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
2023
Mara Eagle
Finalist
Finalist

Joyce Joumaa
Finalist
Finalist

Alexia Laferté Coutu
Finalist
Finalist

2022
Michelle Bui
Winner
Winner

Lucie Rocher
Finalist
Finalist

Trevor Baird
Finalist
Finalist

2021
Simon Belleau
Finalist
Finalist

Philippe Caron Lefebvre
Finalist
Finalist

Myriam Dion
Winner
Winner

2020
Caroline Monnet
Winner
Winner

Thermal Glaze, 2019
arkadi lavoie lachapelle
Finalist
Finalist

1600 oeufs (co-created with Audrey Racicot), 2010
Manuel Mathieu
Finalist
Finalist

Autoportrait, 2017
2019
Nadège Grebmeier Forget
Winner
Winner

Rendering On View (Betty Rowland Meets Angela Aames), performance 2017
Guillaume Adjutor Provost
Finalist
Finalist

Fée du Kapital (shift de nuit), 2019
Caroline Monnet
Finalist
Finalist

Regalia, 2019
2018
Adam Basanta
Winner
Winner

The Loudest Sound In The Room Experienced Very Quietly, 2015
Jinyoung Kim
Finalist
Finalist

Objects on the rooftop #3, 2014
Léna Mill-Reuillard
Finalist
Finalist

Machinari (installation view) Rencontre internationale de la photographie en Gaspésie, 2017
2017
Celia Perrin Sidarous
Winner
Winner

Simon Belleau
Finalist
Finalist

Andréanne Godin
Finalist
Finalist

2016
Nicolas Grenier
Winner
Winner

Going for it (II), 2016
Guillaume Adjutor Provost
Finalist
Finalist

Bonne fortune, 2016
Karen Kraven
Finalist
Finalist

Ipanema, 2016
2015
Jon Rafman
Winner
Winner

You are standing in an open field (Waterfall), 2015
Myriam Jacob-Allard
Finalist
Finalist

Maman, ne t'en fait pas (détail), 2010
Nicolas Lachance
Finalist
Finalist

The Flaw, Dance Shore, 2015
2014
Julie Favreau
Winner
Winner

Anomalies - Femme Compas, 2012
Maryse Goudreau
Finalist
Finalist

Les Drapeaux, 2012
Vicky Sabourin
Finalist
Finalist

Alchimie Boréale, Les Ermites, 2013
2013
Kim Waldron
Winner
Winner

Pig Head, 2011
Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf
Finalist
Finalist

Guy et Nathalie, 2011
Sayeh Sarfaraz
Finalist
Finalist

Fox & Friends, 2013
2012
Jacynthe Carrier
Winner
Winner

Rites, 2011
Guillaume La Brie
Finalist
Finalist

Les oeuvres qui n'étaient pas là, George Washington, 2012
Seripop (Yannick Desranleau & Chloe Lum)
Finalist
Finalist

More Time than Space, 2012
2011
Olivia Boudreau
Winner
Winner

Le bain, 2010
Patrick Bérubé
Finalist
Finalist

Fur..., 2010
Sarah Bertrand-Hamel
Finalist
Finalist

Sous sol Belgo, 2010
1996 – 2010 Recipients
2010
Alana Riley
Alana Riley
2009
Gwénaël Bélanger
Gwénaël Bélanger
2008
Etienne Zack
Etienne Zack
2007
Patrick Coutu
Patrick Coutu
2006
Raphaëlle de Groot
Raphaëlle de Groot
2005
Emmanuelle Léonard
Emmanuelle Léonard
2004
Jérôme Fortin
Jérôme Fortin
2003
Pascal Grandmaison
Pascal Grandmaison
2002
Michel De Broin
Michel De Broin
2001
Nathalie Grimard
Nathalie Grimard
2000
Nicolas Baier
Nicolas Baier
1999
Emmanuel Galland
Emmanuel Galland
1998
Marc Séguin
Marc Séguin
1997
Stéphanie Béliveau
Stéphanie Béliveau
1996
Nadine Norman
Nadine Norman