The Hnatyshyn Foundation Mid-Career Award for Excellence in Visual Arts

Abbas Akhavan (laureate): Interdisciplinary, site-specific artist whose work engages with the formal, material, and social legacies of a space

Karen Tam 譚嘉文: artist and curator whose research focuses on the constructions and imaginations of cultures and communities

Website: karentam.ca

The other artist included on the short list preferred not to be publicly listed.

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The Hnatyshyn Foundation Mid-Career Award for Curatorial Excellence

Dr. Andrea Fatona (laureate): Independent curator and associate professor at OCAD University

Sally Frater: Senior Curator/Curatorial Manager at the Remai Modern

Michelle LaVallee: inaugural Director of the Indigenous Ways and Decolonization Department and Director of Indigenous curatorial initiatives at the National Gallery of Canada

Crystal Mowry: Director of Programs at the MacKenzie Art Gallery

Cheryl Sim, PhD: Director and Chief Curator at PHI (Montreal) and President of the Board of the Canadian Art Museum Directors Organization

For the first time in The Hnatyshyn Foundation's history, we were pleased, in 2024, to reveal the short list of artists and curators considered for mid-career awards.

The Hnatyshyn Foundation Mid-Career Award for Excellence in Visual Arts

Curtis Talwst Santiago (laureate)

Nadia Belerique

Howie Tsui

Skeena Reece

Marigold Santos

The Hnatyshyn Foundation Mid-Career Award for Curatorial Excellence

Wanda Nanibush (laureate)

Jason St-Laurent

Crystal Mowry

Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre