{"id":29424,"date":"2015-07-16T13:20:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T17:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=29424"},"modified":"2016-10-27T11:56:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T15:56:53","slug":"shortlist-for-aimia-ago-photography-prize-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=29424","title":{"rendered":"Aimia \/ AGO Photography Prize 2015 – the winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

The winner of\u00a0The 2015 Aimia | AGO Photography Prize was awarded to American artist Dave Jordano<\/strong> at a special event held this evening at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). Selected entirely by public vote, Jordano receives C$50,000 in addition to a six-week, fully funded residency in Canada.<\/p>\n

Four extraordinary international artists was shortlisted for the 2015 Aimia \/ AGO Photography Prize,\u00a0Canada\u2019s most significant prize for photography. Co-presented by Aimia, a Canadian based global leader in data-driven marketing and loyalty analytics company, and the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), the Prize awards C$50,000 to one winner, who is chosen by public vote. The four finalists will each be awarded a six-week artist residency in Canada and will present their work in an exhibition opening September 9, 2015<\/strong>, at the AGO. Voting began in person at the AGO upon the exhibition\u2019s opening and on the Prize\u2019s website on September 15, 2015 <\/strong>and continued till November 30, 2015.\u00a0The winner, was announced on <\/strong>December 1, 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2015 winner is:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Dave Jordano, Lynn, Heidelberg Street, Eastside, Detroit, 2010. Courtesy the artist.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Dave Jordano<\/strong> (USA)<\/p>\n

Dave Jordano (1948, Detroit, Michigan) received a BFA in photography from the College for Creative Studies in 1974. As an emerging fine art photographer, he was awarded an honorable mention in the Houston Center for Photography\u2019s Long Term Fellowship Project in 2003, and he received the Curator\u2019s Choice Award the following year. In 2006, 2008 and 2013 he was a three-time top twenty finalist in Photolucida\u2019s \u201cCritical Mass\u201d national book award in Portland, Oregon. In 2012 and 2014 he was a finalist in LensCulture\u2019s International Exposure Awards. He was also selected for inclusion in One Hundred Portfolios, a compilation featuring the work of 100 leading photographers from around the world and sponsored by Wright State University, Dayton, OH. A major exhibition of his work from his \u201cArticles of Faith\u201d project was held at the Chicago Cultural Center in 2009.<\/p>\n

The 2015 finalists were:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Annette Kelm, Untitled, 2013. c-print. 65 x 80 cm. Courtesy the artist.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Annette Kelm<\/strong> (Germany)<\/p>\n

Annette Kelm (1975, Stuttgart, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions at international institutions, including K\u00f6lnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (2014); MoMA, New York (2013); Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver (2012); St\u00e4del Museum, Frankfurt am Main (2012); KW \u2013 Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2009); Kunsthalle Zurich (2009); and Witte de With, Rotterdam (2008). Her art works are in important art collections such as Guggenheim Museum and MoMa, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Germany; Tate Modern, London; and Lenbachhaus, Munich. Annette Kelm participated in the 12th Istanbul Biennial in 2012 and in the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Owen Kydd, Cherry, 2015, Video on square digital display with media player. Courtesy the artist<\/p>\n

\u2022 Owen Kydd<\/strong> (Canada)<\/p>\n

Owen Kydd (Calgary, Canada) attained a bachelor\u2019s degree in film and art from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver and a master\u2019s degree from UCLA in Los Angeles. Kydd has exhibited work at the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Oakville Galleries, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, FOAM Museum Amsterdam, and the Daegue Photo Biennale in Korea, among others.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Hito Steyerl, How Not to be Seen: A Fucking Didactic Educational .MOV File (still), 2013. HD video, single screen in architectural environment. Image Courtesy of the artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Hito Steyerl <\/strong>(Germany)<\/p>\n

Hito Steyerl (1966, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. Steyerl\u2019s prolific filmmaking and writing occupies a discursive position between the fields of art, philosophy and politics, constituting a deep exploration of late capitalism\u2019s social, cultural and financial imaginaries. Her films and lectures have increasingly addressed the presentational context of art, while her writing has circulated widely through publication in both academic and art journals, often online. Steyerl has had solo exhibitions all over the world, among them Artists Space, New York; Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia (2015); Van Abbemuseum, Eidenhoven, The Netherlands; ICA, London, UK; K\u00fcnstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany (2014); Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2013); the Art Institute of Chicago; E-flux, New York City, USA (2012); Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK (2010); Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany (2009); and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (2008).<\/p>\n

A jury of three experts selected the four finalists from a long list of 27 artists who each showed extraordinary potential.<\/p>\n

For more information please check\u00a02015 Aimia | AGO Photography Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Prize awards C$50,000 to one winner, who is chosen by public vote.<\/p>\n

The winner is Dave Jordano<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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