The winners of the 48th Annual Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries Awards were announced on December 1, 2025 and included Fine Arts Alum Behnaz Fatemi (MFA '24). Behnaz won the award First Exhibition In A Public Art Gallery for her exhibition Rhythm of Remembering at the Art Windsor-Essex Gallery.
"This year’s theme, MAKE YOUR MARK – LAISSEZ VOTRE MARQUE, focuses on defending Canadian cultural sovereignty, and supporting the arts as a public good. This theme calls for collective imagination and urgent action: to protect and nurture the expressions that make us feel alive, connected, and human. In a time of heightened social, environmental, economical and political volatility, Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (GOG) is leading the dialogue on protecting and standing up for Canadian culture – that it is not a commodity, vulnerable to political pressures, but is essential to our sovereignty." - from the Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (GOG) Awards website