Awards

Best of Art Fair Award

Judged by: Ana Serrano, President & Vice-Chancellor, OCAD University

2026 | $10,000 by IG Wealth Management.
Esther Doyeon Kim
Murray & Marvelle Koffler Founder's Award

Judged by: Tiana Koffler Boyman, Board Director and past Chair, Koffler Arts & Flavio Belli, Curator and Gallerist

2026 | $10,000 by The Koffler Foundation.
Roberto Centazzo
Ken Danby Award for Best of Realism

Judged by: Flavio Belli, Curator & Gallerist

2026 | $6,500 by The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Foundation.
Mahtab Rezvani
Jini Stolk Best of Online Art Fair Award

Judged by: Ana Serrano, President & Vice-Chancellor, OCAD University

2026 | $2,650 by Anonymous Donor in memory of Jini Stolk
Maisa Mreiwed
Mayor's Purchase Award

Judged by: Olivia Chow, Mayor of Toronto & Tara Chadwick, Chief Curator, City of Toronto

2026 | Supported by City of Toronto.
Elicser Elliott
Best of Student Award

Judged by: Derek Sullivan, Associate Professor, Sculpture/Installation, OCAD University

2026 | $1,650 Marie Collins Memorial Award & ArtHubs Toronto Inc. Award (A residency at Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts and solo exhibition at Youngplace, Value $2,500)
Songshu Liu
Best of Painting Award

Judged by: Taiga Bentley, Owner/Director, Olga Korper Gallery

2026 | $2,650 by Brett Ledger & Patricia Olasker.
Shannon Sandwell
Honourable Mention Painting Award

Judged by: Taiga Bentley, Owner/Director, Olga Korper Gallery

2026 | $650 by Valérie Lockerbie & Richard Shimoda.
Yueyang Wang
Best of 2D Works Award

Judged by: Joy Wong, Artist & Educator

2026 | $2,650 by Extrudex Aluminum.
Anna Kavehmehr
Best of Paper Award

Judged by: Judged by Nancy Jacobi, Founder & Tara Moore-Jones, President, The Japanese Paper Place

2026 | $650 Gift Card by The Japanese Paper Place
Roberto Centazzo
Best of 3D Works Award

Judged by: Michael Belmore, Artist

2026 | $2,650 by Al Green in Memoriam.
Kevin MacLean
Best of Photography & Digital Media Award

Judged by: Meera Margaret Singh, Artist/Associate Professor/Chair of Photography, Printmaking & Publications, OCAD University

2026 | $2,650 by Jennifer Longhurst & Lars Bendsen.
Chris Robinson
PhotoEd Magazine Award

Judged by: Rita Godlevskis, photoED Magazine’s Editor /Publisher

2026 | Three recipients will receive a subscription to PhotoEd Magazine. One recipient will receive a Print Feature and $165 artist fee.
Chris Robinson
PhotoEd Magazine Award

Judged by: Meera Margaret Singh, Artist/Associate Professor/Chair of Photography, Printmaking & Publications, OCAD University

2026 | Three recipients will receive a subscription to PhotoEd Magazine. One recipient will receive a Print Feature and $165 artist fee.
Carolyn Cheng
Honourable Mention Photography & Digital Media Award

Judged by: Meera Margaret Singh, Artist/Associate Professor/Chair of Photography, Printmaking & Publications at OCAD University

2026 | Supported by Total Image Works.
Meaghan Ogilvie
PhotoEd Magazine Award

Judged by: Meera Margaret Singh, Artist/Associate Professor/Chair of Photography, Printmaking & Publications, OCAD University

2026 | Three recipients will receive a subscription to PhotoEd Magazine. One recipient will receive a Print Feature and $165 artist fee.
Immanuel Wood Lynes-Ford
Best of Craft & Design Award

Judged by: Steven Heinemann, Ceramic Artist

2026 | $2,650 by Robert K E Mitchell & Brian H Wade from Mitchell Studios.
Brad Turner
Aaron Milrad's Best of Ceramics Award

Judged by: Aaron Milrad, Art Collector & President, Surreal Holding Inc.

2026 | $2,650 by Surreal Holdings Inc.
Maria Moldovan
Best of Textiles Award

Judged by: Chung-Im Kim, Textile Artist

2026 | $1,650 by Chung-Im Kim & Steven Heinemann.
Ruth Wickremesooriya
Most Innovative Use of Material Award

Judged by: Steven Heinemann, Ceramic Artist

2026 | $850 by Lonsdale Gallery/Chad Wolfond
Nahum Flores

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