THE PORTFOLIO PRIZE
The Portfolio Prize is awarded to early and mid-career artists by the 85-5 Visual Arts Foundation. For the foundation’s board members - Angela Grossmann, Attila Richard Lukacs, Derek Root, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Rebecca Belmore, Graham Gillmore and Douglas Coupland - supporting the next generations of artists is essential to the continued growth of the region's arts community at large.
"I think what makes this prize unique is that it is artists helping artists. So often artists are on the receiving end of entrepreneurial initiatives - this time we are holding the reigns, making the work, selling the work and giving it back to our own community, besides providing much needed funds to emerging artists it's also about empowerment".
- Angela Grossmann
The 2021 limited edition “Artist for Artist” portfolio consists of seven limited edition prints by Graham Gilmore, Angela Grossmann, Attila Richard Lukacs, Derek Root, Vikky Alexander, Rebecca Belmore and Dana Claxton and raised funds to award $30,000 to emerging/early career artists in the fall of 2022.
2021 PORTFOLIO PRIZE RECIPIENTS
Durrah Alsaif
Mathew Andreatta
Manuel Axel Strain
Rebecca Bair
Bracken Hanuse Corlett.
Through limited edition portfolio sales in 2015 featuring the work of Angela Grossmann, Attila Richard Lukacs, Derek Root, Graham Gillmore, Gordon Smith and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, the Foundation raised funds to support four unique artist prizes. In 2016, the Portfolio Prize awarded $21,000 of prize money to four early career artists.
2016 RECIPIENTS
Colleen Brown - Emerging Artist Award
Derya Akay - Emerging Artist Award
Del Hillier - BFA Prize
Gabi Dao - BFA Distinction