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
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
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
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 & Honor Molloy 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
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
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
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