VIVA Awards

The VIVA Awards are $15,000 prizes, granted annually to British Columbian mid-career artists chosen for "outstanding achievement and commitment" by the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation.^[1] The awards are presented by the Shadbolt Foundation in conjunction with the Alvin Balkind Curator's Prize.^[2]

Award winners

• 1988 Stan Douglas, Carel Moiseiwitsch
• 1989 Carole Itter, Neil Wedman
• 1990 Terry Ewasiuk, David Ostrem
• 1991 Persimmon Blackbridge, Gary Pearson
• 1992 Award of Honour Alvin Balkind
• 1993 Elspeth Pratt, Henry Tsang
• 1994 Mike MacDonald, Chick Rice
• 1995 Kati Campbell, Alan Storey
• 1996 Lorna Brown, Phillipe Raphanel
• 1997 Award of Honour Joan Lowndes, Ian Wallace
• 1998 Cornelia Wyngaarden, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
• 1999 Myfanwy MacLeod, Judy Radul
• 2000 Haruko Okano, Jerry Pethick
• 2001 Dana Claxton, Brian Jungen
• 2002 Award of Honour Jeff Wall
• 2003 Geoffrey Farmer, Kelly Wood
• 2004 Rebecca Belmore, Ron Terada
• 2005 Hadley+Maxwell, Stephen Shearer
• 2006 Damian Moppett, Marianne Nicolson
• 2007 Luanne Martineau, Isabelle Pauwels
• 2008 Tim Lee, Kevin Schmidt
• 2009 Kathy Slade, Mark Soo
• 2010 Germaine Koh, Marina Roy
• 2011 Reece Terris, Althea Thauberger
• 2012 Beau Dick, Ron Tran^[3]
• 2013 Elizabeth McIntosh
• 2014 Skeena Reece, Mina Totino^[4]
• 2015 Elizabeth Zvonar^[2]
• 2016 Kelly Lycan, Raymond Boisjoly^[5][6]
• 2017 Lyse Lemieux^[7]
• 2018 Hannah Jickling and Helen Reed, Charlene Vickers^[8]
• 2019 Krista Belle Stewart
• 2020 Lucie Chan, Cindy Mochizuki, Tania Willard
• 2021 Diyan Achjadi, Samuel Roy-Bois
• 2022 Charles Campbell, Jan Wade
• 2023 Hazel Meyer, Laiwan
• 2024 Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill, Tʼuyʼtʼtanat-Cease Wyss^[9]