Prix Pierre-Ayot A joint collaboration between the Ville
de Montréal and the Association des galeries d'art contemporain (AGAC)
The award has been presented at the Gala des arts visuels on December 13,
2011 at the Théâtre Rialto.
2011 recipient
Olivia Boudreau
Le bain, 2010 Film 16mm, 23 minutes
Award objectives
Promote excellence in new visual art creations in Montréal;
Promote the work of young artists in Montréal's galleries and artist-run
spaces;
Acknowledge the efforts of distributors who support young artists who are
just starting out.
Nature of the award
This award is intended for young artists. It honours the exceptional
workmanship and original contribution of their work in painting, printing,
drawing, illustration, photography or any other medium.
The award includes:
A $5,000 award presented to the recipient;
A $2,500 budget to organize and promote one (1) one-person exhibit at an
AGAC-member gallery or another exhibition space in Montréal. The exhibition
space will be determined pursuant to an agreement between the recipient artist
and the interested gallery or artist-run space;
The Ville de Montréal will acquire a work of the recipient. For
acquisition purposes, large-scale works or those that are difficult to store
may not be selected.
Eligibility criteria
To be eligible, professional artists under the age of 35 must:
Have no more than ten years of professional artistic experience;
Have taken part in a group exhibit or presented a one-person exhibit in a
gallery or artist-run space in the Ville de Montréal since October 2009;
Live in or work out of a studio located in the Ville de Montréal.
Registration procedure
The registration file must be submitted by the artist, or the artist-run
space or gallery who presented the artist or is acting as his representative. In
any event, both parties must sign the registration form.
The registration files must be sent by 6:00 p.m. on September 23, 2011, to
the following address:
Association des galeries d'art contemporain (AGAC) 372, rue
Sainte-Catherine Ouest Bureau 318 Montréal (Québec) H3B 1A2
Open Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Each registration must include:
The filled-out registration form;
The artist's curriculum vitae;
The artist's media kit, if applicable;
A maximum of 15 digital images of the artist's work, with a list
identifying the works presented.
Method of evaluation
Applications will be evaluated by a panel of five judges who represent the
visual arts field and have been selected for their impartiality and expertise in
various disciplines and major contemporary artistic trends.
Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and
Grey vidéo couleur HD, son 2 min. 7 sec. édition
: 1/10/2009-2010
2010
Alana Riley, photographe et vidéaste
2009
Gwenaël Bélanger
2008
Étienne Zack
2007
Patrick Coutu
2006
Raphaëlle de Groot:
2005
Emmanuelle Léonard
2004
Jérôme Fortin
2003
Pascal Grandmaison
2002
Michel De Broin
2001
Nathalie Grimard
2000
Nicolas Baier
1999
Émmanuel Galland
1998
Marc Séguin
1997
Stéphanie Béliveau
1996
Nadine Norman
2011 finalists
Patrick Bérubé
Mobile…, 2006 Autobus et objets divers 10 x 40 pieds
Sarah Bertrand-Hamel
Le sous-sol, Belgo 2010 aquarelle sur papiers cousus 68 x 91,5
cm
Olivia Boudreau
Le bain, 2010 Film 16mm 23 minutes
2011 panel of judges
The panel of judges was composed of:
Marie-Ève Charron, Art critic, Assistant Professor in art
history, UQAM Gilles Mihalcean, Sculptor, Prix
Paul-Émile-Borduas 2011 Recipient Jacques Doyon, Editor,
Ciel Variable François LeTourneux, Assistant Curator, Musée
d’art contemporain de Montréal Gilles Daigneault, Art
critic, Director of the Fondation Guido Molinari.
Mobile…, 2006
Le sous-sol, Belgo 2010