BMO Financial Group - 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition

BMO 1^st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition

2012 Application Forms

Competition Rules and Guidelines
Submission Form

BMO Financial Group's 1^st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition celebrates the creativity of art students from post-secondary institutions across Canada. Deans and instructors of undergraduate certificate, diploma, and degree programs in visual art are invited to select from their graduating classes three students, whose ability and imagination place them 1^st among their peers. A distinguished selection committee chooses a national winner and one winner from each eligible province and territory.

The national winner receives $10,000 and the regional winners each receive $5,000 for his or her artwork. The national winner’s work will become part of BMO’s corporate art collection, which includes historical and contemporary Canadian masters such as Kenojuak Ashevak, Emily Carr, Paterson Ewen, Tom Forestall, Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Lawren Harris, Thaddeus Holownia, David Milne, Margaret Priest, Denyse Thomasos, Ian Wallace and others. All winning entries will be on display at the 1^st Art! 2012 exhibition, held at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in October 2012.

The 2012 distinguished Selection Committee members are:

jake moore, Artist/educator and Director, FOFA Gallery, Concordia University
Candice Hopkins, Elizabeth Simonfay Curatorial Resident, National Gallery of Canada
Kathleen Ritter, Artist and Associate Curator, Vancouver Art Gallery
Nicholas Brown, Independent Curator
Gilles Ouellette, President, BMO Private Client Group
Dawn Cain, Curator, BMO Financial Group

2011 Winners

The winners for 2011 vividly demonstrate the excellence and promise of Canada's newest generation of artists (click on image for a larger view).

National Winner - Quebec Sandrine Côté Université du Québec à Montréal Chalet portatif Waterproof, silk-screen printed and padded tiles, leather, interfacing, galvanized pipes 182.8 x 182.8 x 121.9 cm; 72 x 72 x 48 in
Alberta Richelle Bear Hat Alberta College of Art & Design She is Retained in Me Photocopy print outs, baby oil 4 parts, each 91.4 x 60.9 cm; 36 x 24 in		British Columbia Maegan Rose Mehler University of Victoria Josh Oil on canvas 91.4 x 91.4 cm; 36 x 36 in
Manitoba Jennifer Yablonowski University of Manitoba Norwood Pool Inkjet print on archival paper, Edition 1 of 5 52.3 x 73.6 cm; 20.6 x 29 in		New Brunswick Keeley Haftner Mount Allison University Praxis (Fifth Rendition) Oil, latex, false wall 182.8 x 91.4 cm; 72 x 36 in
Newfoundland & Labrador Jason Wells Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial University of Newfoundland Atropos Intaglio, silk screen 44.4 x 22.8 cm; 17.5 x 9 in		Nova Scotia Ambera Wellmann Nova Scotia College of Art & Design Untitled Oil on wood panel 40.6 x 50.8 cm; 16 x 20 in
Nunavut Patrick Aula Nunavut Arctic College Woman with Her Puppet Etching, Edition 3 of 5 44.9 x 55.8 cm; 17.7 x 22 in		Ontario Joshua MacDonald Ryerson University Sam as Prince Hal, Henry IV (from the series Suspension) Digital chromogenic print, Edition 2 of 3 60.9 x 76.2 cm; 24 x 30 in
Prince Edward Island Ian Fildes Holland College 4048 (from the series We have touched this land) 120 Film scan on crystal archive photo paper 101.6 x 101.6 cm; 40 x 40 in		Quebec Isabelle Landry Concordia University Chavi (From the series Israel’s Entourage) Inkjet print, Edition of 15 76.2 x 76.2 cm; 30 x 30 in
Saskatchewan Laura MacDonald University of Regina Conjunktion (Space Debris) Silver leaf and adhesive on Stonehenge paper 6 parts, each 111.76 x 83.8 cm; 44 x 33 in		Yukon Territory Graham Rudge Yukon School of Visual Arts Circuit Skull Computer components, speakers 17.7 x 15.2 x 20.3 cm; 7 x 6 x 8 in