Jeune tête d’affiche 2021-2022
Jordan Blackburn
Jordan Blackburn is an Franco-Albertan artist based in Trois-Rivières with a BFA from NSCAD and recently, an MFA from University of Waterloo. Now and Then was developed in the context of his thesis titled In Places Rarely Seen. Informed by personal experience and practice-based research, his work considers complex relationships between humans and nature, and uses visual storytelling to navigate cultural aspects of a worsening ecological crisis. His work has been shown both nationally and internationally and he has received a number of awards for his research, including the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship. jordanblackburn.ca
Jeune tête d’affiche contest
Jordan Blackburn is the recipient of the 2021-2022 Jeune tête d’affiche contest. This annual contest, dedicated to image-based practices, is open to students of Canadian universities and/or Canadian students abroad who are currently completing a Graduate degree program in Fine Arts.
The selected artist will have their image featured in Dazibao’s programming pamphlet and receive an award in the amount of $500. This brochure benefits from a large distribution locally, nationally and internationally, thus giving the selected image to considerable exposure.
Past recipients
© John Boyle-Singfield, Nombre de jours sans accident (2017). Performeure/Performer : Helena Martin Franco.
(Click on the image to view previous posters)
John Boyle-Singfield (2020-2021) / Zinnia Naqvi (2019-2020) / Ralitsa Doncheva (2018-2019) / Emma-Kate Guimond (2017-2018) / Simon Belleau (2016-2017) / Celia Perrin Sidarous (2015-2016) / Didier Morelli (2014-2015) / Rosika Desnoyers (2013-2014) / Alex Kisilevich (2011-2012) / Juan Ortiz-Apuy (2010-2011) / Karen Zalamea (2009-2010) / Atom Deguire (2008-2009)
Dazibao thanks the artist for his generous collaboration as well as its advisory programming committee for its support.
Dazibao receives financial support from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications and the Ville de Montréal.
Dazibao acknowledges that we are located on unceded territory of the Kanien'kehá: ka Nation and that Tiohtiá: ke / Montreal is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations, and today, is home to a diverse population of Indigenous as well as other peoples.