Ishq/Unconditional Love, Video and ghungroo bells, 12:00 minutes, 2020
CARFAC Alberta would like to congratulate Riaz Mehmood as the twelfth winner of the Eldon + Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize. The prize was awarded Wednesday, May 3, at a ceremony held at the Westbury Theatre at the Fringe Theatre Arts Barns, for his work Ishq/Unconditional Love, which was shown at the Art Gallery of Alberta last year.
Of the three shortlisted artists, Riaz was awarded the $15,000 prize, and Madeline Leblanc and Heather Shillinglaw each received a $5000 award.