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

BMO 1^st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition

2017 Application Forms

Competition Rules and Guidelines
Submission Form

BMO 1^st Art! celebrates the creativity of art school students from over 100 post-secondary institutions across Canada. Every year BMO Financial Group invites the deans and instructors of undergraduate-level certificate, diploma, or degree programmes in studio art to select from their graduating classes three students whose ability and imagination place them 1^st among their peers.

Each promising student is asked to submit digital images of a recent work to BMO Financial Group’s Art Collection Unit by May 15, 2017. Our distinguished selection committee will review the submissions in July and choose one winner from every province and territory to be 1st in their region. A national winner will also be chosen.

The regional winners will each be awarded $7,500 and the award for the national winner is $15,000. All winning entries for 2017 will be on display at the 1st Art! 2017 exhibition, held at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery from November 16 – December 16, 2017.

The BMO 1st Art! 2017 Selection Committee

Hugues Charbonneau, Director, Galerie Hugues Charbonneau
Naomi Potter, Director/Curator, Esker Foundation
Kim Simon, Curator, Gallery TPW
Pan Wendt, Curator, Confederation Centre Art Gallery
Dawn Cain, Curator, BMO Corporate Art Collection

2017 Winners

The winners for 2017 vividly demonstrate the excellence and promise of Canada's newest generation of artists (click on the image for a larger view).

NATIONAL WINNER Xiao Xue University of Victoria Something to Ponder On: A Walking Camper Digital photograph 150.4 x 233.7 cm; 59.2 x 92 in Walking Camper Maquette Wood, bicycle sprockets, chain, steel, design renderings 25.4 x 68.6 x 25.4 cm; 10 x 27 x 10 in
Alberta Dylan Cameron Alberta College of Art & Design Limerence Rust on bleached denim, steel, chain 203.2 x 127 x 30.5 cm; 80 x 50 x 12 in	British Columbia James Fermor University of Victoria The Collection No.3 Digital print 106.7 x 189.2 cm; 42 x 74.5 in
Manitoba Chelsey Thiessen University of Manitoba Monument Porcelain 30 x 80 x 80 cm; 11.8 x 31.5 x 31.5 in Relic II Porcelain, Plexiglass, wood, steel 147 x 36 x 36 cm; 57.9 x 14 x 14 in Relic III Porcelain, Plexiglass, wood, steel 147 x 36 x 36 cm; 57.9 x 14 x 14 in	New Brunswick Emily Blair New Brunswick College of Craft & Design Hypothermia Tencel, merino wool Panel 1: 172.7 x 61 cm; 68 x 24 Panel 2: 160 x 61 cm; 63 x 24 in
Newfoundland and Labrador Lauren Brinson Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland Small Talk Custom built tin cans, cotton rope Cans each 45.7 x 30.5 cm; 18 x 12 in; Rope length up to 365.8 cm; 144 in	Nova Scotia Annabel Biro Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University Story of a Chair Ceramic and photo documentation 200 x 100 x 60 cm; 78.7 x 39.4 x 23.6 in
Nunavut Anne Qammaniq-Hellwig Nunavut Arctic College Traditional Qaurutik Copper, seal bones, glass beads, elastic 16 x 22 x 4.2 cm; 6.3 x 8.7 x 1.7 in Transition Qaurutik Dix-gold, Sterling silver, glass beads, elastic 23 x 21.5 x 4.2 cm; 9 x 8.5 x 1.7 in Adaptation Qaurutik Sterling silver, freshwater pearls, elastic 26 x 27 x 3.8 (variable) cm; 10.2 x 10.6 x 1.5 (variable) in	Ontario Jessica Peterson Queen’s University Overripe Oil on panel 243.8 x 243.8 cm; 96 x 96 in
Prince Edward Island Aidan Searle Holland College A Year in Review Digital print on paper 91.4 x 61 cm; 36 x 24 in	Quebec Laure Bourgault Université du Québec à Montréal Tour du midi Prints, impression on textile, replica of furniture, audio track 170 x 150 x 100 cm; 70 x 59 x 39.4 in
Saskatchewan Audie Murray University of Regina Pair of Socks Glass beads, cotton socks 53.3 x 25.4 cm; 21 x 10 in	Yukon Kayza DeGraff-Ford Yukon School of Visual Arts Landscapes: Brown Kids From The Prairies Acrylic on plywood, mixed media and found objects 119.4 x 190.5 x 25.4 cm; 47 x 75 x 10 in