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

Sidra Bell

COMMUNION

Performing Arts, Dance

2023

Dance, Jazz, Performing Arts, 2023

Silas Riener

Open Machine

Performing Arts, Dance

2023

Dance, Multimedia Performance, Performing Arts, 2023

Simone Leigh

What's Her Face

Visual Arts, Craft

2012

Craft, Sculpture, Visual Arts, 2012

Simone White

or, on being the other woman

Literary Arts, Multimedia Performance

2021

Literary Arts, Multimedia Performance, Poetry, 2021

Simparch

Clean Livin'

Visual Arts, Architecture & Design

2002

Architecture & Design, Visual Arts, 2002

Sister Engineering

Counterpoints

Performing Arts, Jazz

2023

Jazz, Multimedia Performance, Music Performance, Performing Arts, 2023

Sister Sylvester

Ghost Genes

Performing Arts, Multimedia Performance

2025

Multimedia Performance, Performing Arts, 2025

Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik

EARTH SEED

Artistic Activism, Social Practice

2021

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

Sofía Córdova

Mano de Obra (The Hand of Work)

Visual Arts, Installation

2024

Installation, Performance Art, Video Art, Visual Arts, 2024

Sofian Khan

Karachi Sky

Film/Moving Image, Documentary Film

2024

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

Solo Badolo

Baggré: Science and Maths of the Ancestors

Performing Arts, Dance

2023

Dance, Performing Arts, 2023

Sonali Gulati

Indian Patient

Documentary Film, Moving Image

2012

Documentary Film, Moving Image, 2012

Sophia Nahli Allison

No Kisses Like Youres'

Film/Moving Image, Experimental Film

2025

Experimental Film, Film/Moving Image, Narrative Film, 2025

Sophiline Shapiro

Pamina Devi

Performing Arts, Dance

2006

Dance, Performing Arts, 2006

Spencer Nakasako

Refugee

Moving Image, Narrative Film

2000

Moving Image, Narrative Film, 2000

Srikanth Reddy

Underworld Lit

Literary Arts, Poetry

2013

Literary Arts, Poetry, 2013

Stacey Steers

Edge of Alchemy

Animation, Moving Image

2012

Animation, Moving Image, Narrative Film, 2012

Stefanie Batten Bland

Coup d'Espace

Performing Arts, Dance

2023

Dance, Performing Arts, Socially-Engaged Art, Socially-Engaged Performance, 2023

Steffani Jemison

In Succession

Visual Arts, Installation

2020

Installation, Moving Image, Video Art, Visual Arts, 2020

Steffi Domike

REFUGIA-BAZ (Becoming Autonomous Zones)

Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art

2002

Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art, 2002

Stephanie Dinkins

Not the Only One

Technology, Multimedia

2019

Multimedia, Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art, Technology, 2019

Stephanie Rothenberg

Reversal of Fortune

Visual Arts, Ecological Art

2009

Ecological Art, Installation, Visual Arts, 2009

Stephanie Wang-Breal

Florence from Ohio

Documentary Film, Moving Image

2020

Documentary Film, Moving Image, Video Art, 2020

Stephen Vitiello

Dogs in the Yard, Birds Overhead

Technology, Installation

2006

Installation, Sound Art, Technology, Visual Arts, 2006

Steve Badgett

Clean Livin'

Visual Arts, Architecture & Design

2002

Architecture & Design, Visual Arts, 2002

Steve Barnes

GenTerra

Visual Arts, Installation

2002

Installation, Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art, Visual Arts, 2002

Steve Cuiffo

Elephant Room

Performing Arts, Performance Art

2009

Performance Art, Performing Arts, Theater, 2009

Steve Kurtz

GenTerra

Visual Arts, Installation

2002

Installation, Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art, Visual Arts, 2002

Steve Parker

HOUSTON IS SINKING

Visual Arts, Public Art

2025

Public Art, Sculpture, Sound Art, Visual Arts, 2025

Steve Rowell

Uncanny Sensing, Remote Valleys

Technology, Data Visualization

2013

Data Visualization, Technology, 2013

Steven Bognar

Gravel

Moving Image, Narrative Film

2001

Moving Image, Narrative Film, 2001

Steven Kazuo Takasugi

R.S. in Cody: Heart Mountain

Performing Arts, Music Composition

2022

Music Composition, Musical Theater, Performing Arts, 2022

Steven Tamayo

4 years

Visual Arts, Cultural Organizing

2022

Cultural Organizing, Painting & Printmaking, Socially-Engaged Art, Visual Arts, 2022

subRosa

REFUGIA-BAZ (Becoming Autonomous Zones)

Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art

2002

Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art, 2002

Sue Johnson

360degrees.org

Technology, Artistic Activism

2000

Artistic Activism, Digital Media, Socially-Engaged Art, Technology, 2000

Sue Schaffner

Gynadome: A Separate Paradise

Technology, Internet Art

2000

Internet Art, Multimedia, Technology, 2000

Sue Slagle

Titanic Depression

Performing Arts, Multimedia Performance

2020

Multimedia Performance, Performance Art, Performing Arts, 2020

Suha Araj

Pickled (Khsara)

Comedy, Moving Image

2021

Comedy, Moving Image, Narrative Film, 2021

Sujata Bhatt

Invisible Hand

Performing Arts, Multimedia Performance

2002

Multimedia Performance, Performing Arts, 2002

Suneil Sanzgiri

Two Refusals

Documentary Film, Experimental Film

2022

Documentary Film, Experimental Film, Moving Image, 2022

Sunhui Chang

the boiling

Performing Arts, Multimedia Performance

2023

Multimedia Performance, Performing Arts, Theater, 2023

Susan Chen

Chinatown Girl Scouts: Past & Present

Visual Arts

2025

Visual Arts, 2025

Susan Narucki

Chance Encounter

Performing Arts, Music Performance

2006

Music Performance, Performing Arts, Public Art, Visual Arts, 2006

Susan Robb

Wild Times

Visual Arts, Ecological Art

2013

Ecological Art, Public Art, Visual Arts, 2013

Susan Simpson

Lead Feet and Nothing Upstairs: The History of the Lifelike

Performing Arts, Performance Art

2006

Performance Art, Performing Arts, Puppetry, 2006

Susanne Cockrell

Temescal Amity Works

Visual Arts, Public Art

2005

Public Art, Social Practice, Socially-Engaged Art, Visual Arts, 2005

Susie Brandt

Spit Spot

Technology, Craft

2008

Craft, Data Visualization, Technology, Visual Arts, 2008

Susie Ibarra

CHAN

Music, Multimedia Performance

2025

Multimedia Performance, Music, Opera, Performing Arts, 2025

SuttonBeresCuller

Mini Mart City Park

Visual Arts, Architecture & Design

2008

Architecture & Design, Public Art, Visual Arts, 2008

Suzan Pitt

El Doctor

Animation, Moving Image

2001

Animation, Moving Image, Narrative Film, 2001