The Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, given to individuals who are artists or craftsman in the fields of visual arts, of the trades of art, architecture and the design. It is named in honour of Paul-Émile Borduas.
The Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas was established in 1977 as one of the Prix du Québec, a series of awards created that year to recognized outstanding careers and contributions in the cultural and scientific fields in Quebec.
The award recognizes an individual's outstanding contribution to the devolepment of visual arts, crafts or digital arts in Quebec.
The disciplines recognized in the field of the trades of art are those which refer to the transformation wood, leather, textiles, metals, silicates or of any other matter.
The recipient receives a non-tawable grant of C$30,000, a silver medal engraved with their name, a calligraphed certificate signed by the Premier of Quebec and the responsible minister, and a silver-plated gold lapel pin.
Winners Reference YearRecipientYearRecipient1977Léon Bellefleur2002Jocelyne Alloucherie1978Ulysse Comtois2003Raymonde April1979Julien Hébert2004Maurice Savoie1980Guido Molinari2005Micheline Beauchemin1981Jean-Paul Riopelle2006Angela Grauerholz1982Roland Giguère2007Rober Racine1983Marcelle Ferron2008Denis Juneau1984Alfred Pellan2009Gabor Szilasi1985Charles Daudelin2010William Vazan1986Betty Goodwin2011Gilles Mihalcean1987Françoise Sullivan2012John Heward1988Fernand Leduc2013Marcel Barbeau1989Claude Tousignant2014Dominique Blain1990Michel Goulet2015Cozic1991Michel Dallaire2016Rita Letendre1992Dan S. Hanganu2017Jana Sterbak1993Armand Vaillancourt2018Geneviève Cadieux1994Henry Saxe2019Luc Courchesne1995Charles Gagnon2020Pierre Bourgault1996Melvin Charney2021André Fournelle1997Irene F. Whittome2022Barbara SteinmanStéphanie Morin, "Prix du Québec : les laورةats sont connus". La Presse, November 2, 2022.1998Jean McEwen2023EvergonJean Siag, "Québec dévoile les lauréats des Prix du Québec". La Presse, October 26, 2023.1999René Derouin2024François Morelli"Rémy Girard et Élise Turcotte parmi les lauréats des Prix du Québec". Ici Radio-Canada, October 16, 2024.2000Jacques Hurtubise2025Nadia Myre"Prix du Québec 2025 : Céline Galipeau et France Castel parmi les lauréats". Ici Radio-Canada, November 10, 2025.2001Roland Poulin
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