The list of finalists for the 2025 Salt Spring National Art Prize (SSNAP) has been released.
A total of 53 artists have been selected from thousands of submissions from across the country.
They include: Shazia Ahmad; Etty Anderson; Robyn Asquini; Krystal Ball; Melanie Barnett; Haley Bassett; Anna Belleforte; Catherine Blackburn; Linda Brine; Ghislain Brown-Kossi; Ernesto Cabral; Colin Campbell; Mimi Gellman; Murray Gibson; Shoshannah Greene; Anna Gustafson; Bron Hawkins; Maria Hupfield; David Kaarsemaker; Jake Kimble; Christina Leslie; Dillon Lew'chuk; Yen-Chao Lin; Bettina Matzkuhn; Marney McDiarmid; Jessie McNeil; Raul Mendoza Azpiri ; Kuhlein Migue; Alyssa Miller; Virginia Morgan; Par Nair; Vick Naresh; Yomi Orimoloye; Debra Frances Plett; Julie Pongrac; Terri Potratz; Melissa Renwick; Joanna Rogers; Natalie Rollins; Carol Schlosar; Taryn Sheppard; Cheryl Simon; Ralph Simpson; Reegan Snider; M.e. Sparks; Kim Stewart; Jason Stovall; Tad Suzuki; Kelly Taylor; Jessica Winters; Amanda Wood; Vance Wright and Gang Yin.
This year’s jury included Mireille Eagan, Dr. Heather Igloliorte, Sarah Milroy and Dr. Kenneth Montague.
The 2025 finalists will have their workshown at Mahon Hall on Salt Spring Island from Sept. 27 to Oct. 19 2025. "This national exhibition invites the public to engage with bold ideas, imaginative visions, and urgent questions shaping the artistic landscape today," according to the news release.
Source: Salt Spring National Art Prize