Prize Recipients

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Nari Ward

Multidisciplinary artist
Born in Jamaica
Nari Ward receives the Vilcek Prize in Fine Arts for a body of found-object assemblage artwork that invites both a public discourse and an intimate dialogue with viewers on topics such as race, poverty, immigration, and the Caribbean diaspora identity.
Portrait of Nari Ward
2017 Vilcek Prize in Fine Arts

Iman Issa

Multidisciplinary artist
Born in Egypt
Iman Issa receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Fine Arts for exploring, through works of various media, difficult philosophical questions, such as the individual’s relationship to places, figures, and events that are collectively familiar, or the difference between experience and recognition.
Portrait of Iman Issa
2017 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Fine Arts

Neri Oxman

Designer
Born in Israel
Neri Oxman receives the Vilcek Prize in Design for creating forms that challenge traditional principles of architecture, product design, and fashion, and juxtapose material properties with environmental constraints.
Neri Oxman
2014 Vilcek Prize in Design

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Multidisciplinary artists
Born in Bulgaria and Morocco
Christo (1935-2020) and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009) receive the Vilcek Prize in Fine Arts for capturing the imagination of the world and broadening the popular conception of art with their large-scale works.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude stand in front of their work of art
2006 Vilcek Prize in Fine Arts