Names You Know
Our NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program has supported artists at all stages of their professional careers for more than 30 years.
We are proud that many of our past fellows have gone on to become world-renowned artists whose work has touched the lives of many. Each began with a creative vision—in video/film, writing, poetry, painting, composition, choreography, and more—needing only freedom, time, and reassurance to channel that vision through their work.
ILLUSTRIOUS PROGRAM ALUMNI
- Kyle Abraham (Choreography ’10)
- Vito Acconci (Architecture/Environmental Structures ’00)
- Doug Aitkin (Video ’00)
- Elia Alba (Crafts ’01, Photography ’08)
- Diana Al-Hadid (Sculpture ’09)
- Anohni (Performance Art/Emergent Forms ’97)
- Ida Applebroog (Graphics ’86, Painting ’90)
- Xenobia Bailey (Crafts ’93, ’99, ’00)
- Paul Beatty (Poetry ’93)
- Sanford Biggers (Performance/Multidisciplinary ’05)
- Ross Bleckner (Painting ’85)
- Suzanne Bocanegra (Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ’89, ’93, ’05; Sculpture ’01)
- Zana Briski (Photography ’98, ’04)
- James Casebere (Photography ’85,’94; Sculpture ’89)
- Billy Collins (Poetry ’86)
- Junot Diaz (Fiction ’96)
- Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio (Architecture ’85, ’87, ’98)
- Jennifer Egan (Fiction ’90)
- Liana Finck (Fiction ’15)
- Karen Finley (Conceptual/Performance Art ’86; Performance Art/Emergent Forms ’90, ’95; Performance Art/Multidisiplinary Work ’01)
- Coco Fusco (Nonfiction ’91, ’14)
- Phyllis Galembo (Photography ’96, ’10, ’16)
- Elliot Goldenthal (Music Composition ’89)
- Barbara Hammer (Film ’88, ’97, ’98, ’01; Video ’92; Video/Film ’12)
- David Hammons (Sculpture ’87)
- Todd Haynes (Film ’89)
- A.M. Homes (Fiction ’88)
- Nina Katchadourian (Video ’04)
- Deborah Kass (Painting ’91)
- Tony Kushner (Playwriting/Screenwriting ’87)
- Barbara Kruger (Interdisciplinary Arts ’85)
- Deana Lawson (Photography ’06)
- Spike Lee (Film ’85)
- Min Jin Lee (Fiction ’00)
- Simone Leigh (Sculpture ’09)
- Sherrie Levine (Painting ’87)
- Zhou Long (Music Composition ’00)
- Taylor Mac (Interdisciplinary ’09)
- Christian Marclay (Interdisciplinary Arts ’85)
- Mary Mattingly (Sculpture ’11, Interdisciplinary Work ’18)
- Terry McMillan (Fiction ’86)
- Marilyn Minter (Painting ’94, ’00)
- Meredith Monk (Music Composition ’85, Choreography ’96)
- Mira Nair (Film ’88)
- Shirin Neshat (Photography ’96)
- Lynn Nottage (Playwriting/Screenwriting ’94, ’00)
- Sigrid Nunez (Fiction ’06)
- Tere O’Connor (Choreography ’87, 92, ’98, ’02, 06, ’10)
- Pauline Oliveros (Music Composition ’89)
- Sarah Oppenheimer (Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ’06, ’10, ’16)
- Eric Overmyer (Screenwriting/Playwriting ’86)
- Gregory Pardlo (Poetry ’05)
- Suzan-Lori Parks (Playwriting/Screenwriting ’90)
- Justin Peck (Choreography ’13)
- Wendy Perron (Choreography ’85)
- Yvonne Rainer (Film ’90, ’95)
- Dwight Rhoden (Choreography ’98)
- Faith Ringgold (Painting ’88)
- Saïd Sayrafiezadeh (Playwriting/Screenwriting ’96, ’06; Fiction ’10)
- Carolee Schneemann (Performance/Multidisciplinary ’87)
- Dread Scott (Sculpture ’01, Performance Art/Multidisciplinary Work ’05, Interdisciplinary Work ’12)
- Andres Serrano (Photography ’87)
- Jean Shin (Crafts/Sculpture ’03, Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ’08)
- Theodora Skipitares (Conceptual/Performance Art ’86; Performance Art/Multidisciplinary Work ’90, ’01; Performance Art/Emergent Forms ’97; Playwriting/Screenwriting ’06)
- Elizabeth Streb (Choreography ’86, ’90, ’94, ’02)
- Swoon (Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ’13)
- Julie Taymor (Performance Art/Emergent Forms ’89)
- Carmelita Tropicana (Playwriting/Screenwriting ’91)
- Kay Walkingstick (Painting ’92)
- Fred Wilson (Sculpture ’87, ’91)
HALL OF FAME
View NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows from years past — now critically acclaimed and established figures — in our Hall of Fame.
SUPPORT ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE
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Image: Lynn Nottage (Playwriting/Screenwriting ’94, ’00) at NYFA’s 2017 Hall of Fame Benefit, Photo Credit: Carl Timpone/BFA.com
