Professor Landon Mackenzie Receives Governor General's Award

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By Roxanne Toronto

Posted on February 15, 2017 | Updated August 06, 2019, 9:06am

2017 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts Winners Announced

The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the winners of the 2017 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts. The awards recognize outstanding career achievement and carry a $25,000 cash prize. Funded and administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, the awards include categories for artistic achievement in visual and media arts, fine craft and exceptional contribution.

"Our finest artists challenge us to ask questions and to look deeper into our surroundings, to think more critically and to better appreciate beauty. I'm delighted to recognize this outstanding group of Canadian artists in this, Canada's 150th anniversary year."

His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston

An abstract painter whose monumental canvasses provoke new considerations of time, space and motion, Landon Mackenzie’s work is collected in prestigious museums across the country, including the National Gallery of Canada, Montreal’s Museum of Fine Arts, and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Landon began teaching visual arts at Emily Carr in 1986 and was appointed full Professor in 2008.

We congratulate her on this prestigious and well-deserved award.

The awards ceremony and presentation of the medallions by His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will take place at Rideau Hall on March 1, 2017. For complete details, please visit Canada Council for the Arts.

Landon Mackenzie

Neurocity, 2008 | 220cm x 290cm, oil on linen

About Landon Mackenzie

Landon Mackenzie has built an impressive body of work and is known for her rigorous large-format paintings. Her work has been exhibited in over 100 exhibitions across Canada and internationally, and is collected by museums including the National Gallery of Canada, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Vancouver Art Gallery to name a few. Based in Vancouver, she is an influential educator at Emily Carr University. She studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD), Halifax (1972-1975), and Concordia University, Montreal (1976-1979) and has been honoured with numerous awards including the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2017.

2017 Winners

Pamela Ritchie, jewelry artist, Halifax (Saidye Bronfman Award)

Michèle Cournoyer, animation filmmaker, Montreal

Mike Hoolboom, filmmaker, Toronto

Shelagh Keeley, visual artist, Toronto

Glenn Lewis, visual artist, Vancouver

Landon Mackenzie, painter, Toronto

Philip Monk, curator, writer, Toronto (Outstanding Contribution Award)

Shelley Niro, multimedia artist, Brantford, Six Nations Of The Grand River

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"Our finest artists challenge us to ask questions and to look deeper into our surroundings, to think more critically and to better appreciate beauty. I'm delighted to recognize this outstanding group of Canadian artists in this, Canada's 150th anniversary year."