Alpert Awards in the Arts


The Alpert Award in the Arts was established in the 1994 by The Herb Alpert Foundation in collaboration with the California Institute of the Arts. According to the foundation, the awards are chosen by a panel of experts and are given to risk-taking artists typically in their mid-careers. The foundation provides $75,000 annual fellowship to five artists in the field of dance, film and video, music, theatre, and visual arts.
YearFilm/VideoVisual ArtsTheatreDanceMusic
1995Leslie ThorntonMel ChinReza AbdohAnn CarlsonJames Carter
1996Su FriedrichCarrie Mae WeemsSuzan-Lori ParksDavid RoussèveAnne LeBaron
1997Craig BaldwinKerry James MarshallLisa KronVictoria MarksChen Yi
1998Jeanne C. FinleyRoni HornDanny HochJoanna HaigoodPamela Z
1999Lourdes PortilloPepon OsorioBrian FreemanRalph LemonGeorge Lewis
2000Peggy AhweshShirin NeshatW. David HancockMark DendySteve Coleman
2001Ellen BrunoCai Guo-QiangErik EhnJohn KellyZhou Long
2002®TMChristian MarclayDavid GreenspanLisa NelsonLaetitia Sonami
2003Coco FuscoCatherine OpieCarl Hancock RuxRennie HarrisVijay Iyer
2004Renee Tajima-PeñaCatherine SullivanDan HurlinStephan KoplowitzMiya Masaoka
2005Jem CohenHarrell FletcherNaomi IizukaDonna UchizonoDavid Dunn
2006Bill MorrisonJim HodgesDaniel Alexander JonesSarah MichelsonLawrence D. Morris
2007Jacqueline GossWalid RaadCynthia HopkinsJeanine DurningMark Feldman
2008Bruce McClureByron KimLisa D'AmourPat GraneyDerek Bermel
2009Paul ChanPaul PfeifferRinde EckertReggie WilsonJohn King
2010Jim TrainorRachel HarrisonBill TalenSusan RethorstLukas Ligeti
2011Natalia AlmadaEmily JacirMarc Bamuthi JosephJess CurtisNicole Mitchell
2012Kevin EversonMichael SmithEisa DavisNora ChipaumireMyra Melford
2013Lucien Castaing-TaylorSharon HayesPavol Liska & Kelly CopperJulia RhoadsAlex Mincek
2014Deborah StratmanDaniel Joseph MartinezAnnie DorsenMichelle DorranceMatana Roberts
2015Sharon LockhartTania BrugueraTaylor MacMaria HassabiJulia Wolfe
2016Cauleen SmithSimone LeighAnne WashburnIshmael Houston-JonesDohee Lee
2017Kerry TribeAmy FranceschiniDaniel FishLuciana AchugarEve Beglarian
2018Arthur JafaMichael RakowitzRobert O'HaraOkwui OkpokwasiliCourtney Bryan
2019Beatriz Santiago MuñozCecilia VicuñaLloyd SuhPam TanowitzMeshell Ndegeocello
2020Sky HopinkaFirelei BaezPhil SoltanoffKaren ShermanChristian Scott