The Kingston Prize has announced the 30 finalists for its 2025 national portrait competition. We congratulate each finalist and thank all the incredible artists who submitted their works this year. With 420 entries from across Canada, The Kingston Prize is a truly notable, national competition.
The 2025 Kingston Prize exhibition will be held November 8–14 at Arta Gallery in Toronto’s historic Distillery District and is free to attend. The jury will announce the winner, along with two honourable mentions, on November 14.
The board also thanks the 2025 competition jury:
Gordon Shadrach, Canadian painter
Chloe Pelletier, Curator, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Lauchie Reid, Chair of Illustration, OCAD University
2025 Finalists
Gene Boshkaykin, Thunder Bay, ON
Omar Canales-Cisneros, Barrie, ON
Lauren Crazybull, Vancouver, BC
Diego De La Rosa, Toronto, ON
Marc Dubois, Ottawa, ON
Michael Goodson, Ottawa, ON
Cara Guri, Surrey, BC
Iris Hauser, Saskatoon, SK
Tanyss Horsley, Toronto, ON
Odera Igbokwe, Vancouver, BC
Kelly Isaak, Calgary, AB
Caroline Ji, Scarborough, ON
Louise Kermode, Waterloo, ON
James Chiahan Lee, Montréal, QC
Laura Lewis, Winnipeg, MB
Shevon Lewis, Toronto, ON
Andy MacLean, Antigoinish, NS
Sébastian Maltais, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC
Orlin Mantchev, Pouch Cove, NL
Erin McCluskey, Toronto, ON
Opeyemi Olukotun, Brandon, MB
Michelle Peraza, Toronto, ON
Roxanne Sauriol Hauenherm, Montréal, QC
Kyle Stewart, Cobourg, ON
Ian Stone, Montréal, QC
Kale Vandenbroek, Toronto, ON
Leslie Watts, Stratford, ON
Nelson White, St. John’s, NL
Hannah White, Whitby, ON
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun, Vancouver, BC
