Today, the Aimia | AGO Photography Prize announced its first-ever long list of 14 finalists from around the world, including photographers from North and South America, Asia, Africa and Europe. The $50,000 prize honours living artists whose work in photography and video over the past five years has displayed extraordinary potential.
The Aimia | AGO Photography Prize 2013 long list includes:
Edgardo Aragón (Mexico)
Jessica Eaton (Canada)
Em’Kal Eyongakpa (Cameroon)
LaToya Ruby Frazier (U.S.)
Regina José Galindo (Guatemala)
Ron Jude (U.S.)
Tomoko Kikuchi (Japan)
Emanuel Licha (Canada)
Abraham Oghobase (Nigeria)
Chino Otsuka (Japan)
Erin Shirreff (Canada)
Dan Siney (Canada)
Efrat Shvily (Israel)
Lucie Stahl (Germany)
The nominators are leading Canadian and international experts in photography (curators, academics, and artists) who have each nominated two artists for the Prize — one from their home countries or regions of expertise and one internationally.
The prestigious group of nominators for the 2013 Aimia | AGO Photography Prize include:
Yael Bartana, artist
Jennifer Blessing, senior curator, Photography, Guggenheim Museum, New York
Karen Irvine, curator and associate director, Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago
Michiko Kasahara, chief curator, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
Mark Lanctôt, curator, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
Helga Pakasaar, curator, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
José Roca, adjunct curator, Latin American Art, Tate
Bisi Silva, director, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos, Nigeria
From the list of 14 artists, a jury of three experts headed by lead juror Elizabeth Smith, AGO executive director of Curatorial Affairs, will select a short list of four, including at least one Canadian artist. These four artists will receive a fully funded six-week residency in Canada and their work will be exhibited at the AGO beginning Sept. 11, 2013.
The winner will be selected by a public vote inside the AGO exhibition and online at http://www.aimiaagophotographyprize.com. The shortlist will be announced on Aug. 27, 2013, and the winner will be announced at AGO First Thursdays on Nov. 7.
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