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Announcing the 2023 Graduation Award Winners

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From Sam Street's dove, 2023. Photogrammetry, 3D print, DTF heat transfer, nylon, 3D animation. (Image courtesy Sam Street)

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By Emily Carr University

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This year, 33 students received graduation awards in acknowledgement of their stellar work and accomplishments.

The Graduating Class of 2023 helped produce the most expansive edition of The Show, ECU’s annual graduating student exhibition, since 2019.

You can view their superb art and design works now online via ECU’s fully searchable, interactive web gallery spotlighting their innovative and spellbinding projects.

Our reputable judges confer 69 graduation awards and honourable mentions to 59 individual recipients for their outstanding achievements. In total, students received awards valued at $28,850 based on their works in The Show, their GPAs, or a combination of the two.

Several students received multiple honours:

  • Sam Street (BMA) won the Basically Good Media Lab Student Research Award for New Media and Sound Arts and The President’s Media Awards for Excellence (Best in Installation) for their project, dove.
  • Clyde Montgomery (BDes) won the DESIS Radical Sustainability Award and received an honourable mention for the Emily Carr Alumni Association Graduation Award for Community Engagement for their project, TAPEWORM corp.
  • Kashish Hukku Jani (BDes) won the ECU Graduation Awards for Anti-Racism and Social Justice (Design) and the Emily Carr Alumni Association Graduation Award for Community Engagement for their project, कला.
  • Shiva Khaef Panah (BFA) won the Vancouver Art Attack Award and an honourable mention for the ECU Graduation Award for Anti-Racism and Social Justice (Visual Arts) for their project, Kooch در کوچ dar در کوچ Kooch.
  • Aretha Pereira (BFA) won the Opus Art Supplies Graduation Award (BFA) and an honourable mention for the John C. Kerr Chancellor Emeritus Awards for Excellence in Visual Arts for their project, MAP (of sorts).
  • Amy Longo (BFA) won honourable mentions for both the John C. Kerr Chancellor Emeritus Awards for Excellence in Visual Arts and the Opus Art Supplies Graduation Award (BFA) for their project, Young & Old.
  • Jennifer Li (BMA) won a Saralee James Memorial Award and the The President’s Media Awards for Excellence (Best in Film) for their project, SOLD.
  • Si Chen (BMA) won a Saralee James Memorial Award and a VIVO Award for Distribution for their project, Curtain Fall.
  • Sophia (Sumin) Mok (BMA) won the Sophie Burnett Memorial Award and an honourable mention for the The President’s Media Awards for Excellence (Best in 3D Computer Animation) for their project, Documents of Life.
  • Thomas Mai (BMA) won a VIVO Award for Distribution and an honourable mention for The President’s Media Awards for Excellence (Best in Film) for their project, Untitled Us.

We are deeply grateful for our donors who make so many of our awards possible with their support for emerging artists.

Selections were made by juries comprised of industry experts, curators and art collectors. We thank our eminent jurors and everyone who assisted in the awards process.

View the full list of honorees below.


2022 Graduation Award Winners + Honourable Mentions

Master of Design + Bachelor of Design

DESIS Radical Sustainability Award
Award Recipient


DESIS Radical Sustainability Award
Honourable Mention


DESIS Radical Sustainability Award
Honourable Mention


Ecological Design Graduation Award
Award Recipient


Ecological Design Graduation Award
Honourable Mention


ECU Graduation Award for Anti-Racism + Social Justice (Design) | Award Recipient


ECU Graduation Award for Anti-Racism + Social Justice (Design) | Honourable Mention


ECU Health Design Award for Innovation
Award Recipient


ECU Health Design Award for Innovation
Honourable Mention


ECU Health Design Award for Innovation
Honourable Mention


ECU Health Design Award for Service
Award Recipient


ECU Health Design Award for Service
Honourable Mention


Emily Carr Alumni Association Graduation Award for Community Engagement | Award Recipient


Emily Carr Alumni Association Graduation Award for Community Engagement | Honourable Mention


Glenmore Custom Print + Packaging Award
Award Recipient


Glenmore Custom Print + Packaging Award
Honourable Mention


Glenmore Custom Print + Packaging Award
Honourable Mention


John C. Kerr Chancellor Emeritus Award for Excellence in Design | Award Recipient


John C. Kerr Chancellor Emeritus Award for Excellence in Design | Honourable Mention


John C. Kerr Chancellor Emeritus Awards for Excellence in Design | Honourable Mention


The Wood Co-Op/Forestry Innovation Investment in Wood Design Industrial Design Graduation Award | Award Recipient


The Wood Co-Op/Forestry Innovation Investment in Wood Design Industrial Design Graduation Award | Honourable Mention


Van Gogh Designs Furniture + Wood Design Graduation Award | Award Recipient


Van Gogh Designs Furniture + Wood Design Graduation Award | Honourable Mention


WA Architects Ltd Master of Design Graduation Award
Award Recipient


WA Architects Ltd Master of Design Graduation Award
Honourable Mention

Clyde Montgomery Street (BDes)
TAPEWORM inc.


Zeynep Bozdayi (BDes)
SLOWSO


Lacey O'Neill (BDes)
EARTHSTATION


Bianca Del Rio Kodato (BDes)
What Lies Under The Ground Beneath Your Feet?


Eden Zinchik (BDes)
Container of Curiosities


Kashish Hukku Jani (BDes)
कला


Leila Berg (BDes)
The Forgotten Coast


Kala Brownlee (BDes)
Interacting with complex information


Danielle Morrison (BDes)
Bounce Back


Chelsea Burke (BDes)
Shine


Nelly Mafi (BDes)
WE CARE


Yasaman Hoorfar (BDes)
DialysEase


Kashish Hukku Jani (BDes)
कला


Clyde Montgomery (BDes)
TAPEWORM inc.


Sooim Choi (BDes)
OVER THE OVERTHINKING


Dominique De Guzman (BDes)
Eat Gulay


Camryn Sproule (BDes)
Tempo


Annake Hoelk (BDes)
SIMPLE CONTRAPTIONS


Yvonne Zhao (BDes)
things[s]


Rowan Wright (BDes)
Visualize


Aisha Aiman Nasution (BDes)
Langgam



Elliot Zeller (BDes)
Pulu



Edwina Liao (BDes)
Pole to Pole


Bennet Molnar (BDes)
SUBLIME


Melanie Camman (MDes)
Sensory Sensemaking


Leea Nadeer Contractor (MDes)
Reimagining Rituals: Design’s role in amplifying cultural IdentityReimagining Rituals

Bachelor of Media Arts

Basically Good Media Lab Graduation Award
Award Recipient


ECU Graduation Award for Anti-Racism + Social Justice (Media) | Award Recipient


John C. Kerr Chancellor Emeritus Award for Excellence in Media Arts | Award Recipient


Saralee James Memorial Award
Award Recipient


Saralee James Memorial Award
Award Recipient


Sophie Burnett Memorial Award
Award Recipient


The President’s Media Awards for Excellence (Best in 3D Computer Animation) | Award Recipient


The President’s Media Awards for Excellence (Best in 3D Computer Animation) | Award Recipient


The President’s Media Awards for Excellence (Best in 3D Computer Animation) | Honourable Mention


The President’s Media Awards for Excellence (Best in 2D or Experimental Animation) | Award Recipient


The President’s Media Awards for Excellence (Best in Film/Live Action) | Award Recipient


The President’s Media Awards for Excellence (Best in Film/Live Action) | Honourable Mention


The President’s Media Awards for Excellence (Best in New Media/Sound Arts) | Award Recipient


The President’s Media Awards for Excellence (Best in Installation) | Award Recipient


VIVO Award for Distribution
Award Recipient


VIVO Award for Distribution
Award Recipient


VIVO Award for Distribution
Award Recipient

Sam Street (BMA)
dove


Aamba Chavis (BMA)
Hair


Keira Madsen (BMA)
lunrgrl


Jennifer Li (BMA)
SOLD


Si Chen (BMA)
Curtain Fall


Sophia (Sumin) Mok (BMA)
Documents of Life


Elizabeth Hills (BMA) (co-winner with Madeline Duval-Tyler)
Phoebe and Rex’s Aquatic Misadventures


Madeline Duval-Tyler (BMA) (co-winner with Elizabeth Hills)
Phoebe and Rex’s Aquatic Misadventures


Sophia (Sumin) Mok (BMA)
Documents of Life


Cameron Kletke (BMA)
Between you and me


Jennifer Li (BMA)
SOLD


Thomas Mai (BMA)
Untitled Us


Emma Shang (BMA)
Music Composition & Sound Edit


Sam Street (BMA)
dove


Pablo Garcia Garcia (BMA)
Piciformes


Thomas Mai (BMA)
Untitled Us


Si Chen (BMA)
Curtain Fall

Master of Fine Arts + Bachelor of Fine Arts

ECU Graduation Award for Anti-Racism + Social Justice (Visual Arts) | Award Recipient


ECU Graduation Award for Anti-Racism + Social Justice (Visual Arts) | Honourable Mention


ECU Graduation Award for Anti-Racism + Social Justice (Visual Arts) | Honourable Mention


John C. Kerr Chancellor Emeritus Award for Excellence in Visual Arts | Award Recipient


John C. Kerr Chancellor Emeritus Award for Excellence in Visual Arts | Honourable Mention


John C. Kerr Chancellor Emeritus Award for Excellence in Visual Arts | Honourable Mention


Judith Warren Painting Award
Award Recipient


Judith Warren Painting Award
Honourable Mention


Landon Mackenzie Graduation Award for Visual Arts
Award Recipient


Landon Mackenzie Graduation Award for Visual Arts
Honourable Mention


Landon Mackenzie Graduation Award for Visual Arts
Honourable Mention


Mary Plumb Blade Award
Award Recipient


Mary Plumb Blade Award
Honourable Mention


Mary Plumb Blade Award
Honourable Mention


Opus Art Supplies Graduation Award (BFA)
Award Recipient


Opus Art Supplies Graduation Award (BFA)
Honourable Mention


Opus Art Supplies Graduation Award (MFA)
Award Recipient


Opus Art Supplies Graduation Award (MFA)
Honourable Mention


Opus Art Supplies Graduation Award (MFA)
Honourable Mention


The Chick Rice Award for Excellence in Photography
Award Recipient


The Chick Rice Award for Excellence in Photography
Honourable Mention


Renée Van Halm + Pietro Widmer Graduation Award for Visual Arts | Award Recipient


Renée Van Halm + Pietro Widmer Graduation Award for Visual Arts | Honourable Mention


Renée Van Halm + Pietro Widmer Graduation Award for Visual Arts | Honourable Mention


Vancouver Art Attack Award for Excellence in Visual Arts
Award Recipient


Vancouver Art Attack Award for Excellence in Visual Arts
Honourable Mention

Sophia Zarders (MFA)
Skipper


Mwaba Marie Chandia (BFA)
Exploring Concepts Through Painting


Shiva Khaef Panah (BFA)
Kooch در کوچ dar در کوچ Kooch


Maya Isobel Florey (BFA)
playing god to the lawn


Aretha Pereira (BFA)
MAP (of sorts)


Amy Longo (BFA)
Young & Old


Nicole Johnston (BFA)
Following in my Ancestor’s footsteps


Brian Choi (BFA)
Subliminal


Ashlee Hick (BFA)
Soft Tools 1 & 2


Sam Davis (MFA)
Pain Studies (A Kinder Place)


Azadeh Mehryar (BFA)
Solidarity in Diversity


Jenie Gao (MFA)
The Negotiation Table


Jane Grocott (BFA)
Spectacles of Sentiment


Hoor Ahmed (MFA)
The Bloodline Tree II & the Beginning


Aretha Pereira (BFA)
MAP (of sorts)


Amy Longo (BFA)
Young & Old


KJ Edwards (MFA)
future ready: cusp


Isabella Dagnino (MFA)
Break My Body, Hold My Bones


Sidi Chen (MFA)
Tidal Relations


Khim Mata Hipol (BFA)
PARA SA TINUBUANG LUPA


Skye Tao (BFA)
Detachment


Miho McLaughlin (BFA)
Memories From Mio, My Grandmother’s Village


Qianxuan Chen (BFA)
奔殉 Bēn Xùn


Connie Watts (MFA)
łimaqsti


Shiva Khaef Panah (BFA)
Kooch در کوچ dar در کوچ Kooch


Maru Aponte (MFA)
Palm Readings