Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts Cumulative List of Winners
2010
Robert Davidson, Haida sculptor (Surrey, BC)
André Forcier, filmmaker (Longueuil, QC)
Rita Letendre, painter (Toronto, ON)
Tom Sherman, video artist (Syracuse, NY)
Gabor Szilasi, photographer (Westmount, QC)
Claude Tousignant, painter (Montreal, QC)
Terry Ryan (Toronto, ON)
Ione Thorkelsson, glass sculptor (Roseisle, MB) - Saidye Bronfman Award
2009
John Greer, sculptor (LaHave, NS)
Nobuo Kubota, installation/performance (Toronto, ON)
Rita Lynn McKeough, installation/performance (Calgary, AB)
Gordon Smith, painter (West Vancouver, BC)
Robert Morin, director and filmmaker (Montreal, QC)
Raymond Moriyama, architect (Toronto, ON)
Kim Ondaatje (Verona, ON) and Anthony Urquhart (Stratford, ON)
Kevin Lockau, glass, iron and wood sculptor (Bancroft, ON) - Saidye Bronfman Award
2008
Kenojuak Ashevak, visual artist (Cape Dorset, NU)
Serge Giguère, filmmaker (Saint-Norbert-d’Arthabaska, QC)
Chantal Gilbert, jeweller (Quebec, QC) - Saidye Bronfman Award
Michel Goulet, sculptor (Montreal, QC)
Alex Janvier, painter (Cold Lake, AB)
Tanya Mars, performance artist (Toronto, ON)
Eric Metcalfe, multidisciplinary artist (Vancouver, BC)
Shirley Thomson (Ottawa, ON)
2007
Aganetha Dyck, sculptor, installation, mixed media artist (Winnipeg, MB)
Ian Carr-Harris, sculptor, installation, photographer (Toronto)
Bruce Elder, filmmaker (Toronto)
Murray Favro, multidisciplinary artist (London, ON)
Fernand Leduc, painter (Montréal)
Paul Mathieu, ceramist (Vancouver, BC) - Saidye Bronfman Award
Daphne Odjig, painter, print maker (Penticton, BC)
David Silcox, arts advocate, writer, educator (Toronto)
2006
Mowry Baden, sculptor (Victoria, B.C.)
Micheline Beauchemin, textile artist and weaver (Les Grondines, Quebec)
Vera Frenkel, multidisciplinary artist (Toronto)
Peggy Gale, independent curator, writer (Toronto)
Kenneth Lochhead, painter (Ottawa)
Arnaud Maggs, visual artist (Toronto)
Peter Wintonick, film producer, director, critic and editor (Montreal)
2005
Carl Beam, Artist (Manitoulin Island, ON)
Lynne Cohen, Photographer (Montreal, QC)
Roland Poulin, Sculptor (Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir, QC)
Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak, Video Artists (Toronto, ON)
Françoise Sullivan, Painter, Sculptor and Dancer (Montreal, QC)
Paul Wong, Video Artist (Vancouver, BC)
Claude Gosselin, Curator (Montreal, QC)
2004
Iain Baxter, Visual Artist (Windsor, ON)
Eric Cameron, Painter (Calgary, AB)
Tom Hill (Ohsweken, ON)
Istvan Kantor, Media Artist (Toronto, ON)
Garry Neill Kennedy, Painter (Halifax, NS)
John Oswald, Media Artist (Toronto, ON)
Ian Wallace, Painter (Vancouver, BC)
2003
Robert Archambeau, Ceramist (Winnipeg, MB)
Alex Colville, Painter (Wolfville, NS)
Gathie Falk, Artist (Vancouver, BC)
Betty Goodwin, Artist (Montréal, QC)
Walter Harris, Sculptor(Hazelton, BC)
Takao Tanabe, Painter (Parksville, BC)
Suzanne Rivard LeMoyne (Montréal, QC)
2002
AA Bronson, Visual Artist (Toronto, ON and New York, NY)
Charles Gagnon, Visual Artist (Montréal, QC)
Edward Poitras, Visual Artist (Regina, SK and Québec City, QC)
David Rokeby, Media Artist (Toronto, ON)
Barbara Steinman, Visual Artist (Montréal, QC)
Irene Whittome, Visual Artist (Montréal, QC)
Ydessa Hendeles (Toronto, ON)
2001
Douglas Cardinal, Architect (Ottawa, ON)
Tom Dean, Visual Artist (Toronto, ON)
Russell C. Goodman, Stained Glass Artist (Kelowna, BC)
Jamelie Hassan, Visual Artist (London,ON)
Liz Magor, Visual Artist (Vancouver, BC)
Alanis Obomsawin, Filmmaker (Montreal,QC)
Joan Chalmers, Philanthropist (Toronto, ON)
2000
Jocelyne Alloucherie, Sculpture (Montreal, QC)
Ghitta Caiserman-Roth, Painting (Montreal, QC)
John Chalke, Fine crafts (Calgary, AB)
Jacques Giraldeau, Film (Montreal, QC)
John Scott, Painting (Toronto, ON)
Michael Snow, Film (Toronto, ON)
Doris Shadbolt, Voluntarism (Vancouver, BC)