-Career Artist Award

Mireille Eagan, Curator of Contemporary Art, The Rooms, St. John's

Julia Paoli, Director and Curator, Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Art, Toronto

Felicia Mings, Curator, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto

Naomi Potter, Director and Curator, Esker Foundation, Calgary

Dr. Curtis Collins, Director and Chief Curator, Audain Art Museum, Whistler

Mid-Career Curator Award

Marie-Eve Beaupré, Curator of Collections, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal

Greg Hill, Audain Senior Curator of Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Canada

Zainub Verjee, Executive Director, Ontario Association of Art Galleries

Dr. Stephen Borys, Director and CEO, Winnipeg Art Gallery

Grant Arnold, Audain Curator of British Columbia Art, Vancouver Art Gallery

Mid-Career Artist Award

Dominique Blain, Artist and Curator

Linda Graif, Independent Curator

Anthony Kiendl, CEO and Director, Vancouver Art Gallery

Mid-Career Curator Award

Crystal Mowry, Director of Programs, Mackenzie Art Gallery

Shannon Parker, Curator, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

Christine Redfern, Director/ Curator, ELLEPHANT Art Gallery

Mid-Career Artist Award

Jan Allen, Former Director and Curator, Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Queen's University (Retired)
Francisco Alvarez, Director and Curator, Ontario College of Design

Dana Claxton, Artist, Professor, University of British Columbia, and recipient of The Hnatyshyn Foundation’s Mid-Career Award for Artistic Excellence in Contemporary Art (2019)

Brandy Dharouge, Director of Exhibitions, Banff Centre

Maria Hupfield, Artist and recipient of The Hnatyshyn Foundation’s Mid-Career Award for Artistic Excellence in Contemporary Art (2018)

Mid-Career Curator Award

Pamela Edmonds, Senior Curator, McMaster Museum of Art

Dominique Fontaine, Curator and Founding-Director, Aposteriori

Ann MacDonald, Director and Curator, Doris McCarthy Gallery, and Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Chantal Pontbriand, Independent Curator and critic

Joséphine Mills, Director and Curator, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery

Louise Déry, Director, Galerie de l'UQAM, and 2007 recipient of The Hnatyshyn Foundation’s Mid-Career Award for Curatorial Excellence in Contemporary Art

Melanie O'Brian, Director and Curator, Simon Fraser University Gallery

Ivan Jurakic, Director and Curator, University of Waterloo Art Gallery

Brandy Dahrouge, Director of Visual Arts, Banff Centre

Dominique Fontaine, Curator, Researcher, and Cultural Advisor, Founding Director, aPOSteRIORI, Montréal

Stuart Keeler, Senior Art Curator, TD Arts, Global Corporate Citizenship

Tania Willard, Curator, 2016 recipient of The Hnatyshyn Foundation’s Mid-Career Award for Curatorial Excellence in Contemporary Art

Glenn Alteen, Vancouver-based curator and writer, co-founder and Program Director, grunt Gallery

David Balzer, Author, Editor-in-Chiefé, Canadian Art Magazine

Marie-Ève Beaupré, Curator, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal

David Garneau, Artist and Associate Professor of Visual Arts at the University of Regina

Linda Graif, Art consultant

Louise Déry, Director, Galerie de l’UQAM

Dominique Fontaine, Curator and cultural advisor

Anthony Kiendl, Executive Director and CEO, MacKenzie Art Gallery

Lee-Ann Martin, Independent curator

Eric Walker, Senior visual and media artist

Lisa Baldissera, Chief Curator, Mendel Gallery

Robert Enright, Cultural journalist, writer and lecturer

Jenifer Papararo, Curator, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver

Eric Walker, Painter and video artist

Sarah Watson, General and Artistic Director, Artexte

Jury

Diana Nemiroff

Nigel Prince

Eve-Lyne Beaudry

Peggy Gale

Robert Enright

2012 Jury

Diana Nemiroff

Stephen Horne

Michael Fernandes

Peggy Gale

Robert Enright

2011 Jury

Catherine Crowston

Barbara Fischer

Robert Fones

Angela Grauerholz

Scott Watson

2010 Jury

Louise Déry

Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak

Ken Lum

Jon Tupper

2009 Jury

Ian Carr-Harris, artist, writer and educator, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto;

Peter Dykhuis, Director/Curator, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax;

Timothy Long, Head Curator, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina;

Joan Stebbins, Curator Emerita, Southern Alberta Art Gallery;

Gaétane Verna, Executive Director at Musée d'art de Joliette, QC

2008 Jury

Christina Ritchie, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver

Jeffrey Spalding, Glenbow Museum, Calgary

Louise Dompierre, Art Gallery of Hamilton

Marc Mayer, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal

Marlene Creates, Artist, Portugal Cove, Newfoundland

2007 Jury

Jon Tupper, Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown

Christine Ross, Dept. of Art History, McGill University, Montreal

Diana Nemiroff, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa

Robert Enright, arts journalist, Winnipeg

Liz Magor, artist, Vancouver

2006 Jury

Scott Watson, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver

Catherine Crowston, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton

Darlene Coward Wight, Winnipeg Art Gallery

Kitty Scott, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Serpentine Gallery, London (England)

Paulette Gagnon, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal

Robin Metcalfe, Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax