List of recipients of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts

The Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts are annual awards for achievements in visual and media arts in Canada. Up to eight awards are presented annually, each with a prize amount of $25,000.^[1]

Created in 2000 by then Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, the awards are managed by the Canada Council for the Arts. An independent peer jury of senior visual and media arts professionals selects up to seven laureates to be recognized for artistic achievement and one award for outstanding contributions in a professional or volunteer role. Visual and media artists in fine arts (painting, drawing, photography, print-making and sculpture, including installation and other three-dimensional work), applied arts (architecture and fine crafts), independent film and video, and audio and new media are eligible for the annual award. Since 2007, the Saidye Bronfman Award for excellence in the fine crafts is also awarded by this process.^[2]

In 2015, each laureate received $25,000 and recognition in the form of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada.^[3]

Laureates (2000–2023)

Year	Name	Award	Field	Location
2000	Jocelyne Alloucherie[4]	Artistic Achievement	Sculpture	Montreal, QC
2000	Ghitta Caiserman-Roth[4]	Artistic Achievement	Painting	Montreal, QC
2000	John Chalke[4]	Artistic Achievement	Fine crafts	Calgary, AB
2000	Jacques Giraldeau[4]	Artistic Achievement	Film	Montreal, QC
2000	John Scott[4]	Artistic Achievement	Painting	Toronto, ON
2000	Doris Shadbolt[4]	Outstanding Contribution	Voluntarism	Vancouver, BC
2000	Michael Snow[4]	Artistic Achievement	Film	Toronto, ON
2001	Russell C. Goodman[5]	Artistic Achievement	Stained glass artist	Kelowna, BC
2001	Douglas Cardinal[5]	Artistic Achievement	Architect	Ottawa, ON
2001	Joan Chalmers[5]	Outstanding Contribution	Philanthropist	Toronto, ON
2001	Tom Dean[5]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Toronto, ON
2001	Jamelie Hassan[5]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	London, ON
2001	Liz Magor[5]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Vancouver, BC
2001	Alanis Obomsawin[5]	Artistic Achievement	Filmmaker	Montreal, QC
2002	AA Bronson[6]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Toronto and New York
2002	Charles Gagnon[6]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Montreal, QC
2002	Ydessa Hendeles[6]	Outstanding Contribution	Curator, art collector and philanthropist	Toronto, ON
2002	Edward Poitras[6]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Regina, SK and Québec City, QC
2002	David Rokeby[6]	Artistic Achievement	Media artist	Toronto, ON
2002	Barbara Steinman[6]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Montreal, QC
2002	Irene Whittome[6]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Montreal, QC
2003	Robert Archambeau[7]	Artistic Achievement	Ceramist	Winnipeg, MB
2003	Alex Colville[7]	Artistic Achievement	Painter	Wolfville, NS
2003	Gathie Falk[7]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Vancouver, BC
2003	Betty Goodwin[7]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Montreal, QC
2003	Walter Harris[7]	Artistic Achievement	Sculptor	Hazelton, BC
2003	Suzanne Rivard-Lemoyne[7]	Outstanding Contribution	Arts educator and administrator	Montreal, QC
2003	Takao Tanabe[7]	Artistic Achievement	Painter	Parksville, BC
2004	Iain Baxter[8]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Windsor, ON
2004	Eric Cameron[8]	Artistic Achievement	Painter	Calgary, AB
2004	Tom Hill[8]	Outstanding Contribution	Curator, artist and Aboriginal arts advocate	Ohsweken, ON
2004	Istvan Kantor[8]	Artistic Achievement	Media artist	Toronto, ON
2004	Garry Neill Kennedy[8]	Artistic Achievement	Painter	Halifax, NS
2004	John Oswald[8]	Artistic Achievement	Media artist	Toronto, ON
2004	Ian Wallace[8]	Artistic Achievement	Painter	Vancouver, BC
2005	Carl Beam[9]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Manitoulin Island, ON
2005	Lynne Cohen[9]	Artistic Achievement	Photographer	Montreal, QC
2005	Claude Gosselin[9]	Outstanding Contribution	Curator	Montreal, QC
2005	Roland Poulin[9]	Artistic Achievement	Sculptor	Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir, QC
2005	Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak[9]	Artistic Achievement	Video artists	Toronto, ON
2005	Françoise Sullivan[9]	Artistic Achievement	Painter, sculptor and dancer	Montreal, QC
2005	Paul Wong[9]	Artistic Achievement	Video artist	Vancouver, BC
2006	Mowry Baden[10]	Artistic Achievement	Sculptor	Victoria, BC
2006	Micheline Beauchemin[10]	Artistic Achievement	Textile artist and weaver	Les Grondines, QC
2006	Vera Frenkel[10]	Artistic Achievement	Multidisciplinary artist	Toronto, ON
2006	Peggy Gale[10]	Outstanding Contribution	Independent curator, writer	Toronto, ON
2006	Kenneth Lochhead[10]	Artistic Achievement	Painter	Ottawa, ON
2006	Arnaud Maggs[10]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Toronto, ON
2006	Peter Wintonick[10]	Artistic Achievement	Film producer, director, critic and editor	Montreal, QC
2007	Ian Carr-Harris[11]	Artistic Achievement	Sculptor, installation, photographer	Toronto, ON
2007	Aganetha Dyck[11]	Artistic Achievement	Sculptor, installation, mixed media artist	Winnipeg, MB
2007	Bruce Elder[11]	Artistic Achievement	Filmmaker	Toronto, ON
2007	Murray Favro[11]	Artistic Achievement	Multidisciplinary artist	London, ON
2007	Fernand Leduc[11]	Artistic Achievement	Painter	Montreal, QC
2007	Daphne Odjig[11]	Artistic Achievement	Painter, printmaker	Penticton, BC
2007	David Silcox[11]	Outstanding Contribution	Arts advocate, writer, educator	Toronto, ON
2008	Kenojuak Ashevak[12]	Artistic Achievement	Drawing, printmaking and sculpture	Cape Dorset, NV
2008	Serge Giguère[12]	Artistic Achievement	Filmmaker	Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska, QC
2008	Michel Goulet[12]	Artistic Achievement	Sculptor	Montreal, QC
2008	Alex Janvier[12]	Artistic Achievement	Painter	Cold Lake, AB
2008	Tanya Mars[12]	Artistic Achievement	Performance artist	Toronto, ON
2008	Eric Metcalfe[12]	Artistic Achievement	Multidisciplinary artist	Vancouver, BC
2008	Shirley Thomson[12]	Outstanding Contribution	Cultural administrator, gallery director and arts advocate	Ottawa, ON
2009	John Greer[13]	Artistic Achievement	Sculptor	LaHave, NS
2009	Nobuo Kubota[13]	Artistic Achievement	Sculptor, musician, and performer	Toronto, ON
2009	Rita McKeough[13]	Artistic Achievement	Interdisciplinary artist	Calgary, AB
2009	Robert Morin[13]	Artistic Achievement	Filmmaker	Montreal, QC
2009	Raymond Moriyama[13]	Artistic Achievement	Architect	Toronto, ON
2009	Gordon Smith[13]	Artistic Achievement	Painter	West Vancouver, BC
2009	Tony Urquhart and Kim Ondaatje[13]	Outstanding Contribution	Founders, CARFAC, the Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes Canadiens	Stratford, ON (Urquhart); Verona, ON (Ondaatje)
2010	Robert Davidson[14]	Artistic Achievement	Sculptor	White Rock, BC
2010	André Forcier[14]	Artistic Achievement	Filmmaker	Longueuil, QC
2010	Rita Letendre[14]	Artistic Achievement	Painter	Toronto, ON
2010	Terry Ryan[14]	Outstanding Contribution	Manager, West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative (now Kinngait Studios)	Toronto, ON
2010	Tom Sherman[14]	Artistic Achievement	Video artist	Toronto, ON
2010	Gabor Szilasi[14]	Artistic Achievement	Photographer	Westmount, QC
2010	Claude Tousignant[14]	Artistic Achievement	Painter, sculptor	Montreal, QC
2011	Robert Fones[15]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Toronto, ON
2011	Geneviève Cadieux[15]	Artistic Achievement	Photographer	Montreal, QC
2011	Michael Morris[15]	Artistic Achievement	Visual, performance artist	Vancouver/Victoria, BC
2011	David Rimmer[15]	Artistic Achievement	Filmmaker	Vancouver, BC
2011	Barbara Sternberg[15]	Artistic Achievement	Filmmaker	Toronto, ON
2011	Nancy Tousley[15]	Outstanding Contribution	Art critic	Calgary, AB
2011	Shirley Wiitasalo[15]	Artistic Achievement	Painter	Toronto, ON
2012	Margaret Dragu[16]	Artistic Achievement	Performance artist	Vancouver/Richmond, BC
2012	Geoffrey James[16]	Artistic Achievement	Photographer	Toronto, ON
2012	Ron Martin[16]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Toronto, ON
2012	Diana Nemiroff[16]	Outstanding Contribution	Art gallery director and curator	Ottawa, ON
2012	Jan Peacock[16]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist - media and installation	Halifax, NS
2012	Royden Rabinowitch[16]	Artistic Achievement	Sculptor	Waterloo, ON
2012	Jana Sterbak[16]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Montreal, QC
2013	Marcel Barbeau[17]	Artistic Achievement	Painter and sculptor	Montreal, QC
2013	Rebecca Belmore[17]	Artistic Achievement	Painter	Winnipeg, MB
2013	William D. MacGillivray[17]	Artistic Achievement	Filmmaker and director	Rose Bay NS
2013	Gordon Monahan[17]	Artistic Achievement	Sound artist, composer and media artist	Meaford, ON
2013	Chantal Pontbriand[17]	Outstanding Contribution	Curator and art critic	Montreal, QC and Paris
2013	Colette Whiten[17]	Artistic Achievement	Sculpture installation artist	Toronto/Haliburton, ON
2014	Kim Adams[18]	Artistic Achievement	Sculptor	Toronto, ON
2014	Max Dean[18]	Artistic Achievement	Multidisciplinary visual artist	Toronto, ON
2014	Raymond Gervais[18]	Artistic Achievement	Performance and installation artist	Montreal, QC
2014	Angela Grauerholz[18]	Artistic Achievement	Photographer/visual artist	Montreal, QC
2014	Jayce Salloum[18]	Artistic Achievement	Media artist	Vancouver, BC
2014	Brydon Smith[18]	Outstanding Contribution	Curator	Ottawa, ON
2014	Carol Wainio[18]	Artistic Achievement	Painter	Ottawa, ON
2015	Louise Déry[19]	Outstanding Contribution	Curator	Montreal, QC
2015	Robert Houle[19]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Toronto, ON
2015	Micah Lexier[19]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Toronto, ON
2015	Rafael Lozano-Hemmer[19]	Artistic Achievement	Media artist	Montreal, QC
2015	Sandra Meigs[19]	Artistic Achievement	Painter	Victoria, BC
2015	Rober Racine[19]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist, writer and composer	Montreal, QC
2015	Reva Stone[19]	Artistic Achievement	New media artist	Winnipeg, MB
2016	Edward Burtynsky[20]	Artistic Achievement	Photographer
2016	Marnie Fleming[21]	Outstanding Contribution	Curator
2016	Philip Hoffman[22]	Artistic Achievement	Filmmaker
2016	Wanda Koop[23]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist
2016	Suzy Lake[24]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist
2016	Mark Lewis[25]	Artistic Achievement	Video artist
2016	William (Bill) Vazan[26]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist
2017	Michèle Cournoyer[27]	Artistic Achievement	Animator	Montreal, QC
2017	Glenn Lewis[28]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist
2017	Landon Mackenzie[29][30]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist
2017	Mike Hoolboom[31]	Artistic Achievement	Filmmaker
2017	Shelagh Keeley[32]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist
2017	Philip Monk[33]	Outstanding Contribution	Curator, writer
2017	Shelley Niro[34]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist
2018	Bruce Eves[35]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Toronto, ON
2018	Wyn Geleynse[35]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist, media arts	London, ON
2018	Spring Hurlbut[35]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Toronto, ON
2018	Midi Onodera[35]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist, filmmaker	Toronto, ON
2018	Sandra Semchuk[35]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist, photographer	Vancouver, BC
2018	Adrian Stimson[35]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist, performance artist	Siksika, AB
2018	Glenn Alteen	Outstanding Contribution	Curator	Vancouver, BC
2019	Stephen Andrews[35]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Toronto, ON
2019	COZIC (Yvon Cozic and Monic Brassard)[36]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle, QC
2019	Marlene Creates[35]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Portugal Cove, NL
2019	Ali Kazimi[35]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist and filmmaker	Toronto, ON
2019	Lee-Anne Martin[35]	Outstanding Contribution	Curator	Carp, ON
2019	Andrew J. Paterson[35]	Artistic Achievement	Media artist	Toronto, ON
2019	Jeff Thomas	Artistic Achievement	Photo-based storyteller	Ottawa, ON
2020	Zainub Verjee[37]	Outstanding Contribution	Cultural administrator, arts advocate, art critic, art centre/gallery director, artist	Mississauga, ON
2020	Deanna Bowen[37]	Artistic Achievement	Interdisciplinary artist	Toronto, ON
2020	Dana Claxton[37]	Artistic Achievement	Artist	Vancouver, BC
2020	Ruth Cuthand[37]	Artistic Achievement	Artist	Saskatoon, SK
2020	Michael Fernandes[37]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	East Dover, NS
2020	Ken Lum[37]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Philadelphia, PA, United States
2020	Jorge Lozano Lorza[37]	Artistic Achievement	Filmmaker	Toronto, ON
2021	Bryce Kanbara[38]	Outstanding Contribution	Visual artist and curator	Hamilton, ON
2021	Lori Blondeau[38]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Winnipeg, MB
2021	Germaine Arnaktauyok[38]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Yellowknife, NT
2021	Dempsey Bob[38]	Artistic Achievement	Artist, sculptor	Terrace, BC
2021	Luc Courchesne[38]	Artistic Achievement	Media artist	Montréal, QC
2021	Bonnie Devine[38]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Toronto, ON
2021	Cheryl L'Hirondelle[38]	Artistic Achievement	Interdisciplinary artist	Saskatoon, SK
2022	Gerald McMaster[38]	Outstanding Contribution	Curator, artist, writer	Toronto, ON
2022	Moyra Frances Davey[38]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	New York City, NY
2022	Jocelyn Robert[38]	Artistic Achievement	Artist	Québec City, QC
2022	Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge[38]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artists	Toronto, ON
2022	David Ruben Piqtoukun[38]	Artistic Achievement	Sculptor/artist	Plainfield, ON
2022	Monique Régimbald-Zeiber[38]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Montréal, QC
2022	Pierre Bourgault[38]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artist	Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, QC
2023	David Garneau[39]	Outstanding Contribution	Visual artist, curator, critical art writer	Regina, SK
2023	Evergon[39]	Artistic Achievement	Gay politico and eroticist working in lens-based art	Montréal, QC
2023	FASTWÜRMS[39]	Artistic Achievement	Visual artists	Mulmur, ON
2023	Germaine Koh[39]	Artistic Achievement	Artist	Vancouver, BC
2023	Shannon Walsh[39]	Artistic Achievement	Filmmaker	Vancouver, BC
2023	Tim Whiten[39]	Artistic Achievement	Image maker and creator of cultural objects	Toronto, ON
2023	Nettie Wild[39]	Artistic Achievement	Filmmaker	Vancouver, BC

Saidye Bronfman Award

Main article: Saidye Bronfman Award

Year	Name	Field	Location
1977	Robin Hopper[40]	Potter	Metchosin, BC
1978	Lois Etherington Betteridge[41]	Silversmith	Guelph, ON
1979	Monique Cliche-Spénard[42]	Quilt artist	St-Joseph-de-Beauce, QC
1980	Doucet-Saito (Louise Doucet and Satoshi Saito)[43]	Ceramic artists
1981	Joanna Staniszkis[44]	Textile artist	Vancouver, BC
1982	Micheline Beauchemin[45]	Painter-weaver	Les Grondines, QC
1983	Wayne Ngan[46]	Potter	Hornby Island, BC
1984	William Hazzard[47]	Wood carver	Regina, SK
1985	Michael Wilcox[48]	Bookbinder	Woodview, ON
1986	Bill Reid[49]	Metalsmith, wood carver, jeweller	Vancouver, BC
1987	Carole Sabiston[50]	Fibre artist	Victoria, BC
1988	Lutz Haufschild[51]	Glass artist	West Vancouver, BC
1989	Harlan House[52]	Potter	Marysville, ON
1990	Dorothy Caldwell[53]	Textile artist	Hastings, ON
1991	Susan Warner Keene[54]	Fibre artist	Toronto, ON
1992	Walter Dexter[55]	Potter	Metchosin, BC
1993	Michael Fortune[56]	Furniture designer and maker	Lindsay, ON
1994	Daniel Crichton[57]	Glass artist	Toronto, ON
1995	Louise Genest[58]	Bookbinder	Montreal, QC
1996	Steven Heinemann[59]	Ceramic artist	Richmond Hill, ON
1997	William 'Grit' Laskin[60]	Guitar maker	Toronto, ON
1998	Marcel Marois[61]	Tapestry artist	Quebec, QC
1999	Susan Low-Beer[62]	Sculptor	Toronto, ON
2000	Peter Fleming[63]	Furniture designer and maker	Toronto, ON
2001	Léopold L. Foulem[64]	Ceramic artist	Caraquet, NB and Montreal, QC
2002	Kai Chan[65]	Textile artist	Toronto, ON
2003	Walter Ostrom[66]	Ceramic artist	Indian Harbour, NS
2004	Maurice Savoie[67]	Ceramist	Longueuil, QC
2005	Michael Hosaluk[68]	Wood turner	Saskatoon, SK
2006	Peter Powning[69]	Ceramist and sculptor	Markhamville, NB
2007	Paul Mathieu[11]	Ceramist	Vancouver, BC
2008	Chantal Gilbert[12]	Jeweller	Québec, QC
2009	Kevin Lockau[13]	Glass sculptor	Bancroft, ON
2010	Ione Thorkelsson[14]	Glass sculptor	Roseisle, MB
2011	Kye-Yeon Son[15]	Metalsmith	Halifax, NS
2012	Charles Lewton-Brain[16]	artist-goldsmith	Calgary, AB
2013	Greg Payce[17]	Artist-potter	Calgary, AB
2014	Sandra Brownlee[18]	Weaver/notebook keeper	Dartmouth, NS
2015	Paul McClure[19]	Jewellery artist	Toronto, ON
2016	Jane Kidd[70]	Textile artist	Salt Spring Island, BC
2017	Pamela Ritchie[71]	Jewellery artist	Halifax, NS
2018	Jack Sures	Ceramic artist	Regina, SK
2019	Susan Edgerley[35]	Glass artist	Val-Morin, QC
2020	Anna Torma[72]	Visual artist	Baie Verte, NB
2021	Lou Lynn[73]	Sculptor	Winlaw, BC
2022	Brigitte Clavette[74]	Jeweller and metalsmith	Fredericton, NB
2023	Grace Nickel[39]	Visual artist	Winnipeg, MB