# List of recipients of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts

The Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts are annual awards for achievements in visual and media arts in Canada. Up to eight awards are presented annually, each with a prize amount of $25,000.
Created in 2000 by then Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, the awards are managed by the Canada Council for the Arts. An independent peer jury of senior visual and media arts professionals selects up to seven laureates to be recognized for artistic achievement and one award for outstanding contributions in a professional or volunteer role. Visual and media artists in fine arts (painting, drawing, photography, print-making and sculpture, including installation and other three-dimensional work), applied arts (architecture and fine crafts), independent film and video, and audio and new media are eligible for the annual award. Since 2007, the Saidye Bronfman Award for excellence in the fine crafts is also awarded by this process.
In 2015, each laureate received $25,000 and recognition in the form of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada.

## Laureates (2000–2023)

| Year | Name | Award | Field | Location |
| 2000 | Jocelyne Alloucherie | Artistic Achievement | Sculpture | Montreal, QC |
| 2000 | Ghitta Caiserman-Roth | Artistic Achievement | Painting | Montreal, QC |
| 2000 | John Chalke | Artistic Achievement | Fine crafts | Calgary, AB |
| 2000 | Jacques Giraldeau | Artistic Achievement | Film | Montreal, QC |
| 2000 | John Scott | Artistic Achievement | Painting | Toronto, ON |
| 2000 | Doris Shadbolt | Outstanding Contribution | Voluntarism | Vancouver, BC |
| 2000 | Michael Snow | Artistic Achievement | Film | Toronto, ON |
| 2001 | Russell C. Goodman | Artistic Achievement | Stained glass artist | Kelowna, BC |
| 2001 | Douglas Cardinal | Artistic Achievement | Architect | Ottawa, ON |
| 2001 | Joan Chalmers | Outstanding Contribution | Philanthropist | Toronto, ON |
| 2001 | Tom Dean | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2001 | Jamelie Hassan | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | London, ON |
| 2001 | Liz Magor | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Vancouver, BC |
| 2001 | Alanis Obomsawin | Artistic Achievement | Filmmaker | Montreal, QC |
| 2002 | AA Bronson | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Toronto and New York |
| 2002 | Charles Gagnon | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Montreal, QC |
| 2002 | Ydessa Hendeles | Outstanding Contribution | Curator, art collector and philanthropist | Toronto, ON |
| 2002 | Edward Poitras | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Regina, SK and Québec City, QC |
| 2002 | David Rokeby | Artistic Achievement | Media artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2002 | Barbara Steinman | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Montreal, QC |
| 2002 | Irene Whittome | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Montreal, QC |
| 2003 | Robert Archambeau | Artistic Achievement | Ceramist | Winnipeg, MB |
| 2003 | Alex Colville | Artistic Achievement | Painter | Wolfville, NS |
| 2003 | Gathie Falk | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Vancouver, BC |
| 2003 | Betty Goodwin | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Montreal, QC |
| 2003 | Walter Harris | Artistic Achievement | Sculptor | Hazelton, BC |
| 2003 | Suzanne Rivard-Lemoyne | Outstanding Contribution | Arts educator and administrator | Montreal, QC |
| 2003 | Takao Tanabe | Artistic Achievement | Painter | Parksville, BC |
| 2004 | Iain Baxter | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Windsor, ON |
| 2004 | Eric Cameron | Artistic Achievement | Painter | Calgary, AB |
| 2004 | Tom Hill | Outstanding Contribution | Curator, artist and Aboriginal arts advocate | Ohsweken, ON |
| 2004 | Istvan Kantor | Artistic Achievement | Media artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2004 | Garry Neill Kennedy | Artistic Achievement | Painter | Halifax, NS |
| 2004 | John Oswald | Artistic Achievement | Media artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2004 | Ian Wallace | Artistic Achievement | Painter | Vancouver, BC |
| 2005 | Carl Beam | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Manitoulin Island, ON |
| 2005 | Lynne Cohen | Artistic Achievement | Photographer | Montreal, QC |
| 2005 | Claude Gosselin | Outstanding Contribution | Curator | Montreal, QC |
| 2005 | Roland Poulin | Artistic Achievement | Sculptor | Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir, QC |
| 2005 | Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak | Artistic Achievement | Video artists | Toronto, ON |
| 2005 | Françoise Sullivan | Artistic Achievement | Painter, sculptor and dancer | Montreal, QC |
| 2005 | Paul Wong | Artistic Achievement | Video artist | Vancouver, BC |
| 2006 | Mowry Baden | Artistic Achievement | Sculptor | Victoria, BC |
| 2006 | Micheline Beauchemin | Artistic Achievement | Textile artist and weaver | Les Grondines, QC |
| 2006 | Vera Frenkel | Artistic Achievement | Multidisciplinary artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2006 | Peggy Gale | Outstanding Contribution | Independent curator, writer | Toronto, ON |
| 2006 | Kenneth Lochhead | Artistic Achievement | Painter | Ottawa, ON |
| 2006 | Arnaud Maggs | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2006 | Peter Wintonick | Artistic Achievement | Film producer, director, critic and editor | Montreal, QC |
| 2007 | Ian Carr-Harris | Artistic Achievement | Sculptor, installation, photographer | Toronto, ON |
| 2007 | Aganetha Dyck | Artistic Achievement | Sculptor, installation, mixed media artist | Winnipeg, MB |
| 2007 | Bruce Elder | Artistic Achievement | Filmmaker | Toronto, ON |
| 2007 | Murray Favro | Artistic Achievement | Multidisciplinary artist | London, ON |
| 2007 | Fernand Leduc | Artistic Achievement | Painter | Montreal, QC |
| 2007 | Daphne Odjig | Artistic Achievement | Painter, printmaker | Penticton, BC |
| 2007 | David Silcox | Outstanding Contribution | Arts advocate, writer, educator | Toronto, ON |
| 2008 | Kenojuak Ashevak | Artistic Achievement | Drawing, printmaking and sculpture | Cape Dorset, NV |
| 2008 | Serge Giguère | Artistic Achievement | Filmmaker | Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska, QC |
| 2008 | Michel Goulet | Artistic Achievement | Sculptor | Montreal, QC |
| 2008 | Alex Janvier | Artistic Achievement | Painter | Cold Lake, AB |
| 2008 | Tanya Mars | Artistic Achievement | Performance artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2008 | Eric Metcalfe | Artistic Achievement | Multidisciplinary artist | Vancouver, BC |
| 2008 | Shirley Thomson | Outstanding Contribution | Cultural administrator, gallery director and arts advocate | Ottawa, ON |
| 2009 | John Greer | Artistic Achievement | Sculptor | LaHave, NS |
| 2009 | Nobuo Kubota | Artistic Achievement | Sculptor, musician, and performer | Toronto, ON |
| 2009 | Rita McKeough | Artistic Achievement | Interdisciplinary artist | Calgary, AB |
| 2009 | Robert Morin | Artistic Achievement | Filmmaker | Montreal, QC |
| 2009 | Raymond Moriyama | Artistic Achievement | Architect | Toronto, ON |
| 2009 | Gordon Smith | Artistic Achievement | Painter | West Vancouver, BC |
| 2009 | Tony Urquhart and Kim Ondaatje | Outstanding Contribution | Founders, CARFAC, the Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes Canadiens | Stratford, ON (Urquhart); Verona, ON (Ondaatje) |
| 2010 | Robert Davidson | Artistic Achievement | Sculptor | White Rock, BC |
| 2010 | André Forcier | Artistic Achievement | Filmmaker | Longueuil, QC |
| 2010 | Rita Letendre | Artistic Achievement | Painter | Toronto, ON |
| 2010 | Terry Ryan | Outstanding Contribution | Manager, West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative (now Kinngait Studios) | Toronto, ON |
| 2010 | Tom Sherman | Artistic Achievement | Video artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2010 | Gabor Szilasi | Artistic Achievement | Photographer | Westmount, QC |
| 2010 | Claude Tousignant | Artistic Achievement | Painter, sculptor | Montreal, QC |
| 2011 | Robert Fones | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2011 | Geneviève Cadieux | Artistic Achievement | Photographer | Montreal, QC |
| 2011 | Michael Morris | Artistic Achievement | Visual, performance artist | Vancouver/Victoria, BC |
| 2011 | David Rimmer | Artistic Achievement | Filmmaker | Vancouver, BC |
| 2011 | Barbara Sternberg | Artistic Achievement | Filmmaker | Toronto, ON |
| 2011 | Nancy Tousley | Outstanding Contribution | Art critic | Calgary, AB |
| 2011 | Shirley Wiitasalo | Artistic Achievement | Painter | Toronto, ON |
| 2012 | Margaret Dragu | Artistic Achievement | Performance artist | Vancouver/Richmond, BC |
| 2012 | Geoffrey James | Artistic Achievement | Photographer | Toronto, ON |
| 2012 | Ron Martin | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2012 | Diana Nemiroff | Outstanding Contribution | Art gallery director and curator | Ottawa, ON |
| 2012 | Jan Peacock | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist - media and installation | Halifax, NS |
| 2012 | Royden Rabinowitch | Artistic Achievement | Sculptor | Waterloo, ON |
| 2012 | Jana Sterbak | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Montreal, QC |
| 2013 | Marcel Barbeau | Artistic Achievement | Painter and sculptor | Montreal, QC |
| 2013 | Rebecca Belmore | Artistic Achievement | Painter | Winnipeg, MB |
| 2013 | William D. MacGillivray | Artistic Achievement | Filmmaker and director | Rose Bay NS |
| 2013 | Gordon Monahan | Artistic Achievement | Sound artist, composer and media artist | Meaford, ON |
| 2013 | Chantal Pontbriand | Outstanding Contribution | Curator and art critic | Montreal, QC and Paris |
| 2013 | Colette Whiten | Artistic Achievement | Sculpture installation artist | Toronto/Haliburton, ON |
| 2014 | Kim Adams | Artistic Achievement | Sculptor | Toronto, ON |
| 2014 | Max Dean | Artistic Achievement | Multidisciplinary visual artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2014 | Raymond Gervais | Artistic Achievement | Performance and installation artist | Montreal, QC |
| 2014 | Angela Grauerholz | Artistic Achievement | Photographer/visual artist | Montreal, QC |
| 2014 | Jayce Salloum | Artistic Achievement | Media artist | Vancouver, BC |
| 2014 | Brydon Smith | Outstanding Contribution | Curator | Ottawa, ON |
| 2014 | Carol Wainio | Artistic Achievement | Painter | Ottawa, ON |
| 2015 | Louise Déry | Outstanding Contribution | Curator | Montreal, QC |
| 2015 | Robert Houle | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2015 | Micah Lexier | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2015 | Rafael Lozano-Hemmer | Artistic Achievement | Media artist | Montreal, QC |
| 2015 | Sandra Meigs | Artistic Achievement | Painter | Victoria, BC |
| 2015 | Rober Racine | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist, writer and composer | Montreal, QC |
| 2015 | Reva Stone | Artistic Achievement | New media artist | Winnipeg, MB |
| 2016 | Edward Burtynsky | Artistic Achievement | Photographer | |
| 2016 | Marnie Fleming | Outstanding Contribution | Curator | |
| 2016 | Philip Hoffman | Artistic Achievement | Filmmaker | |
| 2016 | Wanda Koop | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | |
| 2016 | Suzy Lake | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | |
| 2016 | Mark Lewis | Artistic Achievement | Video artist | |
| 2016 | William (Bill) Vazan | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | |
| 2017 | Michèle Cournoyer | Artistic Achievement | Animator | Montreal, QC |
| 2017 | Glenn Lewis | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | |
| 2017 | Landon Mackenzie | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | |
| 2017 | Mike Hoolboom | Artistic Achievement | Filmmaker | |
| 2017 | Shelagh Keeley | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | |
| 2017 | Philip Monk | Outstanding Contribution | Curator, writer | |
| 2017 | Shelley Niro | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | |
| 2018 | Bruce Eves | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2018 | Wyn Geleynse | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist, media arts | London, ON |
| 2018 | Spring Hurlbut | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2018 | Midi Onodera | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist, filmmaker | Toronto, ON |
| 2018 | Sandra Semchuk | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist, photographer | Vancouver, BC |
| 2018 | Adrian Stimson | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist, performance artist | Siksika, AB |
| 2018 | Glenn Alteen | Outstanding Contribution | Curator | Vancouver, BC |
| 2019 | Stephen Andrews | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2019 | COZIC (Yvon Cozic and Monic Brassard) | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle, QC |
| 2019 | Marlene Creates | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Portugal Cove, NL |
| 2019 | Ali Kazimi | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist and filmmaker | Toronto, ON |
| 2019 | Lee-Anne Martin | Outstanding Contribution | Curator | Carp, ON |
| 2019 | Andrew J. Paterson | Artistic Achievement | Media artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2019 | Jeff Thomas | Artistic Achievement | Photo-based storyteller | Ottawa, ON |
| 2020 | Zainub Verjee | Outstanding Contribution | Cultural administrator, arts advocate, art critic, art centre/gallery director, artist | Mississauga, ON |
| 2020 | Deanna Bowen | Artistic Achievement | Interdisciplinary artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2020 | Dana Claxton | Artistic Achievement | Artist | Vancouver, BC |
| 2020 | Ruth Cuthand | Artistic Achievement | Artist | Saskatoon, SK |
| 2020 | Michael Fernandes | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | East Dover, NS |
| 2020 | Ken Lum | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Philadelphia, PA, United States |
| 2020 | Jorge Lozano Lorza | Artistic Achievement | Filmmaker | Toronto, ON |
| 2021 | Bryce Kanbara | Outstanding Contribution | Visual artist and curator | Hamilton, ON |
| 2021 | Lori Blondeau | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Winnipeg, MB |
| 2021 | Germaine Arnaktauyok | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Yellowknife, NT |
| 2021 | Dempsey Bob | Artistic Achievement | Artist, sculptor | Terrace, BC |
| 2021 | Luc Courchesne | Artistic Achievement | Media artist | Montréal, QC |
| 2021 | Bonnie Devine | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2021 | Cheryl L'Hirondelle | Artistic Achievement | Interdisciplinary artist | Saskatoon, SK |
| 2022 | Gerald McMaster | Outstanding Contribution | Curator, artist, writer | Toronto, ON |
| 2022 | Moyra Frances Davey | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | New York City, NY |
| 2022 | Jocelyn Robert | Artistic Achievement | Artist | Québec City, QC |
| 2022 | Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge | Artistic Achievement | Visual artists | Toronto, ON |
| 2022 | David Ruben Piqtoukun | Artistic Achievement | Sculptor/artist | Plainfield, ON |
| 2022 | Monique Régimbald-Zeiber | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Montréal, QC |
| 2022 | Pierre Bourgault | Artistic Achievement | Visual artist | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, QC |
| 2023 | David Garneau | Outstanding Contribution | Visual artist, curator, critical art writer | Regina, SK |
| 2023 | Evergon | Artistic Achievement | Gay politico and eroticist working in lens-based art | Montréal, QC |
| 2023 | FASTWÜRMS | Artistic Achievement | Visual artists | Mulmur, ON |
| 2023 | Germaine Koh | Artistic Achievement | Artist | Vancouver, BC |
| 2023 | Shannon Walsh | Artistic Achievement | Filmmaker | Vancouver, BC |
| 2023 | Tim Whiten | Artistic Achievement | Image maker and creator of cultural objects | Toronto, ON |
| 2023 | Nettie Wild | Artistic Achievement | Filmmaker | Vancouver, BC |

### Saidye Bronfman Award

| Year | Name | Field | Location |
| 1977 | Robin Hopper | Potter | Metchosin, BC |
| 1978 | Lois Etherington Betteridge | Silversmith | Guelph, ON |
| 1979 | Monique Cliche-Spénard | Quilt artist | St-Joseph-de-Beauce, QC |
| 1980 | Doucet-Saito (Louise Doucet and Satoshi Saito) | Ceramic artists | |
| 1981 | Joanna Staniszkis | Textile artist | Vancouver, BC |
| 1982 | Micheline Beauchemin | Painter-weaver | Les Grondines, QC |
| 1983 | Wayne Ngan | Potter | Hornby Island, BC |
| 1984 | William Hazzard | Wood carver | Regina, SK |
| 1985 | Michael Wilcox | Bookbinder | Woodview, ON |
| 1986 | Bill Reid | Metalsmith, wood carver, jeweller | Vancouver, BC |
| 1987 | Carole Sabiston | Fibre artist | Victoria, BC |
| 1988 | Lutz Haufschild | Glass artist | West Vancouver, BC |
| 1989 | Harlan House | Potter | Marysville, ON |
| 1990 | Dorothy Caldwell | Textile artist | Hastings, ON |
| 1991 | Susan Warner Keene | Fibre artist | Toronto, ON |
| 1992 | Walter Dexter | Potter | Metchosin, BC |
| 1993 | Michael Fortune | Furniture designer and maker | Lindsay, ON |
| 1994 | Daniel Crichton | Glass artist | Toronto, ON |
| 1995 | Louise Genest | Bookbinder | Montreal, QC |
| 1996 | Steven Heinemann | Ceramic artist | Richmond Hill, ON |
| 1997 | William 'Grit' Laskin | Guitar maker | Toronto, ON |
| 1998 | Marcel Marois | Tapestry artist | Quebec, QC |
| 1999 | Susan Low-Beer | Sculptor | Toronto, ON |
| 2000 | Peter Fleming | Furniture designer and maker | Toronto, ON |
| 2001 | Léopold L. Foulem | Ceramic artist | Caraquet, NB and Montreal, QC |
| 2002 | Kai Chan | Textile artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2003 | Walter Ostrom | Ceramic artist | Indian Harbour, NS |
| 2004 | Maurice Savoie | Ceramist | Longueuil, QC |
| 2005 | Michael Hosaluk | Wood turner | Saskatoon, SK |
| 2006 | Peter Powning | Ceramist and sculptor | Markhamville, NB |
| 2007 | Paul Mathieu | Ceramist | Vancouver, BC |
| 2008 | Chantal Gilbert | Jeweller | Québec, QC |
| 2009 | Kevin Lockau | Glass sculptor | Bancroft, ON |
| 2010 | Ione Thorkelsson | Glass sculptor | Roseisle, MB |
| 2011 | Kye-Yeon Son | Metalsmith | Halifax, NS |
| 2012 | Charles Lewton-Brain | artist-goldsmith | Calgary, AB |
| 2013 | Greg Payce | Artist-potter | Calgary, AB |
| 2014 | Sandra Brownlee | Weaver/notebook keeper | Dartmouth, NS |
| 2015 | Paul McClure | Jewellery artist | Toronto, ON |
| 2016 | Jane Kidd | Textile artist | Salt Spring Island, BC |
| 2017 | Pamela Ritchie | Jewellery artist | Halifax, NS |
| 2018 | Jack Sures | Ceramic artist | Regina, SK |
| 2019 | Susan Edgerley | Glass artist | Val-Morin, QC |
| 2020 | Anna Torma | Visual artist | Baie Verte, NB |
| 2021 | Lou Lynn | Sculptor | Winlaw, BC |
| 2022 | Brigitte Clavette | Jeweller and metalsmith | Fredericton, NB |
| 2023 | Grace Nickel | Visual artist | Winnipeg, MB |