Vancouver artist Jeremy Hof wins RBC Painting Competition!
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Jeremy Hof layer painting red 2008 |
RBC and the Canadian Art Foundation warmly congratulate Jeremy Hof, the national winner of the tenth annual RBC Canadian Painting competition.
Hof, who is based in Vancouver, impressed the judges with his mathematical approach toward painting that reveals itself upon close inspection. According to the judging panel, “What appeared to be a two-dimensional surface revealed itself as a three-dimensional, layered structure, confounding our understanding of what a traditional painting is.” Amanda Reeves of Oakville and Wil Murray of Montreal were named honourable mentions for their works Untitled 08 2008 and Sexe Maniac Maniac Maniac Maniac Maniac.
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada and Gordon Nixon, president and CEO of RBC, announced the winner at the National Gallery of Canada on September 25, 2008.
The winners were chosen from more than 1,200 works submitted by more than 600 artists across the country. Jeremy Hof received a $25,000 prize with honourable mentions Amanda Reeves and Wil Murray each receiving a $15,000 prize. As part of the tenth anniversary celebrations, the additional 12 semifinalists also each received a prize of $7,500.
Canadian Art Foundation Executive Director Ann Webb says, “The jury was impressed with the overall high caliber of the fifteen finalists. This presented them with an enormous task in selecting the national winner and two honorable mentions. The diversity of the approaches represents the strong state of painting in Canada today.”
The works of the national winner and the two honourable mentions will become part of the RBC art collection to be displayed at RBC galleries across the country. This year, in honour of the tenth anniversary of the competition, Governor General Michaëlle Jean has lent her patronage to the event and the 12 semifinalists' works will become part of the Canadiana Fund's Crown Collection. They will be displayed in the official residences including Rideau Hall, 24 Sussex Drive, Harrington Lake , the Farm at Kingsmere, Stornoway, 7 Rideau Gate and the Citadel.
A national tour begins with an exhibition at the National Gallery, followed by stops at seven art institutions across Canada: the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal; The Rooms in St. John’s; Museum London; the Power Plant, Toronto; the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon; the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton and the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver.
