November 18, 2010
I read the news today, oh boy! Canada’s fashion mogul, Jeannie Becker announced that artist Daniel Barrow won the coveted Sobey Art Award for Canadian Contemporary Art. Barrow is a Winnipeg-bred-now-Montreal-based artist who ended up with the $50,000 award sponsored by the Sobey Foundation. This prize was established to increase the stature and visibility of visual art created by Canadian artists under forty.
Brendan Fernandes's "Neo-Primitivism II"
One of the short-listed artists was Brendan Fernandes. Brendan has followed a very interesting life-path which spanned several continents. For the purposes of this award, he was geographically representing Ontario. Now based in New York, however, Brendan will premiere as a solo exhibiting artist at Station Gallery for 2011. I’m really looking forward to working with him and seeing what he’ll be bringing to Whitby. For next year, I predict Brendan will be the big Sobey winner. I can just feel it. After all, Barrow had been short-listed twice, winning the second time around. Congratulations, Brendan!
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November 18, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Sharon Steinhaus
Hey Olex, thanks for keeping us up to date on the latest news happening in the art world. Sometimes we get so entrenched in our own little world that we forgot to take a broader look at the bigger picture.
Cheers
Sharon
November 19, 2010 at 8:32 am
Paige
Congrats to winner Daniel Barrow – and a huge congratulations as well to Brendan Fernandes. Through the photographs of his work I get more and more excited about seeing the work in person. I look forward to congratulating Brendan for his Sobey nomination when he’s at the Gallery this January, what an incredible artist. Thanks for the heads up Olex – much appreciated.