The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory extends our heartfelt congratulations to Head and Professor Dana Claxton for winning the 2023 Audain Prize for the Visual Arts!
The Audain Prize for the Visual Arts is awarded annually to a distinguished Canadian artist in recognition of outstanding artistic achievement, and carries a $100,000 cash prize. Since its establishment in 2004, the Audain Prize has honoured some of Canada’s most influential artists including Ann Kipling, E.J. Hughes, Eric Metcalfe, Gordon Smith, Jeff Wall, Liz Magor, Rodney Graham, Marian Penner Bancroft, Takao Tanabe, Gathie Falk, Fred Herzog, Michael Morris, Paul Wong, Carole Itter, Stan Douglas, and Ian Wallace.
We would also like to congratulate our current MFA Visual Art candidate Tiffany Law on being selected as one of the winners of the 2023 Audain Travel Award.
This award, supported by the Audain Foundation and administered by University of British Columbia, Vancouver and Okanagan, University of Victoria, Simon Fraser University, and Emily Carr University of Art and Design, provides five full-time Bachelor of Fine Arts or Master of Fine Arts students in B.C. an opportunity to travel to view art.
Previous Audain Travel Recipients include Sarv Iraji (MFA ‘23), Romi Kim (MFA ‘22), Xan Shian (MFA ‘21), and Rosamunde Bordo (MFA ‘20).
Dana Claxton with Paul Wong, Artist and Audain Prize 2016 recipient, at the Audain Prize luncheon, September 25, 2023. Photo: Andrea Tuele
AHVA MFA candidate Tiffany Law with Dana Claxton and Professor Gu Xiong. Photo: Andrea Tuele
2023 The Honourable Janet Austin, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia and Audain Travel Prize recipients. Left to right: Nicole Mandryk, Tiffany Law, Caitlin Ffrench, Her Honour Janet Austin, Victoria Verge, and Noor Abourchehade. Photo: Andrea Tuele
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