2023 SCOTIABANK PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD

 SANDRA BREWSTER NOW A FINALIST IN $60,000 CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD

The Toronto Guyanese community is cheering onn Sandra Brewster, one of the three finalists for the 2023 Scotiabank Photography Award, Canada's largest and most prestigious annual peer-nominated prize for photographic art. 

Brewster, who was born to Guyanese parents, is known for her work in drawing, video, photo-based works, and installation that explore themes of identity and representation. Her art is in demand by some of the world's top galleries, and her public sculpture "A Place to Put Your Things" is currently on view at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto.

Sandra Brewster works in drawing, video, photo-based works, and installation. Her themes focus on identity and representation, and movement in the depiction of gesture resulting in a re-presentation of the portrait. She uses specific landscapes as metaphors, and manipulates old photographs to centre the people within them.

NINA SIMONE BY BREWSTER (L)
 

Series of her work refers to the migration of Caribbean people from the region, suggesting a formation of identity that encompasses multiple geographies and temporalities, a sense of identity that exists within the diaspora. 

Her work is in demand by some of the world’s top art galleries. Recent exhibitions include the Musée d’art Rouyn-Noranda, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Toronto’s Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2018–2022), and many many others. Her public sculpture A Place to Put Your Things is currently on view at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto until the end of spring.



TONI MORRISON BY BREWSTER (R)


The winner of Canada’s richest photography award – the $60,000 Scotiabank Photography Award - will not be announced for a month. 

The Award, celebrating its 13th anniversary this year, is Canada's largest and most prestigious annual peer-nominated prize for photographic art. The 2023 shortlisted artists are: Sandra Brewster (Toronto), Chris Curreri, (Toronto), and, British Columbia’s Ken Lum.


 

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Sublimnos - Muse for James Cameron

America Wild. The name of a movie, a metaphor for the star!

SCUBA DIVING INSPIRES UNDERWATER TATTOOS (AND TOE NAIL POLISH)