Audie Murray: 2026 Sobey Art Award Finalist: A remarkable national honour recognizing a practice grounded in care, relation, and transformation.
We are delighted to celebrate Audie Murray's shortlisting for the 2026 Sobey Art Award.
One of Canada's most respected contemporary artists, Murray creates works that ask us to slow down, reflect, and remain attentive to the relationships that shape our lives.
Working across beadwork, sculpture, installation, and drawing, she approaches materials as living carriers of memory, labour, and ancestral knowledge.Through processes that are often intimate and time-intensive, Murray transforms everyday and inherited materials into works that explore continuity, care, and the cyclical nature of time. Her practice offers space for contemplation while addressing the responsibilities and connections that extend across generations.
This recognition by the Sobey Art Award affirms the significance of Murray's contribution to contemporary art in Canada. We are pleased to present a selection of available works and welcome all inquiries here. A full list of available works is available upon request.
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Audie MurrayRootless, 2023Artificial grass, live roses108 x 36 x 36 inches
274.3 x 91.4 x 91.4 cm -
Audie MurrayInner Structure, 2025Bison bone pigment on watercolour paper20 x 15 inches
50.8 x 38.1 cm -
Audie MurrayGrid, 2025Matchstick on watercolour paper20 x 15 inches
50.8 x 38.1 cm -
Audie MurrayNet Charm; <, 2025Glass beads, thread, copper, reutilized beadwork from an unknown artist13 x 8 x 3 inches
33 x 20.3 x 7.6 cm -
Audie MurrayNet Charm; >, 2025Glass beads, thread, copper, reutilized beadwork from an unknown artist13 x 8 x 3 inches
33 x 20.3 x 7.6 cm -
Audie MurrayChi Fii Embraces the Old Ones, 2021Digital photographs on cloth vinyl144 x 72 inches each
(365.8 x 182.9 cm) -
Audie MurrayConsume, 2024Glass seed beads, caribou hair tufting4 x 10 1/2 inches
10.2 x 26.7 cm -
Audie MurrayPortal Rug, 2020Canvas, harvested acorn hat ink, acorn nut ink, horse chestnut ink53 x 78 inches
134.6 x 198.1 cm -
Audie MurrayKitchisk, 2019Toilet paper, seed beads4 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches
10.2 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm -
Audie MurrayOld Bra, 2026Worn bralette, glass beads, copper15 x 12 inches
38.1 x 30.5 cm -
Audie MurrayBud, Tobacco & Spider, 2021Budweiser beer can, silver thread, tobacco bundle, black velvet5 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches
12.7 x 47 x 47 cm -
Audie MurrayNet Weavers; ○, 2026Glass beads, artist's hair, reutilized beadwork from unknown artistVariable. Approx 16 x 6 x 7 inches
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Audie MurrayFour-Point Ply, 2019Toilet paper, seed beads4 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches
10.2 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm -
Audie MurrayFor Hambone, Métis Billy Stick, 2019Giclée print36 x 24 inches
91.4 x 61 cmEdition of 3(Edition record) -
Audie MurrayFuck Around and Find Out, 2021Giclée print36 x 24 inches
91.4 x 61 cmEdition of 3(Edition record)
