Detail from Adapt and Pivot, Patel Brown Gallery, 2020

Our Prize Winners in the News

Vanessa Dion Fletcher-Artist Prize Finalist 2020, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto Vanessa’s work was featured as part of the Bulger Gallery’s  exhibition for this year’s online ART/TO2020

Anique JordanArtist Prize Winner 2020, Nep Sidhu –  Artist Prize Winner 2017 and Shary BoyleArtist Prize Finalist 2006 were featured in the Patel Brown Gallery’s inaugural exhibition, Adapt and Pivot

Laurie KangArtist Prize Finalist 2015 Franz Kaka Gallery, Toronto During the summer 2020, Laurie presented a series entitled Her Own Devices

Erika DeFreitasArtist Prize Winner Finalist  2016, Angell Gallery, Toronto Multi-disciplinary conceptual artist, Erika DeFreita was part of the Angell Gallery’s group exhibit entitled How dark does it get when the lights go out?

Zun LeeArtist Project Support Prize Winner 2016 Visual artist, physician and educator, Zunn Lee received a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship for his lens-based storytelling.

Michelle Pearson ClarkArtist Prize Finalist 2019 Michelle was named Toronto’s Photo Laureate for 2019-2022 and is featured in an interview in July 2020 edition the of AGO Insider  (https://ago.ca/agoinsider/meet-torontos-photo-laureate)

Recent Articles

Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts Announces the 2023 Artist Award Winners

Posted May 26th, 2023 • 4 min read
Frances Price, President of the Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts, announces the recipients of the Artist Prizes. “In 2023, the 25th [...]

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Our Prize-winners in the News!  May 2023 Edition

Posted May 11th, 2023 • 4 min read
Our latest reminiscences capture the impact of TFVA’s recognition on some of our earlier Artist Prize Winners: Mark Bell – Artist Prize 2004 “Winning [...]

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2023 Project Support Award Winners Announced

Posted May 3rd, 2023 • 4 min read
            Frances Price, President of the Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts, announced today the recipients of the Project Support Awards. [...]

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