Awardee Index

Since its inception, the Creative Capital Award has funded more than 1,000 visionary artists working in the visual arts, performing arts, dance, theater, jazz, film, literature, technology, and multidisciplinary forms across the United States.

1062 Artists

1062 Artists

Kaneem Smith

Forsaken Eulogies: Indifference

Visual Arts, Installation

2008

Installation, Sculpture, Visual Arts, 2008

Kaneza Schaal

JACK &

Performing Arts, Performance Art

2016

Performance Art, Performing Arts, Theater, 2016

Kari Margolis

Sleepwalkers

Performing Arts, Theater

2002

Performing Arts, Theater, 2002

Karina Aguilera Skvirsky

How to build a wall and other ruins

Visual Arts, Moving Image

2019

Moving Image, Photography, Video Art, Visual Arts, 2019

Karolina Sobecka

The Matter of Air

Visual Arts, Architecture & Design

2009

Architecture & Design, Ecological Art, Visual Arts, 2009

Karthik Pandian

Lucid Decapitation

Experimental Film, Literary Arts

2022

Experimental Film, Literary Arts, Moving Image, 2022

Karyn Olivier

Inbound: Houston

Visual Arts, Public Art

2005

Public Art, Visual Arts, 2005

Kassa Overall

DETROIT

Music, Multimedia Performance

2023

Multimedia Performance, Music, Performing Arts, Socially-Engaged Art, Socially-Engaged Performance, 2023

Kate Ladenheim

Gestural Publics

Performing Arts, Dance

2025

Dance, Multimedia Performance, Performing Arts, 2025

Katherine Behar

Inside Outsourcing

Technology, Digital Media

2023

Digital Media, Hardware, Socially-Engaged Art, Socially-Engaged Technology, Technology, 2023

Kathryn Ramey

El Signo Vacío

Documentary Film, Experimental Film

2019

Documentary Film, Experimental Film, Moving Image, 2019

Kathy Aoki

Koons Ruins Atlas

Visual Arts, Painting & Printmaking

2025

Painting & Printmaking, Visual Arts, 2025

Katie Grinnan

The Vault

Visual Arts, Ecological Art

2025

Ecological Art, Sculpture, Video Art, Visual Arts, 2025

Katie Pearl

How To Build A Forest

Performing Arts, Installation

2009

Installation, Performance Art, Performing Arts, 2009

Katrin Sigurðardóttir

Supra Terram

Visual Arts, Installation

2015

Installation, Visual Arts, 2015

Kay Miller

Kiss of the Wild

Visual Arts, Painting & Printmaking

2001

Painting & Printmaking, Visual Arts, 2001

KCHUNG

News Body

Technology, Multimedia

2016

Multimedia, Public Art, Technology, Visual Arts, 2016

Kelli Jo Ford

Nvgvgotanvhi

Literature, Literary Arts

2023

Literary Arts, Literary Fiction, Literature, Socially-Engaged Art, Socially-Engaged Literature, 2023

Kelly Gallagher

BY ALL YOUR MEMORIES

Film/Moving Image, Documentary Film

2024

Documentary Film, Experimental Film, Film/Moving Image, Moving Image, Socially-Engaged Film, 2024

Kelly Heaton

Bibiota

Technology, Sculpture

2002

Sculpture, Software, Technology, Visual Arts, 2002

Ken Gonzales-Day

Profiled

Visual Arts, Photography

2012

Photography, Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art, Visual Arts, 2012

Ken Jacobs

Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus / A Primer In Sky Socialism

Experimental Film, Moving Image

2012

Experimental Film, Moving Image, 2012

Ken Nintzel

You Are Here

Visual Arts, Installation

2009

Installation, Sculpture, Visual Arts, 2009

Kenjji Jumanne-Marshall

KuroManga Magazine

Graphic Novel, Literary Arts

2006

Graphic Novel, Literary Arts, 2006

Kenny Fries

In the Province of the Gods

Literary Arts, Literary Nonfiction

2009

Literary Arts, Literary Nonfiction, 2009

Kenseth Armstead

Spook™

Documentary Film, Graphic Novel

2008

Documentary Film, Graphic Novel, Literary Arts, Moving Image, 2008

Kenya (Robinson)

CHEEKY LaSHAE: Karaoke Universal

Performing Arts, Multimedia Performance

2016

Multimedia Performance, Performing Arts, 2016

Kenya Evans

The People's Plate

Visual Arts, Cultural Organizing

2008

Cultural Organizing, Public Art, Socially-Engaged Art, Visual Arts, 2008

Kerry Lowe

Peripheral City

Technology, Multimedia Performance

2002

Multimedia Performance, Public Art, Technology, Visual Arts, 2002

Kerry Skarbakka

Fluid

Visual Arts, Photography

2005

Photography, Visual Arts, 2005

Kerry Tribe

The Loste Note

Technology, Multimedia

2012

Multimedia, Technology, Video Art, Visual Arts, 2012

Kevin Jerome Everson

A Week in the Hole

Experimental Film, Moving Image

2001

Experimental Film, Moving Image, 2001

Kevin McCoy

Soft Rains

Technology, Digital Media

2002

Digital Media, Software, Technology, 2002

Kevin Michael Key

History of Incarceration

Performing Arts, Theater

2009

Performing Arts, Theater, 2009

Kia LaBeija

Wom(y)n with a Y

Visual Arts, Experimental Film

2019

Experimental Film, Moving Image, Photography, Visual Arts, 2019

Kianga Ford

Walking Home

Visual Arts, Installation

2008

Installation, Video Art, Visual Arts, 2008

Kimi Maeda

一憶ハウス (Ichi Oku House)

Performing Arts, Multimedia Performance

2023

Multimedia Performance, Performing Arts, Puppetry, Theater, 2023

Kirjan Waage

Made in China

Performing Arts, Musical Theater

2013

Musical Theater, Performing Arts, Puppetry, 2013

Kirk Lynn

The Method Gun

Performing Arts, Theater

2006

Performing Arts, Theater, 2006

Kite

Ohutkan / Wachacha Wiwihanble (Dreaming Roots / Blooms)

Technology, Socially-Engaged Art

2023

Socially-Engaged Art, Socially-Engaged Technology, Technology, 2023

Kito Jumanne-Marshall

KuroManga Magazine

Graphic Novel, Literary Arts

2006

Graphic Novel, Literary Arts, 2006

Klip Collective

Vacant America

Technology, Multimedia

2015

Multimedia, Public Art, Technology, Visual Arts, 2015

Kristin Leong

The Family Court Report

Literature, Literary Arts

2023

Literary Arts, Literary Nonfiction, Literature, Socially-Engaged Art, Socially-Engaged Literature, 2023

Kristina Wong

Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Performing Arts, Comedy

2006

Comedy, Performing Arts, 2006

Kristine Woods

Parlour

Visual Arts, Architecture & Design

2008

Architecture & Design, Public Art, Visual Arts, 2008

Kurt Rohde

Newtown Odyssey

Performing Arts, Opera

2021

Opera, Performing Arts, Sculpture, 2021

Kyle Abraham

Dearest Home

Performing Arts, Dance

2013

Dance, Performing Arts, 2013

Kyle Daniel-Bey

Entry Points

Visual Arts, Social Practice

2024

Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Visual Art, Visual Arts, 2024

Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi

The Black Trans Prayer Book: A Documentary

Performing Arts, Experimental Film

2020

Experimental Film, Moving Image, Performance Art, Performing Arts, 2020

Laleh Mehran

REFUGIA-BAZ (Becoming Autonomous Zones)

Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art

2002

Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art, 2002