VIVA Awards
Visual art award
VIVA Awards Description Awards for British Columbian mid-career artists Country Canada (British Columbia)Presented by Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation
The VIVA Awards are $15,000 prizes, granted annually to British Columbian mid-career artists chosen for "outstanding achievement and commitment" by the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation . The awards are presented by the Shadbolt Foundation in conjunction with the Alvin Balkind Curator's Prize.
Award winners
1988 Stan Douglas , Carel Moiseiwitsch
1989 Carole Itter , Neil Wedman
1990 Terry Ewasiuk, David Ostrem
1991 Persimmon Blackbridge , Gary Pearson
1992 Award of Honour Alvin Balkind
1993 Elspeth Pratt , Henry Tsang
1994 Mike MacDonald, Chick Rice
1995 Kati Campbell, Alan Storey
1996 Lorna Brown , Phillipe Raphanel
1997 Award of Honour Joan Lowndes, Ian Wallace
1998 Cornelia Wyngaarden , Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
1999 Myfanwy MacLeod , Judy Radul
2000 Haruko Okano , Jerry Pethick
2001 Dana Claxton , Brian Jungen
2002 Award of Honour Jeff Wall
2003 Geoffrey Farmer , Kelly Wood
2004 Rebecca Belmore , Ron Terada
2005 Hadley+Maxwell, Stephen Shearer
2006 Damian Moppett, Marianne Nicolson
2007 Luanne Martineau , Isabelle Pauwels
2008 Tim Lee, Kevin Schmidt
2009 Kathy Slade , Mark Soo
2010 Germaine Koh , Marina Roy
2011 Reece Terris, Althea Thauberger
2012 Beau Dick , Ron Tran
2013 Elizabeth McIntosh
2014 Skeena Reece , Mina Totino
2015 Elizabeth Zvonar
2016 Kelly Lycan , Raymond Boisjoly
2017 Lyse Lemieux
2018 Hannah Jickling and Helen Reed, Charlene Vickers
2019 Krista Belle Stewart
2020 Lucie Chan, Cindy Mochizuki , Tania Willard
2021 Diyan Achjadi, Samuel Roy-Bois
2022 Charles Campbell, Jan Wade
2023 Hazel Meyer, Laiwan
2024 Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill , Tʼuyʼtʼtanat-Cease Wyss
2025 Justine A. Chambers
References
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↑ "Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Audain Prize and VIVA Awards" . www.allianceforarts.com . May 11, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018 .
↑ "VIVA Award Recipients" . The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation . Retrieved March 28, 2025 .
↑ "2025 Justine A. Chambers - The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation" . shadboltfoundation.org . Retrieved May 14, 2026 .