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Photo of 2023 GOG Award Attendees. Photo courtesy of GOG

2024 GOG Award Winners

Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (GOG) is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 GOG Awards! This year marked the 47th edition of the awards, which recognize outstanding achievement, artistic merit, and excellence across Ontario’s public art gallery sector.

On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, professionals from across the sector gathered to celebrate the institutions and individuals nominated for the annual GOG awards.

The awards ceremony also helped launch GOG’s online silent auction fundraiser. All funds raised from the silent auction support GOG’s programming, networking opportunities and events. The Silent Auction closes this week, on Monday, December 9. To make a donation to GOG directly, please visit our Canada Helps page.

EXHIBITION AWARDS

Exhibition of the Year Budget over $50,000

Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch
Melissa Bennett, Greg Hill, David W. Penney, Curators
Melissa Neil, Exhibition Coordinator
Greg Dawe, Paula Esteves Mauro, Tina Destro, Joe Ollmann, Andrew Butkevicius, Kara Jongeling, Installation Team
Christine Braun, Andrea Howard, Stine Danielle, Gallery Collections Team
Shelley Niro, Artist
Art Gallery of Hamilton

Exhibition of the Year Budget over $20,000 Thematic

Nii Ndahlohke / I Work
Julie Rae Tucker, Mary Jane Logan McCallum, Curators
Julie Rae Tucker, Exhibition Designer
Nicole McCabe, Muriel N. Kahwagi, Exhibition Coordinators
Stephen Nilsson, Spencer Montcalm, Kristina Bradt, Grace Taylor, Installation Team
Kaia’tanoron Dumoulin Bush, Jessica Rachel Cook, Nancy Deleary, Gig Fisher, Vanessa Dion Fletcher, Judy McCallum, Donna Noah, Mo Thunder, Meg Tucker-kaya, Artists
Art Windsor-Essex

Exhibition of the Year Budget over $20,000 Monographic

Caroline Monnet: Pizandawatc / The One Who Listens / Celui qui écoute
Mona Filip, Curator
Daniel Griffin Hunt, Micah Donovan, Exhibition Coordinators
Simon Fuh, Jordan May, Robert Anthony O’Halloran, Jordan Prosser, Miles Rufelds, Craig Spence, Phillip Woollam, Nicholas Zirk, Installation Team
Caroline Monnet, Artist
Art Museum at the University of Toronto

Exhibition Under $20,000 Monographic

Sila / Siya / Ako – Julius Poncelet Manapul
Marissa Largo, Curator
Julius Poncelet Manapul, Exhibition Designer
Vicky Moufawad-Paul, Exhibition Coordinator
Allan Kosmajac, Julius Poncelet Manapul, Marissa Largo, Installation Team
Julius Poncelet Manapul, Artist
A Space Gallery

Exhibition of the Year Budget under $10,000

Continuous Memory: Max Lupo & José Andrés Mora
Tyler Durbano, Curator & Exhibition Coordinator
Tyler Durbano, Jennifer Onlock, Exhibition Designers
Tyler Durbano, Jennifer Onlock, Maeve Badger, Installation Team
Max Lupo, José Andrés Mora, Artists
Latcham Art Centre

Innovation in a Collection-Based Exhibition

Woodland Boogie Woogie 6
Anik Glaude, Curator
Native Art Department International (Maria Hupfield and Jason Lujan), Anik Glaude, Exhibition Designers
Anik Glaude, John Abrams, Exhibition Coordinators
John Abrams, Installation Team
Native Art Department International, Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, Steve Snake, John Laford, Artists
Varley Art Gallery of Markham in partnership with Markham Public Art

First Exhibition in a Public Art Gallery

Seasons of the Sun
Augatnaaq Eccles, Curator
Augatnaaq Eccles, Sandra Dyck, Exhibition Designers
Sandra Dyck, Exhibition Coordinator
Dinah Andersen, Roger Aksadjuak, Malaya Akulukjuk, Augatnaaq Eccles, Chris Eccles, Mark Emerak, Victoria Grey, Shorty Killiktee, Samson Kingalik, Anna Kingwatsiak, Andy Miki, Qupaapik Ningeocheak, Mary Okheena, Ulayu Pingwartuk, Annie Pootoogook, Itee Pootoogook, Kananginak Pootoogook, Napachie Pootoogook, Leah Qumaluk, Susan Thurston Shirley, Artists
Carleton University Art Gallery

Exhibition Design and Installation

Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko: Lover’s Wind
Aamna Muzaffar, Curator, Exhibition Designer, & Exhibition Coordinator
Uroš Jelic, Philip Luedemann, Grayson Richards, Vanessa Rieger, Installation Team
Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko, Artists
Mercer Union

Photo of 2023 GOG Award Attendees. Photo courtesy of GOG

PROGRAM & EDUCATION AWARDS

Public Program Award

Anikoobijiganag: Thunder Bay Beading Symposium
Thunder Bay Art Gallery in partnership with Anemki Art Collective, Public Programmers
Jean Marshall, Leanna Marshall, Shannon Gustafson, Gale Bannon, Katie Longboat, Deyani Keshena, Audrey DeRoy, Melissa Twance, Michele LaVallee, Sherry Farrell Racette, Cathy Mattes, Nico Williams, Lisa Myers, Amber Sandy, Jaymie Campbell, Shelby Gagnon, Kanina Terry, Justine Gustafson, Cher Chapman, Krysta Furioso, Artists
Thunder Bay Art Gallery (Thunder Bay/Anemki Wequedong) in partnership with Anemki Art Collective

Education Award

Visiting with Morrisseau
Danielle Printup, Carmen Robertson, Educators
Claudette Commanda, Albert Dumont, Kitigan Zibi Elders Circle (Jennifer Tenasco, Stella Chabot, Earl McGregor, Lionel Odjick, Eddie Cote, Jocko Ottawa, Margaret Cote, Pauline Whiteduck), Eugene Morrisseau, Logan Fiddler, Hunter Dewache, Bonnie Devine, Christian Chapman, Jobena Petonoquot, Sebastien Aubin, Patricia McGuire, Alexandra Nahwegahbow, Michelle LaVallee, Geraldine King, Participants & Artists
Carleton University Art Gallery

WRITING AWARDS

Major Curatorial Writing

Melissa Bennett
“It Starts with a Whisper”
From the publication Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch
Art Gallery of Hamilton

Curatorial Writing

Bonnie Devine
“On Looking and Reading”
From the publication Early Days: Indigenous Art from the McMichael
McMichael Canadian Art Collection

Short Curatorial Writing

Analays Álvarez Hernández
“On Americanity and Other Experiences of Belonging”
From the publication On Americanity and Other Experiences of Belonging
Onsite Gallery at OCAD University

Art Writing

Emelie Chhangur & Anne Riley
“A Conversation Around Dark Matter Ethics”
From the publication Drift: Art and Dark Matter
Agnes Etherington Art Centre

Art Publication

Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch
Art Book
Barr Gilmore, Book Designer
Melissa Neil, Project Coordinator
Melissa Bennett, Greg Hill, David W. Penney, Madeline Lennon, Lori Beavis, Nancy Marie Mithlo, Bryce Kanbara, Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, Adriana Greci Green, Sally Frater, Writers
Laurel Saint Pierre, Editor
Bryne McLaughlin, Copy Editor & Proofreader
Melissa Bennett, Greg Hill, David W. Penney, Curators
Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch, Related Exhibition
Art Gallery of Hamilton

DESIGN AWARDS

Art Book Design Award

Mark Bennett
Lost and Found: A Public Art Project by Kevin Schmidt and Holly Ward
Kevin Schmidt, Holly Ward, Project Artists
Yan Wu, Project Curator
Alessandra Pozzuoli, Project Coordinator
Markham Public Art and Varley Art Gallery of Markham

Catalogue Design

Clément Wibaut
Benny Nemer: I Don’t Know Where Paradise Is
Carleton University Art Gallery

Other Publication Design Award

K. Verlag, Wolfgang Hückel, Katharina Tauer
Drift: Art and Dark Matter
Nadia Lichtig, Josèfa Ntjam, Anne Riley, Jol Thoms, Exhibited Artists
Agnes Etherington Art Centre

Digital Project Design Award

Moment Factory
Flowing Forces
Emily Carr, Prudence Heward, James Kerr-Lawson, Seth Arca Whipple, Mary Hiester Reid, Exhibited Artists
Art Windsor-Essex

PERSONNEL AWARDS

Changemaker BIPOC Award

Vicky Moufawad-Paul
Curator / Programming Director
A Space Gallery

Lifetime Achievement

Sharon Godwin
Waterfront Project Coordinator
43 Years of Service
Thunder Bay Art Gallery

Colleague of the Year

Cydna Mercer
Head of Administration
24 Years of Service
Museum London

Volunteer Award

Kat Pasquach
Indigenous Circle; External Affairs Committee; Waawiiatanong Forever Planning Committee
4 Years of Service
Art Windsor-Essex

Key Partnership Award

Inuit Art Foundation
Up Front: Inuit Public Art @ Onsite Gallery
Onsite Gallery at OCAD U

Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees!

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