Contributing to the success and development of emerging visual artists from around the world since 1955.

J. NELSON SHANKS, 1960 / 1961 Grantee
Danilova's Slipper, 1977
Oil on canvas
© J. Nelson Shanks

About the foundation

The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation was created in 1955 by Charles Glass Greenshields, Q.C., a distinguished Montreal lawyer and amateur artist, in memory of his mother, Elizabeth. 

Mr. Greenshields firmly believed that discipline, hard work and serious training in the traditional means of artistic expression were fundamental to the growth and development of the artist.  His determination to help dedicated young artists and students pursue the mastery of the traditional techniques and workmanship in painting and sculpture prompted him to establish and endow a foundation for this purpose. 

To date, the Foundation has provided financial assistance to more than 2000 students and artists from 80 countries.

Mr. Greenshields personally directed the Foundation that he created for the first 13 years of its existence and remained active in its organization until his death, in 1974. His vision and his mission live on through the foundation that he so generously endowed.

 In recognition of its unwavering commitment to supporting students and emerging artists in representational art since 1955, the Foundation was awarded the Excellence in Fine Art Education Award from the Portrait Society of America in 2016 and the Gari Melchers Memorial Medal from the Artists' Fellowship in 2021.

Mr. Greenshields directed that the funds of the Foundation be used to help young artists acquire the necessary training, skills and competence in the traditional artistic methods, specifically excluding all grants to those “who show clearly a disposition to use the purely abstract or non-objective method in their work.”

The philosophy outlined by Mr. Greenshields in his endowment has informed the mission of the Foundation over the previous 68 years and it continues to do so to this day.

The Foundation provides financial assistance, by way of grants, to young artists who are pursuing their studies or are in the early stage of their career,  are working in a representational style of painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking, and demonstrate the determination and talent to pursue a lifetime career in their art practice.The Foundation does not provide funding for the pursuit of abstract or non-objective art.

The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant is one of the most prestigious grants available to emerging representational artists, as well as one of the most substantial. It is one of the longest standing, with an illustrious history of recipients spanning more than half a century. It is also unique in its scope, in that it is available to students and artists around the world.

The Foundation's grantees are renowned artists, both nationally and internationally, as well as highly respected art professors, teachers and mentors. The Foundation is extremely proud of its grantees and of their accomplishments. A selection of the works of some of the Foundation’s previous grantees can be found in the Gallery.

First grants are in the amount of CAD $17,000 each. Subsequent grants are in the amount of CAD $20,000 each. Grants are made directly to the beneficiaries, not to or through other organizations. 

Grantees may not receive more than three grants in their lifetime.

Grants are awarded based solely on the information contained in the Application Form and the supporting documentation and material submitted with it. The Foundation does not conduct personal interviews. The decision of the Foundation is final and is not subject to review or appeal. 

Grantees

The following talented young artists and art students were recently awarded grants by the Foundation.

Javed Akhtar, India
3rd Grant, Painting

Luke Baggott, South Africa
3rd Grant, Painting
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Sudeep Bashyal, Nepal
3rd Grant, Printmaking

Jacob Broussard, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Ludovic Cléroux, Canada
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Yolande Heijnen, Netherlands
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Sebastian Hosu, Romania
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Aubrey Levinthal, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Danica Lundy, Canada
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Michelle MacKinnon, Canada
3rd Grant, Drawing
Website

Erik Nieminen, Canada
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Esteban Ocampo Giraldo, Colombia
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Mary Sauer, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Sara-Jeanne Bourget, Canada
2nd Grant, Drawing
Website

Kevin Brisco, United States
2nd Grant, Painting

Marcelo Daldoce Gomes, Brazil
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Pierre Durette, Canada
2nd Grant, Sculpture
Website

Anna Freeman Bentley, United Kingdom
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Robin Gleason, United States
2nd Grant, Printmaking
Website

Yedidya Hershberg, Israel
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Stephanie Temma Hier, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Gabrielle Hill, Canada
2nd Grant, Sculpture

Morgan Irons, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Natalia Kalicki, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Peggy Kouroumalos, Canada
2nd Grant, Drawing / Sculpture
Website

Lydia Larson, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Maud Madsen, Canada
2nd Grant, Drawing
Website

Bradley Milligan, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Arcmanoro Niles, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Kyle Scheurmann, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Ivana Stulic, Croatia
2nd Grant, Painting

Anna Weyant, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Catherine Ade, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Printmaking
Website

Jonathan Aller, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Tania Alvarez, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Davis Arney, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Bridget Bailey, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Alicia Brown, Jamaica
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Lizi Budagashvili, Georgia
1st Grant, Painting

Stella Cade Rotstein, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Katelyn Chapman, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Bee Chessman, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Camilla Marie Dahl, United States
1st Grant, Painting / Scultpure
Website

Gaurab Das, Bangladesh
1st Grant, Sculpture

Mantu Das, India
1st Grant, Painting

Michael Loren Diaz, United States
1st Grant, Drawing / Painting
Website

Mollie Douthit, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Alyssa Ebinger, United States
1st Grant, Printmaking
Website

Holly Fedida, Canada
1st Grant, Painting

Aaron Feltman, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Juraj Florek, Slovakia
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Jemma Gunning, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Printmaking
Website

Clare Haward, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Erick Alejandro Hernández, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Daina Higgins, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Aisling Jelinski, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Mark Johnsen, United States
1st Grant, Printmaking
Website

Vanessa Jones, Ireland / United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Kanchan Karjee, India
1st Grant, Sculpture

Sophie Lourdes Knight, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Anna Kristensen, Australia
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Marie-Claude Lacroix, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Vincent Larouche, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Junyi Liu, China
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Sarah Lubin, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Shannon Lucy, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Rachel MacFarlane, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Arnela Mahmutovic, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Lindsey Mclean, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Selma Arely Morales Roberts, Mexico
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Margarita Moreno, Colombia
1st Grant, Drawing

Rajashree Nayak, India
1st Grant, Printmaking
Website

Eryn O'Neill, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Tim Patrick, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Lydia Pepi, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Alexandre Pépin, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Aurora Ioana Popescu, Romania
1st Grant, Drawing
Website

Narbi Price, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Anne Carney Raines, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Danielle Roberts, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Abbey Rosko, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Jose Guadalupe Sanchez III, United States
1st Grant, Painting

Polly Seip, United States
1st Grant, Painting

Edward Steffanni, United States
1st Grant, Printmaking
Website

Lauren Stevens, United States
1st Grant, Printmaking

Sandra Strele, Latvia
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Jenna Tooley, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Anna van der Ploeg, South Africa
1st Grant, Painting
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Megan Ashley Waller, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Jiannan Wu, China
1st Grant, Sculpture
Website

Simeon Youngmann, United States
1st Grant, Drawing
Website

Shangkai Kevin Yu, Taiwan
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Yuri Yuan, China
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Nikita Zadorozhnyy, Ukraine
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Catherine Ade, United Kingdom
2nd Grant, Printmaking
Website

Priscilla Aleman, United States
1st Grant, Sculpture
Website

Bix Archer, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Vera Autiero, Venezuela
1st Grant, Drawing / Painting
Website

Polina Barskaya, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Ofir Begun, Israel
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Lydia Blakeley, United Kingdom
2nd Grant, Painting
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Keiran Brennan Hinton, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Lizi Budagashvili, Georgia
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Stephanie Buer, United States
1st Grant, Painting / Drawing
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Elizabeth Butto, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Ivana Carman, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Anne Carney Raines, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Haleigh Collins, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Liam Corcoran, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Véronique Chagnon Côté, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Jackson Denahy, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Stephanie Dishno, United States
1st Grant, Sculpture
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Regiane Donadio, United States
1st Grant, Sculpture
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Abigail Dudley, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Laurel Dugan, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Julie Dumont, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Soul Eom, South Korea
2nd Grant, Painting
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Madelyn Foutz, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Santiago Galeas, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Emily Gillbanks, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
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Jennifer Globush, Canada
1st Grant, Drawing
Website

Jemma Gunning, United Kingdom
2nd Grant, Printmaking
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Austin Harris, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Christopher Hartmann, Germany
1st Grant, Painting
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Daina Higgins, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Eli Hill, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Georgia Hinaris, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Kevin Hopkins, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Laura Hudspith, Canada
1st Grant, Sculpture
Website

Monica Ikegwu, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Shabnam Jannesari, Iran
1st Grant, Drawing / Painting
Website

Lori Johnson, United States
2nd Grant, Drawing
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Tatsiana Karpachova, Belarus
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Anosha Khan, Canada
2nd Grant, Sculpture
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Sophie Knight, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Konstantina Krikzoni, Greece
1st Grant, Painting
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Viswanath Kuttum, India
1st Grant, Painting
 

Yann Lacroix, France
1st Grant, Painting
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Michelle Lassaline, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Alessandro Levato, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Jessica Lincoln, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Ishmael Lipman, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Klaire A. Lockheart, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Larry Madrigal, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
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Kirubel Abebe Mandefro, Ethiopia
1st Grant, Painting
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Brian Mthobisi Maphumulo, South Africa
1st Grant, Drawing
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Taylor Maroney, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Graham Martin, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
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Grace Mattingly, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Quentin James McCaffrey, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Neil McClelland, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
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Vanessa McKernan, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Heather McLeod, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Julia Medynska, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Hannah Murray, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
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Rajashree Nayak, India
2nd Grant, Printmaking
Website

Clio Newton, United States
3rd Grant, Drawing
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Iva Pesic, Serbia
1st Grant, Painting
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Kate Pincus-Whitney, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Novembra Raymond, United States
1st Grant, Sculpture
 

Catherine Repko, Ireland
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Danielle Roberts, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Gonzalo Rodríguez Gómez, Spain
1st Grant, Painting
 

Tajh Rust, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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José Sarmiento, Colombia
1st Grant, Painting
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Agomoni Sen, India
1st Grant, Painting
 

Divyangi Shukla, India
3rd Grant, Sculpture
 

Kelsey Shwetz, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Jackson Slattery, Australia
1st Grant, Painting
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Serena Stevens, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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David Stewart, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Emily Strong, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Matthew Tarini, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
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Joani Tremblay, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
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Parker Lily Tuson-Morse, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Madison Vander Ark, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Paloma Vianey, Mexico
1st Grant, Painting
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Lukey Walden, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Edward Walsh, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Thomas Walton, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Lauren Whearty, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Bryan Wilson, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Georg Wilson, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Mohammad Abbasi, Iran
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Tania Alvarez, United States
2nd Grant, Painting/Mixed Media
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Konstantinos S. Argyroglou Argyropoulos, Greece
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Davis Arney, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Marcus Banuelos, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Marion Bataillard, France
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Patrick Bayly, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Megan Bowyer, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Drawing
Website

Kevin Brisco, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Alicia Brown, Jamaica
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Jelena Bulajic, Serbia
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Antonia Caicedo, Colombia
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Katelyn Chapman, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Camilla Marie Dahl, United States
2nd Grant, Painting/Sculpture
Website

Mollie Douthit, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Antônia de Oliveira Bara, Brazil
1st Grant, Drawing
Website

Kathleen Eastwood-Riaño, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Bryan Fernandez, United States
1st Grant, Mixed Media/Painting
Website

Jake Garfield, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Printmaking
Website

Emma Gerigscott, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Emily Gillbanks, United Kingdom
2nd Grant, Painting,
Website

Louise Giovanelli, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
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Kainoa Gruspe, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
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Sandra Gustafson (Szandra None), United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Samuel Guy, United States
1st Grant, Painting 
Website

Austin Harris, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Charlotte Healey, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Erick Hernandez, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Kevin Hopkins, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Andréanne Hudon, Canada
1st Grant, Painting/Drawing
Website

Jidai Izumitani, Japan
1st Grant, Drawing/Painting
 

Adam Lupton, Canada
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Bradley Milligan, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Ivana Stulic, Croatia
3rd Grant, Painting/Drawing
Website

Robert Jinkins, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Vanessa Jones, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Jasmine (Jazz) Keillor, Canada
1st Grant, Drawing/Painting
Website

Steffen Kern, Germany
1st Grant, Drawing
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Heraa Khan, Pakistan
1st Grant, Painting
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Preslav Kostov, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
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Kira Layton-Magaloni, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Emily Legleitner, United States
1st Grant, Printmaking
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Daniel Leyland, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
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Jocelyn Licwinko, United States
1st Grant, Mixed Media
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Mercedes Llanos, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Shannon Lucy, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Sarah Lubin, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Shoora Majedian, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Emily Mannion, Ireland
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Paloma (Vianey) Martinez, Mexico
2nd Grant, Painting/Sculpture/Printmaking
Website

Heather McLeod, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Julia (Tyrell) Medynska, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Megan Menzies, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Kelly Micca, United States
1st Grant, Painting/Sculpture
Website

Erin Milez, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Shantel Miller, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Mina Mohtasham, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Walter Moodie, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Evan Morse, United States
2nd Grant, Sculpture
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Ruth Murray, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
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Paul Nadeau, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Sofia Nifora, Greece
1st Grant, Drawing
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Kent O'Connor, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Eryn O'Neill, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
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Francesca Onesti, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Printmaking
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Meghna Patpatia, India
1st Grant, Drawing
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Hanne Peeraer, Belgium
1st Grant, Painting/Drawing
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Nilisha Phad, India
1st Grant, Painting
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Visakha Jane Phillips, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Emma Pierson, United States
1st Grant, Painting
 

Marc Prats, Spain
1st Grant, Painting
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Michela Roman, Canada
1st Grant, Sculpture/Drawing
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Jennifer Roper, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
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Laura Rosengren, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Paloma Ruiz Chong, Mexico
1st Grant, Painting
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Sequoia Scavullo, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Jess Self, United States
1st Grant, Sculpture
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Kelsey Shwetz, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
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John Singletary, United States
1st Grant, Painting 
Website

Alexis Soul-Gray, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Drawing/Painting
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Sandra Strele, Latvia
2nd Grant, Painting
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Lauren Szabo, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Anna van der Ploeg, South Africa
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Dave Walsh, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Jeffrey Wood, Canada
1st Grant, Painting 
Website

Mikey Yates, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Manuel Aja Espil, Argentina
1st Grant, Painting
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Mark Thomas Anderson, United States
1st Grant, Painting / Drawing
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Nicole Irene Anderson, United States
1st Grant, Painting / Mixed Media
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Amy Applegate, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Melanie Barnett, Canada 
1st Grant, Sculpture
Website

Marion Bataillard, France
2nd Grant, Painting
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Polina Barskaya, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Curtis Botham, Canada
2nd Grant, Drawing
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Keiran Brennan Hinton, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
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Stephanie Buer, United States
2nd Grant, Drawing
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Lelia Byron, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Erlisa Çerkini, Kosovo
1st Grant, Painting
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Matthew Cole, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Emanuel De Carvalho, Portugal
1st Grant, Painting
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Abigail Dudley, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Mara Eagle, Canada
2nd Grant, Printmaking
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Soul Eom, South Korea
3rd Grant, Painting / Drawing
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Austin T. Fickel, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Laurena Finéus, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Juraj Florek, Slovakia
2nd Grant, Painting
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Martin Geiger, United States
2nd Grant, Drawing / Painting
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Meenakashi Ghadial, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Jemma Gunning, United Kingdom
3rd Grant, Drawing / Printmaking
Website

C'naan Hamburger, United States
1st Grant, Drawing / Painting
 

Char Healey, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting / Drawing
Website

Elisabeth Honey, Australia
1st Grant, Painting /Drawing / Mixed Media
 

Kevin Hopkins, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
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Shabnam Jannesari, Iran
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Vanessa Jones, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
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Shivangi Kalra, India
1st Grant, Painting
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Andrea Kastner, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
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Abbi Kenny, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Zachary Lank, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Sophia Lapres, Canada
1st Grant, Painting / Drawing
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Eva Lewis, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Jose Santiago Llanos Gutierrez, Chile
1st Grant, Painting
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Tiffani Love, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Junyi Lu, China
1st Grant, Painting
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Alice Macdonald, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
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Aaron Maier-Carretero, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Michael McCaffrey, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Quentin James McCaffrey, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
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Andrew James McKay, Canada
3rd Grant, Mixed Media
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Brittany Miller, United States
1st Grant, Painting,
Website

Celia Mora Garcia, Spain
1st Grant, Painting 
Website

Hannah Murray, United Kingdom
2nd Grant, Painting
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Dominic Musa, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Paul Nadeau, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
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Ellie Kayu Ng, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Nicole Parker, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Tim Patrick, United Kingdom
2nd Grant, Painting
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Michelle Peraza, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Chrystal Phan, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Adam Phong, Malaysia
1st Grant, Drawing / Painting
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Paula Querido, Brazil
1st Grant, Painting
 

Jobelle Quijano, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Pratik Raut, India
1st Grant, Painting
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Audrey Rodriguez, United States
1st Grant, Painting / Sculpture
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Michela Roman, Canada
2nd Grant, Sculpture
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Bryan Sanchez, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Joel Seow, Singapore
1st Grant, Painting
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Alexis Soul-Gray, United Kingdom
2nd Grant, Painting
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Kat Spears, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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David Stewart, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
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Hannah Stoll, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Rebekah Stoneberg, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Li Wang, China
1st Grant, Painting
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Julia Wess, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Kat Wiese, United States
1st Grant, Painting / Mixed Media
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Bryan Wilson, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
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Georg Wilson, United Kingdom
2nd Grant, Painting / Mixed Media
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Rei Xiao, Turkey
1st Grant, Painting
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Yuri Yuan, China
2nd Grant, Painting
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Emmanuel Aboagye, Ghana
1st Grant, Painting
 

Manuel Aja Espil, Argentina
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Tania Alvarez, United States
3rd Grant, Painting / Mixed Media
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Davis Arney, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
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Kate Bang, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Polina Barskaya, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
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Mark Bletcher, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
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Kathryn Blommel, United States
1st Grant, Drawing
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Silas Borsos, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Amy Bravo, United States
1st Grant, Painting / Mixed Media
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Ben Bui, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
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Katie Butler, United States
1st Grant, Painting
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Valerie Camila, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Andie Carver, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Sofía Centurión, Uruguay
1st Grant, Painting / Drawing
Website

Erlisa Çerkini, Kosovo
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Helia Chitsazan, Iran
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Juan Correa, United States
1st Grant, Drawing / Printmaking
Website

Jennifer Cronin, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Marie-Danielle Duval, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Stephano Espinoza Galarza, United States
1st Grant, Painting / Sculpture
Website

Luke Fair, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Laurena Finéus, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Jared Friedman, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Jake Garfield, United Kingdom
2nd Grant, Printmaking
Website

Touba Golshani Mehr, Iran
1st Grant, Painting
 

Samuelle Grande, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

C'naan Hamburger, United States
2nd Grant, Drawing / Printmaking / Painting
 

Patrick F. Henry, Canada
1st Grant, Sculpture
Website

Daina Higgins, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Georgia Hinaris, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Jonah Hoffman, United States
1st Grant, Painting / Drawing
Website

Jordan Horton, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Jidai Izumitani, Japan
2nd Grant, Drawing
Website

Olivia Jia, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Ashley Johnson, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Josephine Johnson, Canada
1st Grant, Drawing
 

Graesen Joyce, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Shivangi Kalra, India
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Sara Khan, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting / Mixed Media
Website

Preslav Kostov, United Kingdom
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Alison Kruse, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Athenkosi Kwinana, South Africa
1st Grant, Drawing / Printmaking
Website

Danny Leyland, United Kingdom
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Maud Madsen, Canada
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Aaron Maier-Carretero, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Nasim Makaremi Nia, Iran
1st Grant, Drawing / Painting
Website

Kirubel Mandefro, Ethiopia
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Eeman Masood, Pakistan
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Sylvie Mayer, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Julia Medynska, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Brittany Miller, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Puja Mondal, India
1st Grant, Painting
 

Celia Maria Mora Garcia, Spain
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Mohadese Movahed, Iran
1st Grant, Painting / Drawing
Website

Matthew Napoli, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Amaldev S Narayanan, India
1st Grant, Sculpture
Website

Rajashree Nayak, India
3rd Grant, Printmaking
Website

Ana Neifeld, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Jackson O'Brasky, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Tessa Greene O'Brien, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Michelle Paterok, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Elisabeth Perrault, Canada
1st Grant, Sculpture
Website

Sabrina Pinksen, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Grace Qian, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Paula Querido, Brazil
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Areeba Qureshi, Pakistan
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Afonso Rocha, Portugal
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Paloma Ruiz-Chong, Mexico
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Ryan Schroeder, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Tom Scotcher, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Kelsey Shwetz, Canada
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Ellen Siebers, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Justine Skahan, Canada
1st Grant, Painting / Drawing
Website

Madeline Sturm, United States
1st Grant, Printmaking
Website

Corri-Lynn Tetz, Canada
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Joani Tremblay, Canada
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Annika Tucksmith, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Paloma Vianey, Mexico
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Dave Walsh, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Emma White, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Mikey Yates, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Mohammad Abbasi, Iran
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Isabel Acuna Marin, Colombia
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Jesse Akele, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Hamid Amiri, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Nicole Irene Anderson, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Bix Archer, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Madeleine Baird, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Marcus Banuelos, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

James Bartolacci, United States
1st Grant, Painting / Drawing
Website

Jaden Kyung-Moon Bauch, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Lu Beltrán, Colombia
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Lakshya Bhargava, India
1st Grant, Painting
Website 

Jarvis Boyland, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Stephanie Buer, United States
3rd Grant, Painting / Drawing
Website

Lelia Byron, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Miguel Caba, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Andie Carver, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Daniela Chaparro, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Katelyn Chapman, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Yu Cheng, China
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Damien Cifelli, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Alexandria Couch, United States
1st Grant, Printmaking / Mixed Media
Website

Arjun Das, India
1st Grant, Sculpture
Website

Zita David, Hungary
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Santanu Debnath, India
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Tristen Demmett, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Eric Diehl, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Holly Dudley, United States
1st Grant, Painting / Drawing
Website

Renée Estée, Australia
1st Grant, Painting

Website

Freddie Famiglietti, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Bryan Fernandez, United States
2nd Grant, Mixed Media
Website

Elizabeth Flood, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Jane Forrest, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Eustace Mamba Francis, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Xiaoyi Gao, China
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Braxton Garneau, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Samuelle Grande, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Anna Gregor, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Claire HarnEnz, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Andréanne Le. Hudon, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Michael Igwe, Nigeria
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Maria Ivancsics, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Robert David Jinkins, United States
3rd Grant, Painting / Drawing
Website

Jeremiah Jossim, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Clare Kambhu, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Graham Krenz, Canada
1st Grant, Sculpture
Website

Athenkosi Kwinana, South Africa
2nd Grant, Drawing
Website

Jun Li, China
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Arel Lisette, United States
1st Grant, Drawing
Website

Mercedes Llanos, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Tiffani Love, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Nour Malas, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Emilio Bartolome Martin, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Sylvie Mayer, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Vanessa McKernan, Canada
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Erin Milez, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Amanda Case Millis, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Khadijah Morley, Canada
1st Grant, Printmaking
Website

Liam Murphy-Torres, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Ruth Murray, United Kingdom
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Paul Nadeau, Canada
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Tessa Greene O'Brien, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Victor Olaoye, Nigeria
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Katarzyna Pacholik, Poland
1st Grant, Drawing
Website

Tim Patrick, United Kingdom
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Piero Penizzotto, United States
1st Grant, Sculpture
Website

Nilisha Phad, India
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Cait Porter, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Areeba Qureshi, Switzerland
2nd Grant, Painting / Drawing
Website

Anne Carney Raines, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Emelie Robertson, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Anna Rocke, United Kingdom
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Kaushik Saha, India
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Bryan Ali Sanchez, United States
2nd Grant, Painting
Website

Abishi Sarkar, India
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Ketaki Sarpotdar, India
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Jess Self, United States
2nd Grant, Sculpture
Website

Baran Shafiey, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Hannah Steele, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Jay Stern, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Annie Thompson, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Sylvia Trotter Ewens, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Ekaterina Vanovskaya, United States
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Alexis Villanueva Niebles, Colombia
1st Grant, Printmaking
Website

Danielle Vincent, Canada
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Selina Wagner, United States
1st Grant, Drawing
Website

Agnieszka Wielewska, Poland
1st Grant, Painting
Website

London Williams, United States
1st Grant, Painting / Drawing
Website

Georg Wilson, United Kingdom
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Francesca Woolson, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Nasir Young, United States
1st Grant, Painting
Website

Yuri Yuan, China
3rd Grant, Painting
Website

Barry Yusufu, Nigeria
1st Grant, Painting
Website

News from our Grantees

Eligibility

The Foundation will only fund young artists who are pursuing their studies or are in the early stage of their career, are working in a representational style of painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking, and demonstrate the determination and talent to pursue a lifetime career in their art practice.

The Foundation does not provide funding for the pursuit of abstract or non-objective art.

Style & Discipline

Applicants must work within a representational style of painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking. No other artistic activities or disciplines are funded.

The following, in particular, are not within the mandate of the Foundation and are not eligible for a grant: installation art; public art; murals; textile art; illustration; graphic design; photography; animation; video art; film; digital art; crafts; decorative arts; any work that uses a photograph or digital image as the principal medium or that is produced using computer software or robotics; and any work or activity that falls primarily into any of the foregoing categories.

Career Stage

Applicants must be in the early stage of their career, either as a student or as an emerging artist in the process of launching their career. Grants are not intended as work or project grants for more experienced or mature artists.

Nationality

The Foundation has no geographic, citizenship or residency requirements; its grants are available to eligible applicants from around the world.

Age

Applicants must be at least 18 years of age to be eligible to apply and may not be older than 41 years of age at the time of submitting their application for a first grant.

Candidates who have previously received a grant may apply for a further grant after the age of 41, provided that they continue to meet all other eligibility requirements.

Deadline

There are four application cycles per year; the deadline for each cycle is specified in the Apply section.

Previous Applicants / Grantees

Applicants who have previously applied for but never received a grant from the Foundation and continue to meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to reapply after two years.

Applicants who have previously received a grant from the Foundation, have complied with the terms and conditions of their grant(s), and continue to meet the eligibility requirements, are eligible to reapply after one year, whether or not their most recent application was successful.

Applicants must be individuals applying on their own behalf; applications may not be submitted for the benefit or on behalf of any other person. Artistic groups, collectives and organizations are not eligible, nor are individuals permitted to apply on their behalf.

Please refer to the FAQs found on this website for further information on the Foundation’s eligibility requirements.

How to apply

In order to apply for a grant, an applicant must use the application accessed from this site. No other form of application will be accepted.

Applications must be completed and submitted online. Applications submitted in any other manner, including by email, mail or otherwise, will not be accepted.

Applicants must provide all of the information and upload all of the material and documentation required for the application. This includes:

  • Personal Information
    Applicant's full name, artist name (if any), gender, date of birth, contact information, country of citizenship, website URL, and how he or she heard about the Foundation.
  • Proof of Identity
    Government issued photo ID and proof of citizenship, current address and date of birth. 
  • Education and Training
    A list of the universities, colleges and art schools attended with the degrees / diplomas obtained and the date (or projected date) of graduation. 
  • Exhibitions
    A list of the exhibitions in which the applicant's work has been displayed during the previous five years, or will be displayed in the next two years.
  • Awards and Prizes
    A list of all awards and prizes received during the previous five years.
  • Portfolio
    Images of six representative works (no more or less) produced in the two years immediately preceding the date of the application. These must be original works produced by the applicant alone.
  • Proof of Acceptance
    If the applicant is applying to further his or her art education or training, a proof of acceptance or enrollment from the institution where he or she intends to study or train.
  • Artistic Proposal
    A description of the proposed work, project or course of study or training that the applicant intends to undertake with a grant from The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. 
  • Artist Statement
    A brief artist statement relating to the applicant's previous and current work.
  • Budget
    A budget for the proposed work, project, or course of study or training described in the applicant's Artistic Proposal.
  • Letter of Reference
    A letter of reference from a teacher or professor, an artist or curator who is familiar with both the applicant and the applicant's work and is able to support his or her application.

All documents and material (including the letter of reference) must be submitted in French or in English. Documents or material in another language must be provided to the Foundation in their original language, along with a French or English translation. An official translation of certain documents is required; these include all documents relating to the applicant's proof of identity, proof of acceptance to a program of study or training, where required, and the letter of reference.

FAQ

Apply

Prior to starting an application, please carefully review all of the information on our website, including Eligibility, How to Apply, and the FAQs, to ensure that you are eligible to apply and understand the application process.

Click below to create an account and start an application or return to an application you have already started.

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IMPORTANT: We are currently in the fourth application cycle of 2024; the deadline for applications in this cycle is December 13, 2024. All in-progress applications that are not submitted by this deadline will be deleted. See the table below for this year’s application cycle dates.

Application
Cycle
Open Date Close Date/Deadline Earliest grant period
start date*
Expenses related to studies
starting in the following school term(s)
are eligible for funding
in progress October 1, 2024 December 13, 2024 February 15, 2025 Summer (May - August) 2025
1 January 1, 2025 February 28, 2025 May 15, 2025 Summer (May - August) 2025
Fall (September – December) 2025
2 April 1, 2025 May 30, 2025 August 15, 2025 Fall (September – December) 2025
Winter (January – April) 2026
3 July 1, 2025 August 29, 2025 November 15, 2025 Winter (January – April) 2026
4 October 1, 2025 November 28, 2025 February 15, 2026 Summer (May - August) 2026


*This is also the latest date by which applicants will receive a decision