Artadia, a non-profit grantmaking organization and nationwide community of visual artists, curators, and patrons, is thrilled to announce the 2026 New York City Artadia Awardees: David L. Johnson, Frank WANG Yefeng, and Carrie Yamaoka.

The 2026 New York City Artadia Awards application was open to visual artists working in any visual media, at any stage in their career, who have been living and working within the five Boroughs: Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island for two consecutive years at minimum. We received 886 eligible applications, with 56% of the applicants identifying as African, African American or Black, Multiracial, Arab, Arab American, Asian or Asian American, Latina/e/o/x, Middle Eastern, or North African; 58% as women, gender nonconforming, or nonbinary; and 61% as emerging artists. 

The Awards decision was reached after an extensive two-tiered jurying process. This year’s finalists for the Awards included Alice Gong Xiaowen, Suneil Sanzgiri, and sweat variant (Okwui Okpowasili and Peter Born), selected by Round 1 jurors Mariana Fernández, Independent Curator; Sadaf Padder, Independent Curator; and Elisabeth Sherman, Chief Curator, Museum of the City of New York. 

All six finalists held virtual studio visits with Round 2 jurors José Carlos Diaz, Chief Curator, Pérez Art Museum Miami, and Elisabeth Sherman, Chief Curator, Museum of the City of New York. 

“Participating in the Artadia Awards was an honor and an opportunity to represent the jury from another dynamic art destination by engaging in conversations about these contemporary artists and their expansive practices. I congratulate the awardees and wish them success in their next chapter.” – José Carlos Diaz

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