The five winners of the 2025 edition of the MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award – Congratulations to the honorees

Quebec City, Tuesday, May 14, 2024 tt The Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec (MNBAQ) and the Fondation du MNBAQ, in collaboration with the RBC Foundation, their valued financial partner since 2013, are proud to contribute to the recognition and effervescence of the Quebec contemporary art scene and have announced the five new recipients of the MNBAQContemporary Art Award: Eruoma Awashish, Remi Belliveau, Michelle Lacombe, Anne-Marie Proulx, and Santiago Tamayo Soler.

A jury selected the artists from diverse backgrounds based on the excellence, sustained nature, and relevance of their work. The recipients are being announced this year and will benefit from outstanding visibility at a group exhibition to be held from February 13 to April 21, 2025 at the MNBAQin addition to receiving an individual cash award of $io oo o. “As one of the flagship projects of the RBC Emerging Artists program, the MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award enables us to pursue this rewarding adventure with the MNBAQ, The RBC Foundation is pleased to contribute

to perpetuating this unique award in Quebec and to know that we are making a striking difference in the careers of Quebec artists,” noted Nicolas Audet-Renoux, Regional Vice-President, Quebec, Beauce, Quebec Central and Mauricie, at RBC Royal Bank. “The MNBAQand the Fondation du MNBAQ are facilitating opportunities for artists to draw closer to the public, thereby allowing them to make themselves known and achieve recognition. We are convinced that the forthcoming edition will be a resounding success and congratulate the new prize-winners.”
A dynamic selection

The jury sought to represent broad artistic experience through intentionally eclectic choices. The diversity of the approaches adopted by these artists is equalled only by their respective careers and practices, including prints, video games, photography, performance, body art, and

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