by Yukon Prize | Feb 4, 2025 | 2025 Finalists, 2025 Longlist
The Yukon Prize for Visual Arts Jane Isakson 2025 Finalist Artist Bio A life-long interest in nature and the outdoors brought Jane north to the Yukon after finishing her BFA at the University of Alberta (with distinction, 1998). Her painting practice is nature based,...
by Yukon Prize | Feb 4, 2025 | 2025 Longlist
The Yukon Prize for Visual Arts Omar Reyna 2025 Longlist Artist Bio Omar Reyna is a Mexican-Canadian interdisciplinary artist who focuses on the intersection of research and the activity of making. He believes that the process of making while experimenting serves as a...
by Yukon Prize | Feb 4, 2025 | 2025 Finalists, 2025 Longlist
The Yukon Prize for Visual Arts Jeneen Frei Njootli 2025 Finalist Artist Bio Jeneen Frei Njootli lives in the bush with her husband and babies outside of Old Crow, YT. A recovering academic, they are truly living the meme of closing your computer and running into the...
by Yukon Prize | Feb 4, 2025 | 2025 Finalists, 2025 Longlist
The Yukon Prize for Visual Arts Randi Nelson 2025 Finalist Artist Bio Randi Nelson, a Secwépemc artist and fashion designer from St’uxwtéws First Nation based in Whitehorse, Yukon, is dedicated to preserving Indigenous materials of wealth through her designs. Blending...
by Yukon Prize | Feb 4, 2025 | 2025 Longlist
The Yukon Prize for Visual Arts Megan “Guná” Jensen 2025 Longlist Artist Bio Guná is of Dakhká Tlingit/Tagish Khwáan Ancestry from the Dahk’laweidi Clan. She honours her ancestral Tlingit art form while merging formline into a bold contemporary vision....