From an initial field of 30 nominees, a shortlist of just six artists is now competing for the prize

Thirty artists are nominated for the Sobey Art Award this year, with the total purse for the award growing to C$465,000

The 2023 Sobey Art Award went to the Calgary-based artist, who is known for her wide-ranging, multidisciplinary approach that incorporates and reimagines Inuk traditions

The winner of the C$100,000 Sobey Art Award for 2023 will be announced in November

The Winnipeg-born artist’s work spans many media and often incorporates humour all the while addressing issues of identity, repatriation and cultural consumption

Works by the finalists vying for the country’s top contemporary art prize will go on view at the National Gallery in Ottawa in October

The prize, Canada’s largest for contemporary art, represents a C$100,000 windfall for the winner

The animal skin is a screen for a video installation that “celebrates the bear’s spirit”, and touches on climate change, Indigenous rights and decolonisation

Although nominations were open to artists of all ages for the first time, the finalists are all around the same generation