CIRCA art actuel is pleased to announce that the 2026 Pauline-Desautels Award goes to Yen-Chao Lin for her project En haut comme en bas (As Above, So Below), a large-scale installation made of thousands of copper pennies and enamelled steel, presented at OBORO in 2025.
CIRCA art actuel is pleased to announce the return of the Pauline-Desautels Award. The $5,000 prize is awarded annually to a committed artist whose work in sculpture or installation, in keeping with CIRCA’s mission, has stood out to the public and the artistic community as a whole over the past three years.
CIRCA art actuel is pleased to announce that the Pauline-Desautels Award is awarded to Anouk Verviers for her project Qu’est-ce qu’on peut construire sur un sol en mouvance, presented in 2023 at OPTICA (Montreal).
“Qu’est-ce qu’on peut construire sur un sol en mouvance interweaves several narratives belonging to the same story.
Montreal, April 25, 2023 – CIRCA art actuel is pleased to announce that this year the Pauline-Desautels Prize is awarded to Caroline Mauxion for her project « À charge de désir », presented in 2022 at Arprim, centre d’essai en art imprimé.
Since 2021, CIRCA art actuel will award $5,000 annually to a woman, a committed artist whose sculpture or installation work, in line with CIRCA’s mission, has stood out for the public and the art community as a whole over the past three years.
