List of Creative Capital grant recipients

This is a list of Creative Capital grant recipients, or people who have received a grant from the nonprofit arts funder Creative Capital. It is sorted by year in reverse chronological order.

2021

Moving image

• Suha Araj  [ fr ]
• Shirley Bruno
• William D. Caballero
• Reid Davenport
• Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Terence Nance
• Crystal Kayiza
• Adam Khalil, Bayley Sweitzer
• Jenny Lion
• Jules Rosskam
• Elaine McMillion Sheldon
• Débora Souza Silva
• Martine Syms

Socially-Engaged Art

• Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, Jocelyn Jackson, Saqib Keval
• Joseph Cuillier III, Shani Peters
• Sherrill Roland
• Bayeté Ross Smith
• Anna Tsouhlarakis
• Jordan Weber
• Shana M. Griffin

Technology

• Wafaa Bilal
• Lars Jan

Literature

• Anne Finger
• Mitchell S. Jackson
• Meng Jin
• Sabrina Orah Mark
• Marc Anthony Richardson
• Simone White
• Legacy Russell

Performing Arts

• Marie Lorenz, Kurt Rohde, Dana Spiotta
• Derek McPhatter
• Julian Terrell Otis
• Will Rawls
• Tomeka Reid

Visual Arts

• Sandy Rodriguez
• Jessica Vaughn

2020

Literature

• Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi, J Mase III
• Wendy Walters
• Marcia Douglas
• Randa Jarrar
• Tonya Foster
• Kamau Patton
• Mark Nowak

Performing Arts

• Becca Blackwell
• Dorian Wood
• Estrellx supernova
• Eisa Davis
• Yahdon Israel, Tyehimba Jess, Janice A. Lowe
• Papel Machete
• Nia Witherspoon
• Jawwaad Taylor
• Jumatatu m. Poe
• Jibz Cameron, Sue Slagle
• Ebony Noelle Golden

Visual Arts

• Mercedes Dorame
• Jesse Krimes
• John W. Love Jr
• Steffani Jemison
• Jarett Mellenbruch

Moving Image

• Stephanie Wang-Breal
• Nikyatu Jusu
• Jasmin Mara López
• Diane Paragas
• Rodrigo Reyes

Socially-Engaged Art

• Jackie sumell
• Cannupa Hanska Luger

Technology

• Angela Washko
• Nathan Shafer
• Amitis Motevalli
• Tamara Shogaolu

2019

Visual Arts

• Alison O’Daniel
• Karina Aguilera Skvirsky
• Alan Ruiz
• Nathaniel Corum & Joseph Kunkel
• Polly Apfelbaum
• MAOF
• Alejandro Durán
• Allison Janae Hamilton
• Bahar Behbahani

Literature

• Elissa Washuta
• Maaza Mengiste
• Joanna Fateman
• C. A. Conrad

Moving Image

• Nomi Talisman & Dee Hibbert-Jones
• Ramona S. Diaz
• Michael Premo
• Wes Hurley
• Kathryn Ramey
• Todd Chandler
• Daresha Kyi
• Ja’Tovia Gary
• S. Leo Chiang
• Kia LaBeija & Taina Larot
• Michelle Handelman
• Leslie Tai

Performing Arts

• Alice Sheppard
• Martha Redbone & Aaron Whitby
• Ni’Ja Whitson
• Charlotte Brathwaite
• Meshell Ndegeocello
• Linda Parris-Bailey
• Samora Pinderhughes
• Paul S Flores, Yosvany Terry & Rosalba Rolon
• Shontina Vernon
• Cristal Chanelle Truscott
• Larissa FastHorse
• Raja Feather Kelly
• Lauren McCarthy

Emerging Fields

• Stephanie Dinkins
• Jen Liu
• Brandon Ballengée
• Ekene Ijeoma
• Sharita Towne & Lisa K. Bates (since split)
• Victor Payan & Sandra Pocha Peña
• Niv Acosta
• Michele Stephenson
• Caleb Duarte
• Garrett Bradley
• Laura Doggett
• Elissa Moorhead

2016

Emerging Fields

• Tanya Aguiñiga
• Zach Blas
• Peter Burr and Porpentine
• Melanie Crean, Shaun Leonardo and Sable Elyse Smith
• desert ArtLAB (April Bojorquez and Matt Garcia)
• Heather Dewey-Hagborg
• Liz Glynn
• Heather Hart and Jina Valentine
• Marisa Morán Jahn
• KCHUNG
• Yotam Mann
• Eva and Franco Mattes
• Irvin Morazan
• Laura Parnes
• Kenya (Robinson)
• Evan Roth
• Chris E. Vargas

Literature

• Jesse Ball
• Desveladas (Macarena Hernández, Sheila Maldonado, Nelly Rosario)
• LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
• Percival Everett
• Eileen Myles
• Dao Strom

Performing Arts

• Cornell Alston and Kaneza Schaal
• Jeff Becker
• Peter Born and Okwui Okpokwasili
• Ligia Bouton, Matt Donovan and Lei Liang
• Sharon Bridgforth
• Ben Thorp Brown
• Ann Carlson
• Mallory Catlett
• Ellen Sebastian Chang and Amara Tabor-Smith
• Jim Findlay
• Robin Frohardt
• Sean Graney
• Brian Harnetty
• Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Carmelita Tropicana
• Joseph Keckler
• Heather Kravas
• Ahamefule J. Oluo
• Pegasus Warning (Guillermo E. Brown)
• Graham Reynolds
• Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble (Tei Blow and Sean McElroy)
• James Scruggs
• Erika Chong Shuch
• Yara Travieso

2015

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Moving Image

• Michael Almereyda
• Martha Colburn
• Cherien Dabis
• Christopher Harris
• Lauren Kelley
• Maryam Keshavarz
• Klip Collective (Josh James and Ricardo Rivera)
• Andy Kropa
• Lily & Honglei
• Shola Lynch
• Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen
• Jillian Mayer and Lucas Leyva (Mayer\Leyva)
• Lotfy Nathan
• Pat O'Neill
• Carlo Ontal
• Lorelei Pepi
• Shawn Peters
• Jennifer Reeder
• Jon Rubin
• Ry Russo-Young
• Lee Anne Schmitt
• Dan Schneidkraut
• Travis Wilkerson

Visual Arts

• A.K. Burns
• Heather Cassils
• Carolina Caycedo
• Mike Crane
• Danielle Dean
• Abigail DeVille
• Maria Gaspar
• Mariam Ghani
• Eric Gottesman
• Titus Kaphar
• Jon Kessler
• Narcissister
• Brittany Nelson
• Lorraine O'Grady
• Jeanine Oleson
• Gala Porras-Kim
• Beatriz Santiago Muñoz
• Carrie Schneider
• Anna Sew Hoy
• Amie Siegel
• Katrin Sigurdardottir
• Wu Tsang
• Ivan Velez

2013

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Emerging Fields

• Juan William Chávez,
• Julia Christensen
• Design 99 (Mitch Cope & Gina Reichert)
• Fallen Fruit (David Burns, Matias Viegener & Austin Young)
• Ghana Think Tank (John Ewing, Maria del Carmen Montoya & Christopher Robbins)
• Nick Hallett & Shana Moulton
• Natalie Jeremijenko
• Maryam Keshavarz & Roya Rastegar
• Ali Momeni
• Laurie Jo Reynolds
• Susan Robb
• Chemi Rosado-Seijo
• Steve Rowell
• Gregory Sale
• Miriam Simun
• Elaine Tin Nyo
• Quintan Ana Wikswo

Literature

• Jessica Anthony
• Jen Bervin
• John McManus
• Maggie Nelson
• Srikanth Reddy
• Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts

Performing Arts

• Kyle Abraham
• luciana achugar
• Jesse Bonnell
• Taylor Ho Bynum
• Wally Cardona
• Jace Clayton
• Complex Movements (Carlos Garcia, Invincible, Wesley Taylor & Waajeed)
• Corey Dargel
• Degenerate Art Ensemble (Joshua Kohl & Haruko Nishimura)
• DD Dorvillier
• Faye Driscoll
• Michelle Ellsworth
• Trajal Harrell
• Emily Johnson
• Dohee Lee
• Miwa Matreyek
• Neal Medlyn
• Mondo Bizarro (Millicent Johnnie, Sean LaRocca & Nick Slie)
• Queen GodIs & Makeda Thomas
• The TEAM (Jessica Almasy, Rachel Chavkin, Matt Hubbs & Libby King)
• Arturo Vidich & Daniel Wendlek
• Wakka Wakka Productions (Gabrielle Brechner, Kirjan Waage & Gwendolyn Warnock)
• Holcombe Waller

2012

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Film/Video

• Cam Archer
• Robert Bahar & Almudena Carracedo
• Amy Belk & Matt Porterfield
• Brad Butler
• Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel
• Eric Dyer
• Daniel Eisenberg
• Yance Ford
• Brian L. Frye & Penny Lane
• Sonali Gulati
• Kenneth Jacobs
• Nina Menkes
• Akosua Adoma Owusu
• Brian Pera
• Rick Prelinger
• Michael Robinson
• Mark Elijah Rosenberg
• Norbert Shieh
• Stacey Steers
• Deborah Stratman
• Jesse Sugarmann
• Christopher Sullivan
• Jake Yuzna

Visual Arts

• Janine Antoni
• Patty Chang
• LaToya Ruby Frazier
• Theaster Gates
• Ken Gonzales-Day
• Taraneh Hemami
• Tahir Hemphill
• Simone Leigh
• Eric Leshinsky & Zach Moser
• Phillip Andrew Lewis
• Carlos Motta
• My Barbarian (Malik Gaines, Jade Gordon & Alexandro Segade)
• Postcommodity (Raven Chacon) & Nathan Young)
• The Propeller Group (Matt Lucero & Tuan Andrew Nguyen)
• Teri Rofkar
• Paul Rucker
• Connie Samaras
• Lisa Sigal
• Jim Skuldt
• Kerry Tribe
• Joan Waltemath
• Women (Scott Barry & Neil Doshi)
• Amy Yao

2009

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Emerging Fields

• Matthew Coolidge, Center for Land Use Interpretation
• Cesar Cornejo
• James Coupe
• Beatriz da Costa
• eteam
• Futurefarmers
• Catherine Herdlick
• Shih Chieh Huang
• Lisa Jevbratt
• Jae Rhim Lee
• neuroTransmitter
• Richard Pell
• Stephanie Rothenberg
• Mark Shepard
• Karolina Sobecka
• Sam Van Aken

Innovative Literature

• Paul Beatty
• Kenny Fries
• Ben Marcus
• Bernadette Mayer
• Rebecca Solnit
• Deb Olin Unferth

Performing Arts

• Byron Au Yong and Aaron Jafferis
• Victor D. Cartagena, Roberto Gutierrez Varea, Violeta Luna, David Molina and Antigone Trimis
• Nora Chipaumire
• Steve Cuiffo, Trey Lyford and Geoffrey Sobelle
• Lisa D’Amour and Katie Pearl
• Chris M. Green
• Miguel Gutierrez
• Robert Farid Karimi
• Zoe Keating and Jeffrey Rusch
• Heidi Latsky Dance
• Young Jean Lee
• Los Angeles Poverty Department
• Taylor Mac
• Barak Marshall, Tamir Muskat, and Margalit Oved
• David Neumann and Richard Sylvarnes
• Ken Nintzel
• Tere O’Connor
• Tommy Smith and Reggie Watts
• Deke Weaver

2008

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Film/Video

• Kenseth Armstead
• Anita Chang
• Erin Cosgrove
• Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
• Rodney Evans
• Lynn Hershman Leeson
• Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
• Brad Lichtenstein and Vernon Reid
• Billy Luther
• Tara Mateik
• Cat Mazza
• Leighton Pierce
• Laura Poitras
• Anayansi Prado
• Jay Rosenblatt
• David Russo
• Luke Savisky
• Cauleen Smith
• Danial Sousa
• Banker White and Zach Niles
• Julie Wyman

Visual Arts

• Sanford Biggers
• Susan Brandt and Kristine Woods
• Kianga Ford
• Joseph Grigely
• Wayne Hodge
• Jennie C. Jones
• Kalup Linzy
• Naeem Mohaiemen
• Matthew Moore
• Otabenga Jones & Associates
• Angela Reginato
• Kaneem Smith
• Eve Sussman
• SuttonBeresCuller
• Mark Tribe
• Trimpin
• Lauren Woods
• Mario Ybarra Jr.
• Bruce Yonemoto and Juli Carson
• Emna Zghal and Michael Rakowitz

2006

Emerging Fields

• Cory Arcangel
• Luca Buvoli
• REDUX CALLSPACE
• Laura Carton
• Brody Condon
• Hassan Elahi
• MTAA + RSG
• Auriea Harvey (Tale of Tales)
• Kenjji
• Amelia Kirby
• Kito Jumanne-Marshall
• Brian Knep
• Golan Levin
• Jane Marsching
• Sheryl Oring
• Donna Porterfield
• Jakub Segen
• Nick Szuberla
• Marek Walczak
• Martin Wattenberg

Digital Arts

• Paul Vanouse
• Stephen Vitiello
• Allison Wiese

Literature

• Jeffrey Allen
• Alan Gilbert
• Christian Hawkey
• Cole Swenson

Performing Arts

• Mason Bates & Anne Patterson
• Lisa Bielawa
• Michael Bryant, Grisha Coleman, Jesse Gilbert, John Oduroe, & Robert Peagler
• Rude Mechanicals
• Radiohole
• Danny Hoch
• Joan Jeanrenaud & Alessandro Moruzzi
• Marc Bamuthi Joseph
• Gulgun Kayim
• Locust
• Ledoh Ledoh
• Mickle Maher
• Sarah Michelson
• Bebe Miller
• David Rousseve
• Sophiline Shapiro
• Susan Simpson
• Tamango Van Cayseele
• Ricki Vincent
• Kristina Wong
• Nami Yamamoto

2005

Visual Arts

• Edgar Arceneaux
• Olga Koumoundouros and Rodney McMillan
• James Bidgood
• Max King Cap
• Bruce Chao
• Liz Cohen
• Nancy Davidson
• Peggy Diggs
• Jeffrey Gibson
• Pablo Helguera
• Carolyn Lathan-Stiefel
• Deborah Lawrence
• Annie Han & Daniel Mihalyo
• Mark Newport
• Ruben Ochoa
• Karyn Olivier
• Susanne Cockrell and Ted Purves
• Artemio Rodriguez
• Joseph Schneider
• Kerry Skarbakka
• Noelle Tan

Video and Film

• Natalia Almada
• Usama Alshaibi
• Ina Archer
• Bill Daniel
• Paula Durette
• Edgar Endress & Lori Lee
• James Fotopoulos
• Jennifer Fox
• Jacqueline Goss
• Brent Green
• Christina Ibarra
• Braden King
• James Lyons
• Jake Mahaffy
• Peter Sillen
• Alex Stikich
• Naomi Uman
• Edin Velez
• Glenda Wharton
• Christopher Wilcha
• Eric Wolf

2002

Performing Arts

• Homer Avila
• Sujata Bhatt
• Maureen Brennan, Ellen Baird, Kerry Lowe, and Ashley Smith
• Ronald K. Brown
• Nick Cave
• Joanna Haigood and Wayne Campbell
• Shelley Hirsch
• Dan Hurlin
• Vijay Iyer and Michael Ladd
• John Leanos
• James Luna
• Kari Margolis
• Bob Massey
• Cynthia Oliver
• Daniel Roumain
• Rafael Sanchez
• Andrew Simonet
• Donna Uchizono
• Victoria Vazquez
• Richard Winberg
• Yasuko Yokoshi
• Pamela Z

Emerging Fields

• Steven Badgett
• Cindy Bernard
• Sawad Brooks
• Tana Hargest
• Kelly Heaton
• Miranda July
• Eduardo Kac
• Heidi Kumao
• Steven Kurtz
• Suzanne Lacy
• George Legrady
• Sharon Lockhart
• Jennifer McCoy
• Mark Napier
• Sabrina Raaf
• Marie Sester
• Eddo Stern
• Faith Wilding

2001

Media

• Steven Bognar                          
• Bill Brown
• Ellen Bruno
• Erica Cho                                  
• Ricardo Dominguez
• James Duesing  
• Kevin Everson        
• Vicki Funari
• Joe Gibbons
• Sam Green
• Vanalyne Green
• Rachel Mayeri
• Leslie McCleave
• Jon Moritsugu    
• Bill Morrison
• Suzan Pitt                
• Reynold Reynolds
• Erik Saks              
• Jeffrey Scher      
• Elizabeth Subrin
• Chel White                  
• David Wilson          
• Caveh Zahedi             
• Marina Zurkow

Visual Arts

• Chris Burnett and Michael Rees
• Gaye Chan                            
• Mel Chin
• Elena del Rivero
• Sam Easterson
• Hirokazu Kosaka
• Catherine Lord
• Jeannette Louie
• Mary Lucier
• Beverly McIver
• Kay Miller
• Franco Mondini-Ruiz
• William Pope.L
• Dread Scott
• Paul Shambroom
• Arthur Simms
• Bentley Spang
• Christine Tarkowski
• Christine Yamamoto

2000

Emerging Fields

• Betty Beaumont
• Natalie Bookchin
• Josely Carvalho
• Maya Sara Churi
• Patrick Clancy
• Alison Cornyn
• Leah Gilliam
• Jessica Irish
• Prema Murthy
• John Simon Jr.
• Ray Thomas
• Helen Thorington

Media

• Peggy Ahwesh
• Craig Baldwin
• Roddy Bogawa
• Portia Cobb
• Adam Cohen
• Jem Cohen
• Todd Downing
• Sandi DuBowski
• Jeanne Finley
• Barbara Hammer
• Jon Jolles
• Lewis Klahr
• Chris Munch
• Spencer Nakasako
• Diane Nerwen
• Joanna Priestley
• Scott Saunders
• Philip Solomon
• T. Tran
• Ela Troyano

Performance

• Djola Branner
• Jane Comfort
• Fred Curchack
• Brian Freeman
• Janie Geiser
• Joe Goode
• David Hancock
• Rennie Harris
• Jon Jang
• John Jasperse
• Daniel Alexander Jones
• Lisa Kron
• Ralph Lemon
• Richard Maxwell
• Meredith Monk
• Jennifer Monson
• Tracie Morris
• Jarrad Powell
• Amelia Rudolph
• Carl Hancock Rux
• Elizabeth Streb
• Sekou Sundiata
• Basil Twist

Visual Arts

• Xenobia Bailey
• Conrad Bakker
• Erika Blumenfeld
• Tony Cokes
• Chris Doyle
• Matthew Geller
• Maria Elena Gonzalez
• Fred Holland
• Martha Jackson-Jarvis
• Wendy Jacob
• Shannon Kennedy
• Zoe Leonard
• Zhi Lin
• Jyung Park
• Alex Rivera
• Jason Salavon
• Joseph Scanlan
• Sue Schaffner
• Mary Ellen Strom
• Mel Ziegler

See also

• Creative Capital

References

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