''Landscape Artist of the Year Canada'' is a Canadian reality competition series, which premiered in 2020 on

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and

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. An adaptation of the British series '' Landscape Artist of the Year'', the series featured Canadian artists, both amateur and professional, competing to produce the best

landscape painting Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent compo ...

s of scenes in Canadian nature. The series is hosted by

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, with artist Joanne Tod and curator

Marc Mayer Marc Daniel Mayer (born 1956) is a Canadian arts manager and curator. He was formerly the strategic adviser at the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto. Early life Mayer was born and raised in a Franco-Ontarian

as judges, and art historian

Ian Dejardin Ian A. C. Dejardin (born 26 August 1955) is an art historian who was director of the Dulwich Picture Gallery in Dulwich, England. In August 2016 Dulwich Picture Gallery announced that he would be leaving to become chief executive of the McMichael ...

as a commentator on the history of landscape art in Canada. The winner of the series receives a $10,000 cash prize, and has their work displayed at the

McMichael Canadian Art Collection The McMichael Canadian Art Collection (MCAC) is an art museum in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. The museum is located on a property in Kleinburg, an unincorporated village in Vaughan. The property includes the museum's main building, a sculpture garde ...

gallery in

Kleinburg Kleinburg is an unincorporated village in the city of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is home to the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, an art gallery with a focus on the Group of Seven, and the Kortright Centre for Conservation. In 2001, the villag ...

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. The series entered production in 2019. Its first season aired in winter 2020 on Makeful, and was added to CBC Gem in the fall. The first season was won by Nelson Cheng, an artist from

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...

. The series received two

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nominations at the

9th Canadian Screen Awards The 9th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held in the week of May 17 to 20, 2021, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2020.Barry Hertz, "How one Canadian arts institution is rebuilding amid the p ...

in 2021, for Best Direction in a Reality or Competition Program or Series (Graeme Lynch) and Best Writing in a Lifestyle or Reality/Competition Program or Series (Carly Spencer), both for the episode "Midland Town Dock".Brent Furdyk
"Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations"
''

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'', March 30, 2021.

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