Zack takes home RBC painting prize

Toronto

Published September 15, 2005 Updated April 22, 2018

Vancouver artist Etienne Zack was named the winner of the RBC Canadian Painting Competition yesterday, taking home the $25,000 first prize for his work escape from shapes.

Honourable mentions, along with $15,000 prizes, were handed out to two of the competition's 15 semi-finalists -- Mathew Reichertz of Halifax, for #16 from his Tiny Town series, and Toronto's Kristine Moran, for her work Control and Choice.

Paintings by all of the competition's semi-finalists will be on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Toronto until Saturday. Staff

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