Innovate Grant Winners

Innovate Grant
Winners

Summer 2024

Winners

Carmen Mardónez E

Grant Recipient — Art
Oxford, UK
carmenmardonez.com

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Carmen Mardónez E's
Embroidered Movement

Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Carmen Mardónez E

Abdulhamid Kircher

Grant Recipient — Photography
Los Angeles, CA
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Abdulhamid Kircher's Extensive Archive

Honorable Mentions

George Goodnow

Honorable Mention — Art
Australia
georgegoodnow.com

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Innovate Grant Honorable Mention George Goodnow

Antonio Scott Nichols

Honorable Mention — Art
Philadelphia, PA
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Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Antonio Scott Nichols

Paul Grodhues

Honorable Mention — Art
Barcelona, Spain
@paulgrodhues

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Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Paul Grodhues

Dana Schein

Honorable Mention — Art
New York, NY
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Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Dana Schein

Eloise Hess

Honorable Mention — Art
Los Angeles, CA
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Charlie J. Meyers

Honorable Mention — Art
Philadelphia, PA
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Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Charlie J. Meyers

Heather Cleary

Honorable Mention — Photography
Los Angeles, CA
heathercleary.xyz

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Terry A. Ratzlaff

Honorable Mention — Photography
Lincoln, NE
terryaratzlaff.com

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Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Terry A. Ratzlaff

Moník Molinet

Moník Molinet

Honorable Mention — Photography
Mexico
lapistolademonik.com

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Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Moník Molinet

Mary Rozzi

Honorable Mention — Photography
Los Angeles, CA
maryrozzi.com

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Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Mary Rozzi

André Ramos-Woodard

Honorable Mention — Photography
Houston, TX
andreramoswoodard.com

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Innovate Grant Honorable Mention André Ramos-Woodard

Julianna Foster

Honorable Mention — Photography
Philadelphia, PA
juliannafoster.com

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Spring 2024

Winners

Sophie-Yen Bretez

Grant Recipient — Art
Paris, FR
@sophieyen.bretez

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Sophie-Yen Bretez’s Dialectic of Inner/Outer Space

Joseph Rushmore

Grant Recipient — Photography
Austin, TX
josephrushmore.com

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Joseph Rushmore's Devotion

Honorable Mentions

Bre Andy

Honorable Mention — Art
Brooklyn, NY
breandy.com

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Aaron Troyer

Honorable Mention — Art
Columbus, OH
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Larissa Laban

Honorable Mention — Art
Brazil
larissalaban.com

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Adam Linn

Honorable Mention — Art
Mount Vernon, NY
adamlinn.net

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Wysocka / Pogo

Honorable Mention — Art
Berlin, GER
wysocka-pogo.com

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Jade Mikell

Honorable Mention — Art
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
jademikell.com

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Ryan Patrick Krueger

Honorable Mention — Photography
Chicago, IL
ryanpatrickkrueger.com

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Valentina von Klencke

Honorable Mention — Photography
Los Angeles, CA
@vvcoolk

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George P. Perez

Honorable Mention — Photography
Bentonville, AR
@georgepperez

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Lucy Reback

Honorable Mention — Photography
Saugerties, NY
lucyrebackk.com

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Daveed Baptiste

Honorable Mention — Photography
Brooklyn, NY
@daveedbaptiste

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Tianzhou Yang

Honorable Mention — Photography
London, UK
tjapstudio.com

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Winter 2024

Winners

Brian Smith

Grant Recipient — Art
Portland, ME
bri-n.co

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Brian Smith’s That Queer Fish

Brian Smith's That Queer Fish

Oji Haynes

Grant Recipient — Photography
Brooklyn, NY
ojihaynes.com

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Oji Haynes's Creative Act

Honorable Mentions

Zeinab Diomande

Honorable Mention — Art
Philadelphia, PA
@ztheratt

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Naomi Nakazato

Honorable Mention — Art
New York, NY
naominakazato.com

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Kevin Driscoll

Honorable Mention — Art
Berlin, Germany
kevin-driscoll.com

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Ben Tollefson

Honorable Mention — Art
Savannah, GA
bentollefson.com

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Samantha Vassor

Honorable Mention — Art
Miami, FL
samanthavassor.com

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Julia Gould

Honorable Mention — Art
Baltimore, MD
gould-art.com

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Cassandra Klos

Honorable Mention — Photography
cassandraklos.com

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JaLeel Marques Porcha

Honorable Mention — Photography
New Brunswick, NJ
jaleelporcha.co

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Riley Goodman

Honorable Mention — Photography
Richmond, VA
rileycgoodman.com

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Anh Nguyen

Honorable Mention — Photography
Brooklyn, NY
nguyenminhanh.com

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Joey Solomon

Honorable Mention — Photography
joeysolomon.net

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Claudia Fuggetti

Honorable Mention — Photography
Italy
claudiafuggetti.com

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Fall 2023

Winners

Zoe Schweiger

Grant Recipient — Art
Miami, FL
zoeschweiger.com

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Zoe Schweiger Fall 2023 Innovate Grant Recipient

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Zoe Schweiger’s Rising Tides

Jakob Eckstein

Grant Recipient — Photography
Berlin, Germany
jakobeckstein.com

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Jakob Eckstein Fall 2023 Innovate Grant Recipient

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Jakob Eckstein's Stranger at Home

Jakob Eckstein’s Stranger at Home

Honorable Mentions

Grace Bromley

Honorable Mention — Art
Richmond, VA
graceannbromley.com

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Abby Aceves

Honorable Mention — Art
Los Angeles, CA
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Kristen Jensen

Honorable Mention — Art
Brooklyn, NY
kristen-jensen.com

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Adela Dore

Honorable Mention — Art
adeladore.com

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Jay Lee

Honorable Mention — Art
Nomad (from Seoul, Korea)
whywhatmatters.com

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Daniel Ribar

Honorable Mention — Art
Detroit, MI
danielribar.com

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Clarissa Bonet

Honorable Mention — Photography
Chicago, IL
clarissabonet.com

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Tori Ferenc

Honorable Mention — Photography
London, United Kingdom
toriferenc.com

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Michael Young

Honorable Mention — Photography
Scarsdale, NY
mjyoungphoto.com

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Federico Pompei

Honorable Mention — Photography
Milan, Italy
federicopompei.com

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Andrés Mario de Varona

Honorable Mention — Photography
La Cienega, NM
andresmario.com

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Aline Smithson

Honorable Mention — Photography
Los Angeles, CA
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Summer 2023

Winners

Adèle Aproh

Grant Recipient — Art
Paris, France
@aprohdite

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Adèle Aproh’s Major Arcana

Hannah Altman

Grant Recipient — Photography
Boston, MA
hannahaltmanphoto.com

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Hannah Altman's Photographic Storytelling

Hannah Altman’s Photographic Storytelling

Honorable Mentions

Gina Bolle

Honorable Mention — Art
Lausanne, Switzerland
ginabolle.com

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Gina Bolle’s Bodily Autonomy

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Dane Patterson

Honorable Mention — Art
San Antonio, TX
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Dane Patterson’s Insomnia Notes

Ellen Hanson

Honorable Mention — Art
Mexico City and Chicago, IL
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Ellen Hanson's Swimmers

Shawn Powell

Honorable Mention — Art
Kent, OH
shawnkpowell.com

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Shawn Powell's Hovering Perspectives

Shawn Powell's Hovering Perspective

Sam Gulliver

Honorable Mention — Photography
Detroit, Michigan
@_sam_gulliver_

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Sam Gulliver's Midwest Attractions

Naomieh Jovin

Honorable Mention — Photography
Philadelphia, PA
@njovn

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Naomieh Jovin's Gathering

Sander Vos

Honorable Mention — Photography
London, UK sandervosphoto.com

Honorable Mention — Photography
London, UK
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Sander Vos’s Light and Shadows

Sander Vos's Light and Shadows

Diana Cheren Nygren

Honorable Mention — Photography
Brookline, MA
dianacherennygren.com

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Diana Cheren Nygren's Mother Earth

Spring 2023

Winners

Kacy Jung

Grant Recipient — Art
San Francisco, California
kacyjung.com

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Kacy Jung’s Weight of Souls

Brian Van Lau

Grant Recipient — Photography
Seattle, Washington
brianvanlau.com

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Brian Van Lau's Family Archive

Honorable Mentions

Nicholas Moenich

Honorable Mention — Art
Brooklyn, NY
nicholasmoenich.com

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Nicholas Moenich on Dividing the Space

Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Nicholas Moenich

Reeha Lim

Honorable Mention — Art
Bloomfield Hills, MI
reeha.art

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Reeha Lim's Diasporic Memories

Saul Acevedo Gomez

Honorable Mention — Art
Denver, CO
saulaceart.com

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Saul Acevedo Gomez's Balanced Imperfection

Dance Doyle

Honorable Mention — Art
Oakland, CA
dancedoyle.com

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Dance Doyle's Free Form Weave

Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Dance Doyle

Arief Priyono

Honorable Mention — Photography
Kediri, Indonesia
ariefpriyono.com

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Arief Priyono's Visual Aura

Barbed wire in Panggung Street, Malang City

Paola Fiterre

Honorable Mention — Photography
New York City, NY
@paola_fiterre

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Paola Fiterre's Cyborg Perception Tool

Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Paola Fiterre

Victoria Crayhon

Honorable Mention — Photography
Providence, Rhode Island
victoriacrayhon.com

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Victoria Crayhon's Descriptive Markers

Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Victoria Crayhon

Farren van Wyk

Honorable Mention — Photography
Netherlands
@farrenvwyk

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Farren van Wyk's Golden Era

Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Farren van Wyk

Winter 2023

Winners

Maya Fuji

Grant Recipient — Art
San Francisco, CA
mayafuji.com

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Maya Fuji’s Hybrid World

Maya Fuji's Hybrid World

Akshay Mahajan

Grant Recipient — Photography
Goa, India
akshaymahajan.in

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Akshay Mahajan Innovate Grant Winner Photography

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Akshay Mahajan’s Street Haunting

Akshay Mahajan's Street Haunting

Honorable Mentions

Kayla Witt

Honorable Mention — Art
Los Angeles, CA
kaylawitt.com

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Kayla Witt's Grounding Inspiration

Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Kayla Witt

Xie Rong

Honorable Mention — Art
Surrey, UK
echomorgan.com

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Xie Rong’s Gesture, Body, and Voice

Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Xie Rong

Antonio Vidal de Lascurain

Honorable Mention — Art
Mexico City, Mexico antoniovidallascurain.com

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Antonio Vidal de Lascurain’s Connection to the Earth

Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Antonio Vidal de Lascurain

Jaka Teršek

Honorable Mention —Photography
Ljubljana, Slovenia
jakatersek.com

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Jaka Teršek’s Escape from the Ordinary

Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Jaka Tersek

Alex Delapena

Honorable Mention — Photography
Los Angeles, CA
alexdelapena.com

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Alex Delapena’s Mirages for the Camera

Constanze Han

Honorable Mention — Photography
Brooklyn, NY
constanzehan.com

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Constanze Han’s Shared Experiences

Innovate Grant Honorable Mention Constanze Han

Fall 2022

Winners

Elke Foltz

Grant Recipient — Art
Berlin, Germany
elkefoltz.com

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Elke Foltz’s Search for Balance

Glauco Canalis

Grant Recipient — Photography
London, UK and Milan, Italy
glaucocanalis.com

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Glauco Canalis Innovate Grant Winner Photography

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Glauco Canalis’s Coming of Age

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Honorable Mentions

Afonso Rocha

Honorable Mention — Art
Porto, Portugal
afonsorochastudio.com

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Afonso Rocha’s Dialogue Between Epochs

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Alexis Granwell

Honorable Mention — Art
Philadelphia, PA
alexisgranwell.com

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Alexis Granwell’s Visual Tactility

Mamie Young

Honorable Mention — Art
Los Angeles, CA
mamieyoung.studio

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Mamie Young on Where the Unexpected Resides

Adib Chowdhury

Honorable Mention —Photography
London, UK
adibphotography.com

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Adib Chowdhury’s Sense of Journey

Adib Chowdhury Innovate Grant Honorable Mention

Devin Lunsford

Honorable Mention — Photography
Birmingham, Alabama
devinlunsford.com

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Devin Lunsford’s When We Break, How We Shine

Devin Lunsford Innovate Grant Honorable Mention

Tyler Frigge

Honorable Mention — Photography
Brooklyn, NY
tylerfrigge.cargo.site

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Tyler Frigge’s Domestic Fortuity

Summer 2022

Winners

Shingo Yamazaki

Grant Recipient — Art
Los Angeles, CA
shinyamazaki.com

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Shingo Yamazaki Innovate Grant Winner in Art

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Shingo Yamazaki's Liminal Spaces

Anton Kuehnhackl

Grant Recipient — Photography
Sebastopol, CA
antontonton.com

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Innovate Grant Winner Anton Kuehnhackl in Photography

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Anton Kuehnhackl’s Hands On Approach

Honorable Mentions

Maya Fuji

Honorable Mention — Art
San Francisco, CA
mayafuji.com

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Maya Fuji’s New Mythologies

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Noah Greene-Lowe

Honorable Mention — Art
Chicago, IL
noahgreenelowe.com

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Noah Greene-Lowe’s Visceral Tapestry

Noah Greene-Lowe Innovate Grant Honorable Mention

Alina Tenser

Honorable Mention — Art
Queens, NY
alinatenser.com

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Alina Tenser’s Untethered Lexicon

Alina Tenser Innovate Grant Honorable Mention

Ekaterina Zhingel

Honorable Mention —Photography
London, UK
ekaterina-zhingel.tilda.ws

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Ekaterina Zhingel’s Nonlinearity of Time

Ekaterina Zhingel Innovate Grant Honorable Mention

Rory Hamovit

Honorable Mention — Photography
Los Angeles, CA
roryhamovit.com

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Rory Hamovit’s Key to Humor

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Sam Margevicius

Honorable Mention — Photography
Brooklyn, NY
sammargevicius.com

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Sam Margevicius’s Symbiotic Inspiration

Sam Margevicius Innovate Grant Honorable Mention

Spring 2022

Winners

Nadia Wolff

Grant Recipient — Art
Miami, Florida
nadiawolff.cargo.site

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Forthcoming

Amy Yeminne Kim

Grant Recipient — Photography
Odessa, Texas
amyyeminnekim.com

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Amy Yeminne Kim's Sites of Extraction

Amy Yeminne Kim’s Sites of Extraction

Honorable Mentions

Debbi Kenote

Honorable Mention — Art
Brooklyn, New York
debbikenoteart.com

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Debbi Kenote’s Shifting Borders

Martin Delabano

Honorable Mention — Art
Dallas, Texas
delabano.com

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Martin Delabano’s Sanctuary

Shawn Bush

Honorable Mention — Photography
Casper, Wyoming
shawnbush.com

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Shawn Bush’s Angle of Draw

Tristan Martinez

Honorable Mention — Photography
New York, NY
tristanmartinezphoto.com

Honorable Mention — Photography
New York, New York
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Tristan Martinez’s Business as Usual

Winter 2022

Winners

Rune Bering

Grant Recipient — Art
Copenhagen, Denmark
runebering.dk

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Rune Bering's Systems of Meaning

Rebecca Drolen

Grant Recipient — Photography
Fayetteville, AR
rebeccadrolen.com

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Rebecca Drolen's Unstable Entity

Honorable Mentions

Monique S. Desto

Honorable Mention — Art
Nuremberg, Germany
monique-s-desto.com

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Monique S. Desto's
Elastic Paintings

Monique S. Desto’s Elastic Paintings

Monique S. Desto Innovate Grant Honorable Mention

Anya Kotler

Honorable Mention — Art
Hoboken, NJ
anyakotler.com

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Anya Kotler’s Stepping into Water

Anya Kolter Innovate Grant Honorable Mention

Marta Galmozzi

Honorable Mention — Photography
Italy
martagalmozzi.com

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Marta Galmozzi’s New Realities

Marta Galmozzi Innovate Grant Honorable Mention

Harvey Castro

Honorable Mention — Photography
Oakland, California
harveycastro.co

Honorable Mention — Photography
Oakland, CA
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Harvey Castro’s Lived Experiences

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Fall 2021

Winners

Mahsa Merci

Grant Recipient — Art
Toronto, Canada
mahsamerci.com

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Mahsa Merci's
Spectrum of Beauty

Mahsa Merci's Spectrum of Beauty

Arielle Gray

Grant Recipient — Photography
New Haven, CT
ariellegray.net

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Arielle Gray’s Themes of Matrilineage

Arielle Gray's Themes of Matrilineage

Honorable Mentions

CheongA Kang

Honorable Mention — Art
Sejong, South Korea
@cheonga__art

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CheongA Kang's
I See You

CheongA Kang’s I See You

Elise
Thompson

Elise Thompson

Honorable Mention — Art
Brooklyn, NY
@eeehhhhlise

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Elise Thompson's
Otherworldly Abstract Dioramas

Elise Thompson’s Otherworldly Abstract Dioramas

Austin Cullen

Honorable Mention — Photography
Lincoln, Nebraska
austincullen.com

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Austin Cullen's Natural History

Austin Cullen’s Natural History

Alexander
Komenda

Alexander Komenda

Honorable Mention — Photography
Helsinki, Finland
alexanderkomenda.com

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Alexander Komenda's Real World

Alexander Komenda’s Real World

Summer 2021

Joanna Wierzbicka

Grant Recipient — Art
Switzerland
joannawierzbicka.com

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Joanna Wierzbicka's
Somatic Practice

Joanna Wierzbicka's Somatic Practice

Joseph Rovegno

Grant Recipient — Photography
New York, NY
josephrovegno.com

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Joseph Rovegno on Trial and Error

Spring 2021

Parham Ghalamdar

Grant Recipient — Art
Manchester, United Kingdom
ghalamdar.com

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Parham Ghalamdar on the Pause of the Picture Plane

Trenity Thomas

Grant Recipient — Photography
New Orleans, Louisiana
504degrees.com

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Trenity Thomas on the Warmth and Richness of Visual Storytelling

Trenity Thomas on the Warmth and Richness Visual Storytelling

Winter 2021

Andrew Gray

Grant Recipient — Art
Baltimore, MD
andrewgrayart.com

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Andrew Gray on Magic and the Act of Creating

Sydney M. King

Grant Recipient — Photography
Brooklyn, NY
sydneymking.com

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Sydney M. King on Conceptualizing Her Body as a Container of Personal and Ancestral Memory

Fall 2020

Yannick Lowery

Grant Recipient — Art
Philadelphia, PA
severepaper.com

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Yannick Lowery on How Layering Paper Allows Him to Explore the Parallels of Time Specifically Focused on the Black American Experience

Giulia Parlato

Grant Recipient — Photography
Palermo, Italy & London
giuliaparlato.com

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Giulia Parlato on Histories, Myths and Cultural Heritage

Summer 2020

Bianca Barandun

Grant Recipient — Art
London and Zürich
bianca-barandun.com

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Bianca Barandun on Shifting Materials, Experimenting, and Constantly Learning

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Torrance Hall

Grant Recipient — Photography
Baltimore, Maryland
torrancehall.com

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Innovate Grant Winner Torrance Hall Photography

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Torrance Hall on Discovering the Art of the Self-Portrait and Reconstructing the World Around Him

Innovate Grant Winner Torrance Hall Artist Portrait

Spring 2020

Kylie Lockwood

Grant Recipient — Art
Detriot, Michigan
kylielockwood.com

Grant Recipient — Art
Detroit, Michigan
kylielockwood.com

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Kylie Lockwood on Reconciling the Experience of Living in a Female Body with the History of Sculpture

Lindsey Kennedy

Grant Recipient — Photography
Santa Fe, New Mexico
lindseyerinkennedy.com

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Lindsey Kennedy on the distorted yet familiar and the sensations she attempts to recreate through photography

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Winter 2020

Lynnea Holland Weiss

Grant Recipient — Art
Cleveland, OH
lynneahollandweiss.com

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Lynnea Holland Weiss on the Symbiotic Nature of Dance and Painting in Her Body of Work

Dylan Hausthor

Grant Recipient — Photography
New Haven, CT
dylanhausthor.com

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Dylan Hausthor on Music and Creating Emotional Tonality through Photography

Fall 2019

Christine Atkinson

Grant Recipient — Art
Los Angeles, CA
catkinson.com

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Christine Atkinson on the evolving nature of the landscape, ideas, and the materials that comprise
her work

Christine Atkinson on the evolving nature of the landscape, ideas, and the materials that comprise her work

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Brendon Kahn

Grant Recipient — Photography
Dallas, TX
brendonkahn.com

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Brendon Kahn reflects upon the visual curiosities of his existence

Summer 2019

Joe Hedges

Grant Recipient — Art
Pullman, WA
joehedges.com

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Joe Hedges Innovate Grant Winner Summer 2019

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Joe Hedges expands upon the lens of "technology" and the importance of creating space for reflection

Leafy Yeh

Grant Recipient — Photography
Los Angeles, CA
leafyyeh.com

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Leafy Yeh on being a responsible artist, female self-empowerment, and making spiritually transportive work

Spring 2019

Margaret Jacobs

Grant Recipient — Art
Enfield, NH
margaretjacobs.com

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Margaret Jacobs Innovate Grant Winner Spring 2019 Art

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Margaret on How Her Native American Heritage Inspires Pieces Charged with Power, Strength, & Beauty

Innovate Grant Winner Spring 2019 Margaret Jacobs

Ceaphas Stubbs

Grant Recipient — Photography
Newark, NJ
ceaphas.com

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Ceaphas Stubbs Innovate Grant Winner Spring 2019 Photography

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Ceaphas on Balancing the Nostalgic and Afro-futuristic in a Diverse & Dynamic Photography Practice

Ceaphas Stubbs Innovate Grant Spring 2019 Winner in Photography

Winter 2019

Taylor O. Thomas

Grant Recipient — Art
Tampa, FL
taylorothomas.com

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Taylor Takes Us Inside Her Studio and Process of Unifying Self-Expression with Ongoing Discovery

Shane Lavalette

Grant Recipient — Photography
Syracuse, NY
shanelavalette.com

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Shane Lavalette Innovate Artist Grant Winner Recipient Photography

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Shane Expands on His Photography Practice, Chance, Circumstance, & Light

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