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

Mark Nowak

Worker Writers School: Mobile Unit

Literary Arts, Poetry

2020

Literary Arts, Poetry, Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art, 2020

Mark Shepard

Sentient City Survival Kit

Technology, Hardware

2009

Hardware, Multimedia, Technology, 2009

Mark Tribe

The Port Huron Project

Performing Arts, Performance Art

2008

Performance Art, Performing Arts, Public Art, Visual Arts, 2008

Marnie Ellen Hertzler

Frog Hollow

Film/Moving Image, Moving Image

2024

Film/Moving Image, Moving Image, Narrative Film, 2024

Marshall Curry

If a Tree Falls

Documentary Film, Moving Image

2008

Documentary Film, Moving Image, 2008

Martha Colburn

Western Wild...or How I Found Wanderlust and Met Old Shatterhand

Animation, Documentary Film

2015

Animation, Documentary Film, Moving Image, 2015

Martha Jackson Jarvis

The Garden Wall

Visual Arts, Architecture & Design

2000

Architecture & Design, Sculpture, Visual Arts, 2000

Martha Redbone

Black Mountain Women

Performing Arts, Musical Theater

2019

Musical Theater, Performing Arts, 2019

Martha Redbone and Aaron Whitby

Black Mountain Women

Performing Arts, Musical Theater

2019

Musical Theater, Performing Arts, 2019

Martin Wattenberg

Noplace

Technology, Installation

2006

Installation, Software, Technology, Visual Arts, 2006

Martine Syms

Dumb World

Moving Image, Narrative Film

2021

Moving Image, Narrative Film, Video Art, 2021

Mary Ellen Strom

Girls

Performing Arts, Installation

2000

Installation, Multimedia Performance, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, 2000

Mary Kelly

Addendum

Visual Arts, Socially-Engaged Visual Art

2024

Socially-Engaged Visual Art, Visual Arts, 2024

Mary Lucier

The Plains of Sweet Regret

Technology, Installation

2001

Installation, Multimedia, Technology, Visual Arts, 2001

Maryam Keshavarz

The Last Harem

Moving Image, Narrative Film

2015

Moving Image, Narrative Film, 2015

Mason Bates

Mercury Soul: An Electro-Acoustic Evening

Performing Arts, Installation

2006

Installation, Music Performance, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, 2006

Mat Fraser

Sleeping Beauty: She Woke (Panto Project)

Performing Arts, Musical Theater

2023

Musical Theater, Performing Arts, Socially-Engaged Art, Socially-Engaged Performance, Theater, 2023

Matias Viegener

Black Mirror

Visual Arts, Literary Arts

2013

Literary Arts, Poetry, Video Art, Visual Arts, 2013

Matt Donovan

Inheritance

Performing Arts, Opera

2016

Opera, Performing Arts, 2016

Matt Garcia

The Desertification Cookbook

Visual Arts, Ecological Art

2016

Ecological Art, Literary Arts, Literary Nonfiction, Visual Arts, 2016

Matt Hubbs

Primer for a Failed Superpower

Performing Arts, Performance Art

2013

Performance Art, Performing Arts, Theater, 2013

Matt Lucero

TVC Communism

Technology, Experimental Film

2012

Experimental Film, Moving Image, Multimedia, Technology, 2012

Matt Lynch

Clean Livin'

Visual Arts, Architecture & Design

2002

Architecture & Design, Visual Arts, 2002

Matt Porterfield

Sollers Point

Moving Image, Narrative Film

2012

Moving Image, Narrative Film, 2012

Matthew Geller

Foggy Day

Visual Arts, Installation

2000

Installation, Visual Arts, 2000

Matthew Moore

Digital Farm Collective

Technology, Data Visualization

2008

Data Visualization, Internet Art, Technology, 2008

Matthew Sloly

A Philosophy of Time Travel

Visual Arts, Installation

2005

Installation, Sculpture, Visual Arts, 2005

Maura Brewer

Offshore

Performing Arts, Moving Image

2022

Moving Image, Performance Art, Performing Arts, Video Art, 2022

Maureen Huskey

Peripheral City

Technology, Multimedia Performance

2002

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

Max King Cap

God’s Punk

Performing Arts, Installation

2005

Installation, Opera, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, 2005

Maya Churi

Letters From Homeroom

Technology, Internet Art

2000

Internet Art, Multimedia, Technology, 2000

MayerLeyva

Untitled Cuban Monster Movie

Experimental Film, Moving Image

2015

Experimental Film, Moving Image, 2015

Mel Chin

PAYDIRT

Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art

2001

Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art, 2001

Mel Ziegler

Eminent Domain

Visual Arts, Painting & Printmaking

2000

Painting & Printmaking, Public Art, Visual Arts, 2000

Melanie Crean

Mirror/Echo/Tilt

Performing Arts, Multimedia

2016

Multimedia, Performance Art, Performing Arts, Technology, 2016

Meleko Mokgosi

De-futuring and Wilding Futurisms

Visual Arts, Drawing & Illustration

2024

Drawing & Illustration, Painting & Printmaking, Socially-Engaged Visual Art, Visual Arts, 2024

Meng Jin

Mothers and Girls: A Fake Memoir

Literary Arts, Literary Fiction

2021

Literary Arts, Literary Fiction, 2021

Mercedes Dorame

Eclipsing Shadows—We’aashar Moyookmok

Visual Arts, Installation

2020

Installation, Photography, Visual Arts, 2020

Meredith Monk

mercy

Performing Arts, Music Performance

2000

Music Performance, Performing Arts, Theater, 2000

Meredith Talusan

The Shadow Worker: A Novel

Literature, Literary Arts

2023

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

Meshell Ndegeocello

Chapter & Verse: The Gospel of James Baldwin

Performing Arts, Multimedia

2019

Multimedia, Multimedia Performance, Performing Arts, 2019

Miatta Kawinzi

Lullabies for the Distance/d

Film/Moving Image, Experimental Film

2024

Experimental Film, Film/Moving Image, Moving Image, 2024

Michael Almereyda

The Happy Man's Shirt

Moving Image, Narrative Film

2015

Moving Image, Narrative Film, 2015

Michael DiCarlo

Tankugbe Incubation Lab

Technology, Augmented Reality

2023

Augmented Reality, Bio Art, Software, Technology, 2023

Michael Premo

Homegrown

Documentary Film, Moving Image

2019

Documentary Film, Moving Image, 2019

Michael Rakowitz

Enemy Kitchen

Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art

2008

Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art, 2008

Michael Rees

Sculptural User Interface

Technology, Sculpture

2001

Sculpture, Software, Technology, Visual Arts, 2001

Michael Robinson

Circle in the Sand / I'll Be Thunder

Experimental Film, Moving Image

2012

Experimental Film, Moving Image, Narrative Film, 2012

Michaël Samyn

The Path

Technology, Digital Media

2006

Digital Media, Games, Technology, 2006

Michael Sarff

Want

Technology, Digital Media

2006

Digital Media, Software, Technology, 2006