Win an Original Christian Chapman Painting
Support Art and Culture in Thunder Bay
The Thunder Bay Art Gallery invites you to enter the 2025 Christian Chapman Art Raffle for your chance to win a one-of-a-kind original painting by the celebrated Anishinaabe artist and 2025 Sobey Art Award nominee, Christian Chapman.
Christian Chapman, of Fort William First Nation, is known for his striking portraiture and mixed-media works that honour Anishinaabe identity, cultural memory, and Indigenous futurism. His recent nomination for the Sobey Art Award—Canada’s most prestigious contemporary art prize—recognizes his outstanding contributions to visual arts in the North and across the country.
This raffle offers a rare opportunity to own an original piece by an artist whose practice is deeply rooted in our region and who is shaping the future of Indigenous art in Canada.
Image: Christian Chapman, This Must Be the Place, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 43”x 51”
🎨 Prize: Original painting by Anishinaabe artist Christian Chapman
🎁 Value: $4,000
🎟 Tickets: $5 each or 5 for $20
🔢 Total Tickets Available: Up to 4,511
📅 Draw Date: Friday, December 19, 2025, at 4:00 PM
📍 Draw Location: Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 1080 Keewatin Street, Thunder Bay, ON
All proceeds directly support the Thunder Bay Art Gallery’s capital construction costs of it’s new waterfront facility, now underway along the shore of Lake Superior.
This visionary capital project will create a fully accessible, state-of-the-art cultural space — expanding exhibition areas for contemporary artists, enhancing art educational programming for all ages, and strengthening economic development and cultural tourism on Thunder Bay’s revitalized waterfront.
By purchasing a ticket, you’re helping bring this world-class arts and cultural hub to life — a space that will inspire, connect, and serve the Thunder Bay region for generations to come.
Thank you for supporting the future of art in the North.
Miigwetch to Christian Chapman for his generous support and dedication to community-based arts.
Learn more about Christian’s Sobey Award nomination here.
To learn more about the new waterfront gallery click here.
Please note:
• Tickets may not be purchased by, for, or on behalf of individuals under 18 years of age.
• Ticket purchasers must be physically located in Ontario at the time of purchase.
• The prize will be awarded as stated. No substitutions or cash value equivalent.
