401 Richmond Career Launcher Prize

Works created during one year in residence at 401 Richmond as the 2017-18 Career Launcher Prize recipient

Installation views of concluding Open Studio and Exhibition

This body of work was produced with the support of 401 Richmond, and the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council.

Open Studio and Exhibition Press Release

401 Richmond Career Launcher Prize Announcements from 401 Richmond and Canadian Art

Toronto-based sculptor Ellen Bleiwas is the winner of 401 Richmond’s Career Launcher Prize. Bleiwas holds a master of fine arts from York University (2017) and a master of architecture from McGill University (2010). Her sculptural installations construct seclusive spaces with felt, demonstrating “a keen understanding of materiality while at the same time invoking a corporeal relationship to constructed space,” says a press release. Since 2000, the arts incubator’s annual prize has presented a promising recent graduate of a Toronto post-secondary fine arts program with a 500-square-foot studio for one year. - Canadian Art

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