OTTAWA.- An exhibition featuring selected works by the winners of the 2016 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts opened on March 24th at the National Gallery of Canada and will be on view until September 5th, 2016. Members of the public are invited to visit the exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Canada Council for the Arts..

Rhiannon Vogl, NGC Associate Curator of Contemporary Art and organizer of the exhibition, has selected and assembled key works by Toronto photographer Edward Burtynsky; filmmaker Philip Hoffman, of Mount Forest, Ontario; textile artist Jane Kidd (Saidye Bronfman Award), of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia; visual artist Wanda Koop, of Winnipeg; visual artist Suzy Lake, of Toronto; media artist Mark Lewis, of London, U.K., and visual artist William Vazan, of Montreal. Toronto-based curator Marnie Fleming’s outstanding contribution will also be highlighted. The exhibition will include both works from the national collection and loans from the laureates and private and public collections. #GGarts

“The exhibition, presented for the 15th year in collaboration with the Canada Council for the Arts, offers visitors the chance to see some exceptional works by the great Canadians being celebrated this year. As has been the case in previous years, a good portion of these works is drawn from the national collection,” said NGC Director and CEO, Marc Mayer.

Each year since 1999, the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts – which are funded and administered by the Canada Council for the Arts – celebrate distinguished Canadian artists for their remarkable careers in fine or applied arts, film, video, audio and new media. One additional award honours an outstanding contributor to the visual and media arts through voluntary or professional activities, while the Saidye Bronfman Award has, since 2007, been included for distinction in fine crafts.