BMO 1st Art!

BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition


2012 Application Forms
Competition Rules and Guidelines pdf icon link to rules and guidelines pdf
Submission Form

BMO Financial Group's 1st 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 1st 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 1st 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

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