Alumnus Anthony Burnham awarded the Giverny Capital Prize

Montreal-based visual artist and alumnus Anthony Burnham, BFA 97, is the recipient of the 11th Giverny Capital Prize, a biennial award that recognizes excellence, originality, and creative rigor in contemporary art in Quebec. The prize includes $10,000 and is awarded to an artist selected by jury rather than through an application process.

Burnham’s practice has developed over more than two decades and spans painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and video. He was a finalist for the RBC Canadian Painting Prize in 2009 and longlisted for the Sobey Art Award in 2013.

In 2019, Burnham joined Concordia’s Department of Studio Arts as Artist in Residence in Painting and Drawing, teaching and working closely with students during a period that coincided with the pandemic. He continued to teach part-time at Concordia until the summer of 2025.

His recent work, developed in collaboration with curator Ji-Yoon Han, brings together painting, sculpture, photography, and performative elements, incorporating theatrical structures and temporal “acts.” Works such as Se glisser dans l’image (2024) combine painted and photographed elements with everyday objects, creating environments where images and physical space interact.

The Giverny Capital Prize jury cited Burnham’s “constant capacity for renewal combined with twenty years of high-quality work” as their reason for awarding him the 2025 prize. The award recognizes a significant moment in an ongoing artistic trajectory rooted in experimentation, teaching, and research-based creation.

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