Brenda Draney of Vancouver, B.C., named winner of the eleventh
annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition
$55,000 awarded to emerging Canadian artists
MONTREAL, October 7, 2009 — RBC, with the support
of the Canadian Art Foundation, today announced Brenda Draney
of Vancouver as the national winner of the 11th annual RBC
Canadian Painting Competition for her work entitled Aim
is Important.
"The RBC Canadian Painting Competition has served as
a springboard for Canada's emerging artists for more than
a decade," said Anne-Marie David, regional vice-president,
RBC. "The high calibre of artists in this year's collection
speaks volumes about the extraordinary level of talent in
Canada."
The winners were chosen from more than 1,200 works, submitted
by more than 600 artists across the country. The national
winner, Brenda Draney, received a $25,000 prize with honourable
mentions given to Martin Golland of Toronto for his Residential
Night Vulture and Sasha Pierce of Toronto for Brown.
A $15,000 prize was awarded to honourable mention recipients.
"The annual competition provides artists with an opportunity
to showcase their work to the community at large and gives
the public a view of what is current in contemporary painting
across the country," said Ann Webb, executive director,
Canadian Art Foundation.
Submissions were accepted from professional, practicing visual
Canadian artists who are in the early stages (within the first
five years) of their careers. The RBC Canadian Painting Competition
was judged by some of the most respected artists, gallery
directors and curators in Canada. The list of finalists and
their submitted works can be found at www.rbc.com/sponsorship/paintingcompetition/pc-semi-finalists-2009.html.
All 15 paintings will be on exhibit at the Musée d'art
contemporain in Montreal. The three winning paintings will
travel to Toronto where they will be displayed at the Toronto
International Art Fair October 22 - 26 followed by an exhibition
of all 15 paintings at the Power Plant in Toronto from November
21 -29.
All finalists will be featured in Canadian Art magazine
and on the web at www.rbc.com/paintingcompetition
and www.canadianart.ca.
About the RBC Canadian Painting Competition
Established in 1999, the RBC Canadian Painting Competition
is a tribute to Canada's artistic talent. The goal of the
competition is to support and nurture Canadian visual artists
early in their career by providing them with a forum to display
their artistic talent to the country and hopefully open doors
to future opportunity. An investment in Canadian culture and
the visual arts community, the competition will award one
national prize of $25,000 and two honourable mentions will
receive $15,000 each. Along with past winners, the winning
paintings of 2006 will become part of RBC's Canadian art collection
comprised of more than 4,000 works of distinguished art collected
over the past hundred years. Various paintings from the RBC
collection have been exhibited in museums, enabling more Canadians
to enjoy these wonderful works.
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Media Contacts:
Matt Gierasimczuk, RBC Media Relations, (416) 974-2124
Raymond Chouinard, RBC Media Relations, (514) 874-6556
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