Prix Pierre-Ayot

The Prix Pierre-Ayot was created in 1996 by the Ville de Montréal, in partnership with the Contemporary Art Galleries Association, to promote excellence among Montreal’s new visual arts creators, to foster the dissemination of the work of young artists in the city’s galleries and artist-run spaces, and to recognize the efforts of presenters to support up-and-coming artists. This award is intended for artists who are in the early stages of their career.

 

The award includes a $ 5,000 grant and a budget of $ 2,500 for the promotion and organization of an solo exhibition in Montréal. The City of Montréal also acquires a work by the winner for its municipal art collection.

 

Call for submissions will open on August 17, 2023

 



Click here to register for the Pierre-Ayot Award

Deadline to submit files
September 2023

2023
Mara Eagle
Finalist
Joyce Joumaa
Finalist
Alexia Laferté Coutu
Finalist
2022
Michelle Bui
Winner
Lucie Rocher
Finalist
Trevor Baird
Finalist
2021
Simon Belleau
Finalist
Philippe Caron Lefebvre
Finalist
Myriam Dion
Winner
2020
Caroline Monnet
Winner
Thermal Glaze, 2019
arkadi lavoie lachapelle
Finalist
1600 oeufs (co-created with Audrey Racicot), 2010
Manuel Mathieu
Finalist
Autoportrait, 2017
2019
Nadège Grebmeier Forget
Winner
Rendering On View (Betty Rowland Meets Angela Aames), performance 2017
Guillaume Adjutor Provost
Finalist
Fée du Kapital (shift de nuit), 2019
Caroline Monnet
Finalist
Regalia, 2019
2018
Adam Basanta
Winner
The Loudest Sound In The Room Experienced Very Quietly, 2015
Jinyoung Kim
Finalist
Objects on the rooftop #3, 2014
Léna Mill-Reuillard
Finalist
Machinari (installation view) Rencontre internationale de la photographie en Gaspésie, 2017
2017
Celia Perrin Sidarous
Winner
Simon Belleau
Finalist
Andréanne Godin
Finalist
2016
Nicolas Grenier
Winner
Going for it (II), 2016
Guillaume Adjutor Provost
Finalist
Bonne fortune, 2016
Karen Kraven
Finalist
Ipanema, 2016
2015
Jon Rafman
Winner
You are standing in an open field (Waterfall), 2015
Myriam Jacob-Allard
Finalist
Maman, ne t'en fait pas (détail), 2010
Nicolas Lachance
Finalist
The Flaw, Dance Shore, 2015
2014
Julie Favreau
Winner
Anomalies - Femme Compas, 2012
Maryse Goudreau
Finalist
Les Drapeaux, 2012
Vicky Sabourin
Finalist
Alchimie Boréale, Les Ermites, 2013
2013
Kim Waldron
Winner
Pig Head, 2011
Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf
Finalist
Guy et Nathalie, 2011
Sayeh Sarfaraz
Finalist
Fox & Friends, 2013
2012
Jacynthe Carrier
Winner
Rites, 2011
Guillaume La Brie
Finalist
Les oeuvres qui n'étaient pas là, George Washington, 2012
Seripop (Yannick Desranleau & Chloe Lum)
Finalist
More Time than Space, 2012
2011
Olivia Boudreau
Winner
Le bain, 2010
Patrick Bérubé
Finalist
Fur..., 2010
Sarah Bertrand-Hamel
Finalist
Sous sol Belgo, 2010
1996 – 2010 Recipients
2010
Alana Riley
2009
Gwénaël Bélanger
2008
Etienne Zack
2007
Patrick Coutu
2006
Raphaëlle de Groot
2005
Emmanuelle Léonard
2004
Jérôme Fortin
2003
Pascal Grandmaison
2002
Michel De Broin
2001
Nathalie Grimard
2000
Nicolas Baier
1999
Emmanuel Galland
1998
Marc Séguin
1997
Stéphanie Béliveau
1996
Nadine Norman