by Yukon Prize | Jun 24, 2021 | 2021 Finalist
Ken Anderson (Khàtinas.àxh) 2021 Finalist Artist Bio Born and raised in the Yukon, Tlingit and Scandinavian ancestry. Tlingit family and traditions are the foundation of the art I practice. Training and inspiration is largely through informal self study of the form...
by Yukon Prize | Jun 24, 2021 | 2021 Finalist
Amy Ball 2021 Finalist Artist Bio Amy Ball is a visual artist born in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada in 1987. After completing a Meistershülerin from the Staatlich Hoschschüle fur Bildende Künste Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in the class of prof. Douglas...
by Yukon Prize | Jun 24, 2021 | 2021 Finalist
Veronica Verkley 2021 Finalist Artist Bio Veronica Verkley is a sculptor and media artist based near Dawson City Yukon, on the traditional territory of the Trondëk Hwëchin. Ethereal, organic and focused on animal forms and gestures, Veronica’s work shifts between...
by Yukon Prize | Jun 24, 2021 | 2021 Finalist
Sho Sho “Belelige” Esquiro 2021 Finalist Artist Bio Sho Sho “Belelige” Esquiro grew up in Canada’s north in the Yukon. She is of Kaska Dena, Cree and Scottish heritage. Learning to sew at a young age, she thrived growing up with an Artist...
by Yukon Prize | Jun 24, 2021 | 2021 Finalist
Joseph Tisiga 2021 Yukon Prize RECIPIENT Artist Bio Joseph Tisiga was born in 1984 and is a member of the Kaska Dena Nation. He maintains a multidisciplinary practice that is rooted in painting and drawing and includes performance, photography, sculpture and...
by Yukon Prize | Jun 3, 2021 | 2021 Finalist
Krystle Silverfox 2021 Finalist Artist Bio I am a Northern Tutchone (Selkirk First Nation) visual artist residing in New Westminster, BC. I hold a BFA in visual arts (2016) and BA in gender, race, sexuality and social justice (2013) both from UBC; and an MFA in...
