List of Creative Capital grant recipients

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.

Moving image

 * Suha Araj
 * 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
Literature
 * Wafaa Bilal
 * Lars Jan
 * Anne Finger
 * Mitchell S. Jackson
 * Meng Jin
 * Sabrina Orah Mark
 * Marc Anthony Richardson
 * Simone White
 * Legacy Russell

Performing Arts
 Visual Arts 
 * Marie Lorenz, Kurt Rohde, Dana Spiotta
 * Derek McPhatter
 * Julian Terrell Otis
 * Will Rawls
 * Tomeka Reid
 * Sandy Rodriguez
 * Jessica Vaughn

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

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

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

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

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
 * 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
 * Christine Tarkowski
 * Christine Yamamoto

Emerging Fields

 * Betty Beaumont
 * Natalie Bookchin
 * Josely Carvalho
 * Maya Sara Churi
 * Patrick Clancy
 * Alison Cornyn
 * Leah Gilliam
 * Jessica Irish
 * Prema Murthy
 * John Simon, Jr.
 * Ray Thomas
 * Helen Thorington

Media

 * Peggy Ahwesh
 * Craig Baldwin
 * Roddy Bogawa
 * Portia Cobb
 * Adam Cohen
 * Jem Cohen
 * Todd Downing
 * Sandi DuBowski
 * Jeanne Finley
 * Barbara Hammer
 * Jon Jolles
 * Lewis Klahr
 * Chris Munch
 * Spencer Nakasako
 * Diane Nerwen
 * Joanna Priestley
 * Scott Saunders
 * Philip Solomon
 * T. Tran
 * Ela Troyano

Performance

 * Djola Branner
 * Jane Comfort
 * Fred Curchack
 * Brian Freeman
 * Janie Geiser
 * Joe Goode
 * David Hancock
 * Rennie Harris
 * Jon Jang
 * John Jasperse
 * Daniel Alexander Jones
 * Lisa Kron
 * Ralph Lemon
 * Richard Maxwell
 * Meredith Monk
 * Jennifer Monson
 * Tracie Morris
 * Jarrad Powell
 * Amelia Rudolph
 * Carl Hancock Rux
 * Elizabeth Streb
 * Sekou Sundiata
 * Basil Twist

Visual Arts

 * Xenobia Bailey
 * Conrad Bakker
 * Erika Blumenfeld
 * Tony Cokes
 * Chris Doyle
 * Matthew Geller
 * Maria Elena Gonzalez
 * Fred Holland
 * Martha Jackson-Jarvis
 * Wendy Jacob
 * Shannon Kennedy
 * Zoe Leonard
 * Zhi Lin
 * Jyung Park
 * Alex Rivera
 * Jason Salavon
 * Joseph Scanlan
 * Sue Schaffner
 * Mary Ellen Strom
 * Mel Ziegler