Artadia, a non-profit grantmaking organization and nationwide community of visual artists, curators, and patrons, is thrilled to announce the 2026 San Francisco Bay Area Artadia Awardees: Morehshin Allahyari, Maya Fuji, and Miguel Novelo.

The 2026 San Francisco Bay Area 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 Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma Counties for two consecutive years at minimum. We received 456 applications, with 45% 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; 65% as women, gender nonconforming, or nonbinary; and 43% as emerging artists. 

The Awards decision was reached after an extensive two-tiered jurying process. This year’s finalists for the Awards included Mark Baugh-Sasaki, Soleé Darrell, and Daniel Arthur Mendoza, selected by Round 1 jurors Trisha Lagaso Goldberg, Independent Curator and Director of Programming & Engagement, Anderson Collection at Stanford University; Zoë Latzer, Curator, ICA San José; and Claudia Mattos, Associate Curator, Moody Center for the Arts. 

All six finalists held virtual studio visits with Round 2 jurors Amara Antilla, Independent Curator, and Trisha Lagaso Goldberg, Independent Curator and Director of Programming & Engagement, Anderson Collection at Stanford University, who served as our local juror present for both rounds. 

“Artadia runs its jury process with real rigor and care, weighing artistic merit alongside the breadth of identity, media, background, and career stage that define the field today—which made narrowing over 400 remarkably talented artists down to three as hard as it was rewarding.” – Trisha Lagaso Goldberg.

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