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

Norbert Shieh

Preserves

Documentary Film, Moving Image

2012

Documentary Film, Moving Image, Narrative Film, 2012

Not An Alternative

The Natural History Museum Presents: The Supreme Court of Red Natural History

Artistic Activism, Cultural Organizing

2020

Artistic Activism, Cultural Organizing, Socially-Engaged Art, 2020

Nyugen Smith

See Me See We

Visual Arts, Sculpture

2022

Sculpture, Visual Arts, 2022

Okwui Okpokwasili

Poor People's TV Room

Performing Arts, Dance

2016

Dance, Performance Art, Performing Arts, 2016

Olga Koumoundouros

A Philosophy of Time Travel

Visual Arts, Installation

2005

Installation, Sculpture, Visual Arts, 2005

ONEOFUS

Sleeping Beauty: She Woke (Panto Project)

Performing Arts, Musical Theater

2023

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

Oscar Rene Cornejo

LAND

Visual Arts, Ecological Art

2025

Ecological Art, Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Visual Art, Visual Arts, 2025

Otabenga Jones & Associates

The People's Plate

Visual Arts, Cultural Organizing

2008

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

Pablo Helguera

The School of Panamerican Unrest

Visual Arts, Installation

2005

Installation, Public Art, Visual Arts, 2005

Pamela Miller

History of Incarceration

Performing Arts, Theater

2009

Performing Arts, Theater, 2009

Pamela Sneed

America is Ready

Literature, Literary Arts

2023

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

Pamela Z

Voci (Voices)

Performing Arts, Multimedia Performance

2002

Multimedia Performance, Music Performance, Performing Arts, 2002

Paola Prestini

Sensorium Ex

Music, Opera

2025

Music, Opera, Performing Arts, Socially-Engaged Performance, 2025

Paola Segura Cornelio

Bal Trips

Visual Arts, Artistic Activism

2022

Artistic Activism, Installation, Socially-Engaged Art, Visual Arts, 2022

Papel Machete

On the Eve of Abolition

Performing Arts, Puppetry

2020

Performing Arts, Puppetry, Theater, 2020

Pat O’Neill

Drift, Wait, Obey

Visual Arts, Installation

2015

Installation, Photography, Visual Arts, 2015

Patrick Clancy

The Writing Machine

Technology, Installation

2000

Installation, Internet Art, Technology, Visual Arts, 2000

Patty Chang

The Wandering Lake

Visual Arts, Multimedia

2012

Multimedia, Visual Arts, 2012

Paul Beatty

The Sellout

Literary Arts, Literary Fiction

2009

Literary Arts, Literary Fiction, 2009

Paul Rucker

Rewind

Performing Arts, Multimedia

2012

Multimedia, Music Composition, Performing Arts, Technology, 2012

Paul S. Flores

We Have Iré

Performing Arts, Jazz

2019

Jazz, Musical Theater, Performing Arts, Theater, 2019

Paul Shambroom

Meetings

Visual Arts, Photography

2001

Photography, Visual Arts, 2001

Paul Vanouse

Latent Figure Protocol

Technology, Installation

2006

Installation, Multimedia, Technology, Visual Arts, 2006

Paula Durette

Long Pink Coats and Harleys

Animation, Experimental Film

2005

Animation, Experimental Film, Moving Image, 2005

Paula Gaetano Adi

Guanaquerx

Technology, Hardware

2023

Hardware, Socially-Engaged Art, Socially-Engaged Technology, Software, Technology, 2023

PearlDamour

How To Build A Forest

Performing Arts, Installation

2009

Installation, Performance Art, Performing Arts, 2009

Peggy Ahwesh

The Star Eaters

Moving Image, Narrative Film

2000

Moving Image, Narrative Film, 2000

Peggy Diggs

Work Out

Visual Arts, Public Art

2005

Public Art, Visual Arts, 2005

Penny Lane

NUTS!

Animation, Documentary Film

2012

Animation, Documentary Film, Moving Image, 2012

People’s Kitchen Collective

EARTH SEED

Artistic Activism, Social Practice

2021

Artistic Activism, Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art, 2021

Percival Everett

Telephone

Literary Arts, Literary Fiction

2016

Literary Arts, Literary Fiction, 2016

Peter Born

Poor People's TV Room

Performing Arts, Dance

2016

Dance, Performance Art, Performing Arts, 2016

Peter Burr

Aria End

Technology, Games

2016

Games, Technology, 2016

Peter Sillen

I Am Secretly An Important Man

Documentary Film, Moving Image

2005

Documentary Film, Moving Image, 2005

Philip Solomon

Psalm III: Night of the Meek

Experimental Film, Moving Image

2000

Experimental Film, Moving Image, 2000

Phillip Andrew Lewis

Synonym

Technology, Multimedia

2012

Multimedia, Technology, 2012

Pinar Yoldas

Dark Botany: the Dark Banana Plant and other Accelerated Photosynthesis Species

Visual Arts, Architecture & Design

2022

Architecture & Design, Ecological Art, Visual Arts, 2022

Pioneer Winter

Apollo

Performing Arts, Dance

2022

Dance, Multimedia Performance, Performing Arts, 2022

Pocha Peña

Dreamocracy in America

Performing Arts, Multimedia Performance

2019

Multimedia Performance, Performing Arts, Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art, 2019

Polly Apfelbaum

For the Love of Una Hale (Cards of Identity)

Visual Arts, Craft

2019

Craft, Installation, Visual Arts, 2019

Pope.L

The Black Factory

Visual Arts, Sculpture

2001

Sculpture, Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art, Visual Arts, 2001

Portia Cobb

Yonges Island

Experimental Film, Moving Image

2000

Experimental Film, Moving Image, 2000

Postcommodity

Repellent Fence

Visual Arts, Installation

2012

Installation, Public Art, Visual Arts, 2012

Prema Murthy

Mythic Hybrid

Technology, Internet Art

2000

Internet Art, Multimedia, Technology, 2000

Prumsodun Ok

A Deepest Blue

Performing Arts, Dance

2023

Dance, Multimedia Performance, Performing Arts, Theater, 2023

Queen GodIs

Make. Believe.

Performing Arts, Dance

2013

Dance, Multimedia Performance, Performing Arts, 2013

Quintan Ana Wikswo

problemkinder

Literary Arts, Literary Nonfiction

2013

Literary Arts, Literary Nonfiction, Multimedia, 2013

Rachel Chavkin

Primer for a Failed Superpower

Performing Arts, Performance Art

2013

Performance Art, Performing Arts, Theater, 2013

Rachel Mayeri

Stories From the Genome: An Animated History of Reproduction

Animation, Documentary Film

2001

Animation, Documentary Film, Moving Image, 2001

Rachel Rossin

On the Poetics of "Wireless Fidelity" (WiFi)

Visual Arts, Public Art

2024

Public Art, Sculpture, Video Art, Visual Arts, 2024