Casey Wei Named Winner of Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize

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Casey Wei, winner of the eighth Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize (photo courtesy of The Polygon Gallery)

Casey Wei has been named as the winner of this year’s Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize, Canada’s largest award for emerging visual artists. 

Wei was named the winner on Jan. 23 in a ceremony at The Polygon Gallery on Jan. 23. Members of the Lind family were in attendance.

The biennial award comes with a $25,000 prize and the opportunity to create a project with the gallery.

The jury include the Art Institute of Chicago’s Grace Deveney, artist Brian Jungen, and the Hammer Museum’s interim chief curator Aram Moshayedi.

“Wei’s installation, The Zhang Clan, is a compelling document of diasporic experience, upending the conventions of documentary filmmaking and offering insight into the personal anecdotes that are specific to geographic displacement,” said the jury in a news release.

“We are appreciative of the contributions made by the five artists included in this year’s Lind Biennial: Mena El Shazly, Karice Mitchell, Dion Smith-Dokkie, Parumveer Walia, and Casey Wei.

“Though Wei’s work was selected by the jury as the recipient of the 2025 award, we were equally impressed by the commitment and rigor displayed throughout the exhibition by the other participating artists.”

The Lind Biennial is on view at The Polygon Gallery until Sunday, Feb. 2. 

A pioneer in media and telecommunications industry in Canada, Lind helped build Rogers Communications Inc. A major art collector and philanthropist, he was dedicated to supporting contemporary photography and BC artists. He died on his 80th birthday in 2023.

Source: The Polygon Gallery