July 20, 2023

POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES JULY 2022 – JUNE 2023 GRANTS AMOUNTING TO NEARLY $2.7 MILLION

Oliver Lee Jackson Receives 2023 Lee Krasner Award in
Recognition of Lifetime of Artistic Achievement

Oliver Lee Jackson No. 1, 2020 (6.14.20), 2020

 

New York, NY – July 20, 2023 – Today the Pollock-Krasner Foundation announces it has awarded $2,657,400 to 93 artists and nonprofit organizations during its July 2022-June 2023 grant cycle, providing essential support to U.S.-based and international artists. From Austin, Texas to New York City, and from Argentina to India, the latest grant and award recipients comprise artists from 14 states and territories and 15 countries. The Foundation’s Lee Krasner Award, given in recognition of a lifetime of artistic achievement, is awarded to Oliver Lee Jackson. Jackson is a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and draftsman who is recognized for his innovative multi-disciplinary practice over the last six decades.

Since the Foundation was established in 1985, it has awarded more than 5,000 grants totaling over $87 million in 79 countries. Providing funding to professional artists around the globe, the grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation support artists in creating new work and advancing their practice. The Foundation continues to accept applications year-round for its individual grant program; for more information or to apply, please visit www.pkf.org.

“Through Lee Krasner’s commitment to supporting the generations of visual artists who would come after her, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation has provided funding to artists for nearly four decades,” said Ronald D. Spencer, Chairman and CEO of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. “Krasner understood firsthand the critical importance of support in an artist’s career, and we are proud to continue her legacy of generosity.”

This year’s Lee Krasner Award recipient, Oliver Lee Jackson, joins a group of distinguished awardees recognized by the Foundation since 1991 for their important contributions to the arts. Jackson has served as an instructor, lecturer, and professor of art, philosophy, and Pan-African studies at St. Louis Community College, Southern Illinois University, Washington University in St. Louis, Oberlin College, and California State University, Sacramento. With work grounded in figuration that exists within a dynamic field that straddles realistic depiction and abstraction, Jackson incorporates a wide range of influences in his works, from music, dance, renaissance paintings, and African art.

“In honor of Lee Krasner’s lifetime dedication to her craft, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation presents the Lee Krasner Award to Oliver Lee Jackson for his remarkable body of work and his outstanding contributions to the arts,” said Caroline Black, Executive Director of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. “We are so pleased to recognize Jackson’s innovative experimentation in his practice, his deep commitment to community engagement, his teaching, and his leadership in the arts community with this award for a lifetime of outstanding achievement.”

Funds from the Lee Krasner Award are given to recipients in three installments. Previous Lee Krasner Award recipients Josely Carvalho, Rita McBride, and Cheryl Ann Thomas received additional installments of their award during the 2022-2023 cycle. Announced earlier this year, visual artist Shahzia Sikander received the Pollock Prize for Creativity in support of her multimedia exhibition Havah…to breathe, air, life which was presented this spring at Madison Square Park in New York before travelling to Houston, Texas in June 2023. This year, the Brooklyn-based artist María Elena González received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant and was awarded The Brian Wall Foundation Grant for Sculptors. The $25,000 prize recognizes an exceptional sculptor and is awarded by The Brian Wall Foundation and administered by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.

To support cultural institutions that engage directly with artists, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation awarded grants to thirteen organizations this year, including: ArtTable in New York, NY for its Artist Talk Series; Buffalo AKG Art Museum in Buffalo, NY in support of PKF Grantee Stanley Whitney’s retrospective monograph; Villa Bergerie in Laguarres, Spain for residency program expenses; and Wave Hill in Bronx, NY for artist residency and exhibition expenses. Over the past year, a number of Pollock-Krasner Foundation supported projects have come to fruition, including the exhibition Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-70 at Whitechapel Gallery in London, which featured Lee Krasner’s work.

 

Pollock-Krasner Foundation 2022-23 Artist Grantees:

  • Isabel Aguera, Montreuil, France
  • Ian Andrews, Birmingham, England
  • Miguel Arzabe, Oakland, CA
  • Rogelio Báez Vega, San Juan, PR
  • Joan Bankemper, New York, NY
  • Yevgeniya Baras, Long Island City, NY
  • Jagoda Bednarsky, Berlin, Germany
  • Anna-Sophie Berger, Brooklyn, NY
  • Laura Bielau, Berlin, Germany
  • Vicente Blanco, Lugo, Spain
  • Renée Bouchard, Bennington, VT
  • Sarah Cale, Brussels, Belgium
  • Josely Carvalho, Hoboken, NJ
  • Sydney Cash, Marlboro, NY
  • Sofía Clausse, London, England
  • Armen Daneghyan, Yerevan, Armenia
  • Josh Dorman, New York, NY
  • Ben Durham, Richmond, VA
  • Karina El Azem, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Rehab El Sadek, Austin, TX
  • Sarah Faux, Brooklyn, NY
  • Alanna Fields, Upper Marlboro, MD
  • Avram Finkelstein, Brooklyn, NY
  • Emanuela Fiorelli, Rome, Italy
  • Linda Fleming, Benicia, CA
  • Farima Fooladi, Spring, TX
  • Bernhard Fuchs, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Bastian Gehbauer, Berlin, Germany
  • Ina Gerken, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Nicola Ginzel, Brooklyn, NY
  • María Elena González, Brooklyn, NY
  • Jesús Hdez-Güero, Madrid, Spain
  • Alex Heilbron, Los Angeles, CA
  • Mary Henderson, Philadelphia, PA
  • Hong Hong, Beverly, MA
  • Patricia Hurl, Roscrea, Ireland
  • Oliver Lee Jackson, Oakland, CA
  • Bethany Johnson, Austin, TX
  • Yongjae Kim, Brooklyn, NY
  • Felix Kultau, Berlin, Germany
  • Elvira Lantenhammer, Triefenstein, Germany
  • Georges Le Chevallier, Garner, NC
  • Kakyoung Lee, Brooklyn, NY
  • Miguel Ángel Madrigal, Morelos, Mexico
  • Junko Maruyama, Yokosuka, Japan
  • Christina Massey, Brooklyn, NY
  • Miroslaw Maszlanko, Rychliki, Poland
  • Rita McBride, Los Alamos, CA
  • Gideon Mendel, London, England
  • Jeffrey Meris, New York, NY
  • Mark Milroy, Brooklyn, NY
  • Nicholas Moenich, Brooklyn, NY
  • Bidemi Oloyede, Toronto, Canada
  • Ingrid Olson, Chicago, IL
  • Steve Parker, Austin, TX
  • Aviva Rahmani, Vinalhaven, ME
  • Rachel Rotenberg, Tekoa, Israel
  • Jayanta Roy, Kolkata, India
  • Frauke Schlitz, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Davide Sgambaro, Turin, Italy
  • Dee Shapiro, Great Neck, NY
  • Shahzia Sikander, New York, NY
  • Cary Smith, Farmington, CT
  • Tracey Snelling, Berlin, Germany
  • Cammie Staros, Los Angeles, CA
  • Kazumi Tanaka, Beacon, NY
  • Yukiko Terada, Berlin, Germany
  • Cheryl Ann Thomas, Ventura, CA
  • Francine Tint, New York, NY
  • Sara VanDerBeek, Brooklyn, NY
  • Madhu Venugopalan, Ernakulam, India
  • Patrick Waterhouse, London, England
  • Chuck Webster, Ridgewood, NY
  • Birgitta Weimer, Gummersbach, Germany
  • Ellen Wetmore, Groton, MA
  • Richard C. Whitten, Cranston, RI
  • Kevin Wixted, New York, NY
  • Ralf Ziervogel, New York, NY
  • Matthias Zinn, Berlin, Germany

 

Pollock-Krasner Foundation, 2022-23 Organization Grantees:

  • ArtTable, New York, NY; support for its Artist Talk Series
  • Artadia, Brooklyn, NY; funding for artist award grant
  • Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY: support for Artist in Marketplace Program
  • Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, NY: support for PKF Grantee Stanley Whitney Retrospective monograph support
  • Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Provincetown, MA; residency program support
  • MacDowell, New York, NY; support for its residency program
  • New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY; funding for online resources for artists
  • SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY: funding for In Practice Program
  • The Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton, NY: funding for program support
  • Villa Bergerie, Laguarres, Spain; funding for residency program
  • Wave Hill, Bronx, NY; support for its artist residency and exhibition program
  • Whitechapel Gallery, London, England: funding for Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-70 exhibition
  • Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY; residency program funding

 

ABOUT POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION      

For nearly four decades, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation has supported working artists and cultural organizations internationally. Established in 1985 through the generosity of Lee Krasner, one of the foremost abstract expressionist painters of the 20th century, the Foundation is a leader in providing resources to emerging and established artists. To date, the Foundation has awarded more than 5,000 grants totaling over $87 million in 79 countries. The Foundation continues to accept applications for its individual grant program year-round; for more information, including guidelines for grant applications, visit the Foundation’s website: www.pkf.org.

 

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January 21, 2023

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Awards Shahzia Sikander Pollock Prize for Creativity

New York, NY – January 17, 2023 – The Pollock-Krasner Foundation announced today that the Pollock Prize for Creativity is awarded to Shahzia Sikander, a visual artist examining language, empire, and migration through feminist perspectives, questioning colonial and imperial power structures. The $50,000 award honors Sikander’s multimedia exhibition, Havah…to breathe, air, life, at Madison Square Park and at the neighboring Courthouse of the Appellate Division, First Department of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The work is Sikander’s first major, site-specific outdoor exhibition in sculptural form and will be on view from January 17 through June 4, 2023, before traveling to Houston, Texas.

The Pollock Prize for Creativity was established by the Foundation in 2016 to honor Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock’s legacy and is awarded to an artist whose work embodies high creative standards and has a substantive impact on individuals and society.

Havah…to breathe, air, life features two new large-scale sculptures by Sikander—one within the park that can be animated through augmented reality and another atop the Courthouse rooftop, the first female figure to adorn one of its ten plinths—as well as a recent video animation that will visually link the distinct elements. The exhibition, a culmination of Sikander’s exploration of female representation in monuments, is co-commissioned by Madison Square Park Conservancy and Public Art of the University of Houston System (Public Art UHS).

“The Pollock Prize for Creativity honors artists who make a difference in how we understand our world, our communities, and ourselves,” said Ronald D. Spencer, Chairman and CEO of Pollock-Krasner Foundation. “Shahzia Sikander creates thought-provoking works that probe questions about representation, power, and justice, and with this Prize we recognize her continuing focus on issues that resonate throughout history. We are pleased to help bring her new work to audiences and visitors in New York.”

“Representation of women as active agents in traditionally patriarchal spaces, and especially spaces that are centered on delivering justice and adjudicating power, is a much-needed restorative in civic life,” said Shahzia Sikander. “Havah…to breathe, air, life both raises the question of why only men have been depicted as lawgivers and enables us to imagine women not simply as Lady Justice with her scales, but as active thinkers and participants in this sphere. To be recognized by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation for my body of work—and to receive their support for Havah…to breathe, air, life—is an honor.”

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation was established in 1985 through the generosity of Lee Krasner to provide grants to artists that allow them to create new work. The Pollock Prize for Creativity was launched in 2016 and previous winners include Beili Liu, Gideon Mendel, Amy Sherald, and Todd Williamson. The Foundation also honors artists with the Lee Krasner Award, recognizing a lifetime of distinguished artistic achievement. Recipients of the Lee Krasner Award have included Mel Chin, Chris Drury, Alfred Leslie, Don Nice, Morgan O’Hara, and Masami Teraoka. Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded $85 million to nearly 5,000 grantees in 79 countries. These grants can be used by artists to create new work and prepare exhibitions.

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ABOUT SHAHZIA SIKANDER
Shahzia Sikander (American, b. Pakistan 1969) expands and subverts pre-modern and classical Central and South-Asian painting traditions through a broad range of materials and methods, including miniature painting, works on paper, video, mosaic, and sculpture. Distinguished for launching the neo-miniature movement, Sikander investigates conceptual premises in language, trade, empire, migration through feminist perspectives, colonial, and imperial power structures through her far-reaching practice.

Sikander’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Her traveling exhibition on the first 15 years of her art practice, Extraordinary Realities, opened at The Morgan Library in New York in 2021 and traveled to the RISD Museum and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Shahzia Sikander: Unbound, opened in 2021 at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, and explored the artist’s innovative use of manuscripts.

Sikander is a 2006 MacArthur Foundation Fellow and received the United States Medal of Arts in 2012. The artist became a Fukuoka Laureate in 2022 as a recipient of the Arts and Culture Prize from Fukuoka City, Japan. She earned her B.F.A. from National College of Arts in Lahore, an M.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design, and participated in Glassell School of Art’s CORE Program at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

ABOUT THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION

For more than three decades, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation has supported working artists and not-for-profit organizations internationally. Established in 1985 through the generosity of Lee Krasner, one of the foremost abstract expressionist painters of the 20th century, the Foundation is a leader in providing resources to emerging and established artists. To date, the Foundation has awarded nearly 5,000 grants totaling $85 million in 79 countries. For more information, including guidelines for grant applications, visit the Foundation’s website: www.pkf.org.

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January 11, 2023

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Announces Appointment of Caroline Black as Executive Director

New York, NY – January 11, 2023 – The Pollock-Krasner Foundation announced today the appointment of Caroline Black as the organization’s Executive Director following her distinguished tenure as Program Director of the Foundation. During Black’s more than two decades with the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, she has overseen $65 million in grants, spearheaded the extension of the Foundation’s mission to encompass funding for organizations that directly engage with artists, and launched the Foundation’s Photography Program. As Executive Director, Black will advance the Foundation’s service to the arts community, develop new initiatives, and strengthen the Foundation’s work to further the legacies of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner.

“Caroline’s passion for supporting artists and arts organizations, her energetic embrace of new ideas, and her many years with our organization give her the ideal combination of experience and vision to lead the Pollock-Krasner Foundation’s program into the future,” said Ronald D. Spencer, Chairman and CEO of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. “We congratulate Caroline on her new role as Executive Director with enthusiasm, and we greatly thank her for the many years of dedicated work and program leadership that have positioned the Foundation for an exciting future.”

“The Pollock-Krasner Foundation has made a vital difference in the lives of hundreds of artists since our founding,” said Samuel Sachs II, President of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. “I can think of no one more capable to advance Lee Krasner’s legacy of generosity than Caroline. With her inspired leadership, we will make an even greater contribution to the arts community in the years ahead.”

“The role of artists is absolutely critical in a vibrant civic society, and support for their work becomes more important with each passing year,” said Caroline Black, Executive Director of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. “It is deeply meaningful and inspiring for me to honor Lee Krasner’s commitment to fostering the work of the generations of artists who would come after her.”

Prior to joining the Pollock-Krasner Foundation in 1997, Black managed the David Beitzel Gallery in Soho, championing emerging and mid-career artists. Prior to that post, she served in the curatorial department at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, CT, conducting research for future exhibitions. Black serves on the Board of Directors of the Artists’ Legacy Foundation and the Sculpture Advisory Committee of the Fund for Park Avenue. Black earned her M.A. in Art History from Columbia University and her B.A. and honors in Art History from Connecticut College in New London, CT.

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ABOUT THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION
For more than three decades, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation has supported working artists and not-for-profit organizations internationally. Established in 1985 through the generosity of Lee Krasner, one of the foremost abstract expressionist painters of the 20th century, the Foundation is a leader in providing resources to emerging and established artists. To date, the Foundation has awarded nearly 5,000 grants totaling $85 million to working artists and arts organizations in 79 countries. For more information, including guidelines for grant applications, visit the Foundation’s website: www.pkf.org.

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December 8, 2022

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Announces the Retirement of Kerrie Buitrago, COO & Executive Vice President

New York, NY – December 8, 2022

I want to share the news that after more than 35 years of service with the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Kerrie Buitrago has retired as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President. Kerrie joined the Foundation in its early days, collaborating with PKF’s Chairman and CEO Charles C. Bergman to develop a critical source of support for visual artists and organizations around the world. Kerrie’s many years of dedicated work have been instrumental to the success of the Foundation, which today has provided nearly 5,000 grants totaling more than $84 million to working artists and arts organizations in 79 countries. Her commitment to advancing the legacy of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock is unparalleled.

Kerrie’s contributions span from the Foundation’s beginnings to the present. It is thanks to Kerrie’s leadership that such an incredible number of artists received financial resources at critical moments in their work. I can think of no greater service to the field.

Kerrie shares this message:

It is with a deep sense of pride that I look back on my years at the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Over the decades I have seen the enrichment of spirit that artists give to all of us. It has been the greatest privilege of my life to help facilitate the artistic process and to honor the generosity of Lee Krasner. I want to thank you for your support over the decades—for your collaboration, your camaraderie, and your friendship.

I know you all will want to join me in thanking Kerrie for her unflagging commitment to making a difference in the lives of artists and people throughout the arts community.

Sincerely,
Ronald D. Spencer
Chairman & CEO
Pollock-Krasner Foundation

 


August 2, 2022

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Announces 2021-22 Grants, Amounting to Nearly $2.7 Million

106 Grants Awarded to Artists and Nonprofit Organizations Internationally

New York, NY – August 2, 2022– Today, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation announces it awarded $2,685,000 to 106 artists and nonprofit organizations during its July 2021-June 2022 fiscal year grant cycle, providing essential support to U.S.-based and international artists. Spanning Los Angeles to India, the latest iteration of grant and award recipients comprise artists from 14 states and 16 countries. Since the Foundation’s establishment in 1985, it has awarded nearly 5,000 grants totaling over $84 million in 79 countries. Particularly critical during the continuing global health crisis, the Foundation’s ongoing funding imparts professional support to artists around the globe, allowing the grantees to create new work, purchase materials, rent studio space, prepare for and mount exhibitions, attend residencies, and offset living expenses. The Foundation continues to accept applications year-round for its individual grant program; for more information or to apply, please visit www.pkf.org.

“As we continue to support Lee Krasner’s legacy, our 2021-22 grant and award recipients illustrate the Foundation’s philanthropy thanks to the generosity of Krasner herself,” said Ronald D. Spencer, Chairman and CEO of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. “She understood how important it is to give artists the funding they need to continue to create new work, and we are proud to expand the opportunities available to our recipients through support for their exhibitions and residency programs.”

This year, the Lee Krasner Award—bestowed in recognition of a lifetime of artistic achievement—is awarded to first time recipient Josely Carvalho. A São Paulo-born multimedia artist, Carvalho maintains studios in Rio de Janeiro and New York, and through her work seeks to highlight memory, women’s issues, and social justice. In addition to Carvalho, other Lee Krasner Award recipients include Laddie John Dill, Rita McBride, and Cheryl Ann Thomas, who were previously recognized and received additional support from the Foundation during the 2021-22 cycle. In addition to being the 2022 recipient of the Pollock Prize for Creativity, Beili Liu was awarded The Brian Wall Foundation Grant for Sculptors. The $25,000 prize identifies an exceptional sculptor and is awarded by The Brian Wall Foundation and administered by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Both awards support Liu’s project Dreams of the High North: Between Survival and Belonging, on view at Hå Gamle Prestegard, a Norwegian National Arts and Cultural Institution, June 2023 through September 2023.

In addition, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation also awarded grants to cultural institutions that engage directly with artists. This year’s organization grantees include: Villa Bergerie in Laguarres, Spain for residency program expenses; Wave Hill in Bronx, NY for artist residency and exhibition expenses; and the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT in support of PKF grantee Milano Chow’s solo exhibition, Prima Facie.

Pollock-Krasner Foundation 2020-21 Artist Grantees and Lee Krasner Award Recipients:

  • Roya Amigh, Cambridge, MA
  • Miroslav Antic, West Palm Beach, FL
  • Anthony Aziz and Sammy Cucher, Brooklyn, NY
  • Lou Baltasar, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Monia Ben Hamouda, Milan, Italy
  • David Benarroch, Madrid, Spain
  • Ruth Beraha, Bologna, Italy
  • Hermes Berrío, Miami, FL
  • Shane Bradford, London, England
  • Kathe Burkhart, New York, NY
  • Josely Carvalho, New York, NY
  • Christopher Hart Chambers, New York, NY
  • Marta Chilindron, New York, NY
  • Jeane Cohen, Brunswick, ME
  • Cesar Cornejo, Manchester, England
  • Janet Culbertson, Shelter Island Heights, NY
  • Edith Derdyk, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Claudia Desgranges, Cologne, Germany
  • Laddie John Dill, Los Angeles, CA
  • Kerstin Drechsel, Berlin, Germany
  • Merion Estes, Yucca Valley, CA
  • Rodney Ewing, San Francisco, CA
  • Maura Falfan, New York, NY
  • Jes Fan, Brooklyn, NY
  • Elisa Filomena, Turin, Italy
  • Anna Franceschini, Milan, Italy
  • Malado Francine, Los Angeles, CA
  • Gonzalo Fuenmayor, Miami Shores, FL
  • Ted Gahl, Litchfield, CT
  • Surya Suran Gied, Berlin, Germany
  • Alison Goodyear, Bedford, England
  • Ashok Kumar Gopalan, Kerala State, India
  • Jude Griebel, Sundre, Canada
  • Matthias Grotevent, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Jennifer Gunlock, Los Angeles, CA
  • Takuji Hamanaka, Brooklyn, NY
  • Christopher E. Harrison, Brooklyn Park, MN
  • Saba Hasan, New Delhi, India
  • Judith Henry, Brooklyn, NY
  • Claudio Herrera, Santiago, Chile
  • Christine Hughes, Ravena, NY
  • Faiza Huma, Bhopal MP, India
  • Fox Hysen, Norfolk, CT
  • Fumi Ishino, Los Angeles, CA
  • David N. Jackson, Tarboro, NC
  • Chris Jagmin, Phoenix, AZ
  • Samuel Jeffery, Berkhamsted, England
  • Ervin A. Johnson, Chicago, IL
  • Pantea Karimi, San Jose, CA
  • Sharon Kelly, Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Shila Khatami, Berlin, Germany
  • Duk Ju L. Kim, Chicago, IL
  • Daehong Kim, Busan, South Korea
  • Christina Kral, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Perla Krauze, Mexico City, Mexico
  • David Krippendorff, Berlin, Germany
  • Sandra Lapage, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Makode Linde, Berlin, Germany
  • Beili Liu, Austin, MI
  • Beth Livensperger, Ridgewood, NY
  • Rita McBride, Los Alamos, CA
  • Raymond Meeks, Rhinebeck, NY
  • Christopher Meerdo, Denton, TX
  • Elias Mendel, London, England
  • Stuart Middleton, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Lavely Miller, Cambridge, MD
  • Penny Olson, Vallejo, CA
  • Bundith Phunsombatlert, Brooklyn, NY
  • Luisa Rabbia, Brooklyn, NY
  • Ransome, Rhinebeck, NY
  • Michael Reafsnyder, Orange, CA
  • Hunter Reynolds, New York, NY
  • David Rhodes, New York, NY
  • Nathaniel Robinson, Brewster, NY
  • Benjamin Rubloff, Berlin, Germany
  • Rose Salane, Queens, NY
  • Lynn Saville, New York, NY
  • Ghita Skali Lami, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Janice Sloane, New York, NY
  • Harold Smith, Kansas City, KS
  • Cheryl Ann Thomas, Ventura, CA
  • Strijdom van der Merwe, Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Virginia Verran, London, England
  • Leigh Wells, Sausalito, CA
  • Pedro Wirz, Zürich, Switzerland
  • Kathy Wright, Sarasota, FL
  • Caitlin Yardley, London, England
  • Vasantha Yogananthan, Marseille, France 

Pollock-Krasner Foundation, 2021-22 Organization Grantees:

  • Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT; support for PKF grantee Milano Chow’s exhibition
  • ArtTable, New York, NY; support for its Women Artists’ Breakfast and Perspective Series
  • Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue, Brooklyn, NY; funding for artist award grant
  • Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO; residency program support
  • Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Provincetown, MA; residency program support
  • International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY; residency program funding
  • Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland; support for PKF Grantee Daniel Turner’s upcoming exhibition
  • MacDowell, New York, NY; support for its residency program
  • Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; support for its residency program
  • New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY; funding for online resources
  • Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY; funding for Charles C. Bergman Fellowship
  • Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT; support for its residency program
  • Villa Bergerie, Laguarres, Spain; funding for residency program
  • Wave Hill, Bronx, NY; support for its artist residency and exhibition program
  • Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY; residency program artists’ expenses
  • Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY; residency program funding

ORGANIZATION SUPPORT REALIZED  

In addition to the 2021-22 grant recipients, over the past year a number of Pollock-Krasner Foundation supported projects have come to fruition, including Detroit-born artist and PKF grantee Matthew Angelo Harrison’s exhibition, Proto, at Kunsthalle Basel, his first solo exhibition at a European institution. The Foundation also supported the production of Harrison’s first monograph, created to accompany the exhibition. Additionally, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation contributed funding to the Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Pompidou in Paris, France, for the 352-page catalogue for the Women in Abstraction exhibition. Published by Editions du Centre Pompidou, the publication features five essays, 15 thematic topics, and 112 texts analyzing abstraction and the artistic impact of the women in the exhibition, as well as the cultural and feminist history of abstraction.

 

ABOUT POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION      

For more than three decades, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation has supported working artists and cultural organizations internationally. Established in 1985 through the generosity of Lee Krasner, one of the foremost abstract expressionist painters of the 20th century and widow of Jackson Pollock, the Foundation is a leader in providing resources to emerging and established artists. To date, the Foundation has awarded nearly 5,000 grants totaling over $84 million in 79 countries. The Foundation continues to accept applications for its individual grant program year-round; for more information, including guidelines for grant applications, visit the Foundation’s website: www.pkf.org.

 

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January 26, 2022

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Awards Artist Beili Liu Pollock Prize For Creativity

$50,000 Prize Supports Liu’s Project “Dreams of the High North: Between Survival and Belonging” at Hå Gamle Prestegard, a Norwegian National Arts and Cultural Institution, on view from June through September 2023

New York, NY – January 26, 2022 – The Pollock-Krasner Foundation announced today that the Pollock Prize for Creativity is awarded to Beili Liu, a visual artist who creates site-specific installations and performances that address themes of migration and cultural memory, as well as labor, social, and environmental concerns. The $50,000 award is directed towards Liu’s sculptural installation and performance series Dreams of the High North: Between Survival and Belonging, a solo exhibition at the Norwegian national arts and cultural institution Hå Gamle Prestegard, on view from June 2023 through September 2023. The Pollock Prize for Creativity, established in 2016 to honor the artistic legacies of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, is given to an artist whose work embodies high creative standards and has a substantial impact on individuals and society.

Liu currently serves as the 2021-22 Fulbright Arctic Chair, a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Fellowship, an award that is among the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholarship Program. She will be conducting research in Tromsø, Norway and teaching at UiT, the Arctic University of Norway. This research will serve as the basis for her new series, Dreams of the High North: Between Survival and Belonging. The series aims to increase awareness of the fragile balance between human actions and the environment through an exploration of indigenous narratives of the past, present, and future. Born in China and working in the United States, Liu’s cross-cultural experience informs her work, which focuses on topics such as being part of a diaspora, assimilation, survival, and the ultimate question of otherness versus our shared need for belonging.

“Beili Liu is an immense talent whose work is both innovative and striking. From addressing environmental concerns to cultural narratives, in her work she encourages new ways of thinking and grappling with our shared histories,” said Ronald D. Spencer, Chairman and CEO of Pollock-Krasner Foundation. “Fostering new work from visual artists is at the core of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation’s mission, and we are delighted to help support her work and exhibition in Norway in the coming year.”

“Throughout my career as a visual artist, I have been committed to international and interdisciplinary exchange,” said Beili Liu. “I admire Pollock-Krasner Foundation’s inclusive, global-facing mission of supporting artists to develop new work, mount exhibitions, and most importantly, to grow. I am deeply honored and humbled to have received the Pollock Prize for Creativity. The prize will provide essential support for my Arctic research and the development of a pivotal new body of work, Dreams of the High North: Between Survival and Belonging. I hold immense gratitude for this recognition at a significant juncture of my career. I know for certain that my experience and research in the High North will be life-changing and profoundly impact all my future work.”

Established in 1985 through the generosity of Lee Krasner, the Foundation provides grants to artists that allow them to create new work. Previous Pollock Prize winners include Todd Williamson, Amy Sherald, and Gideon Mendel. The Foundation also honors artists with the Lee Krasner Award, recognizing a lifetime of distinguished artistic achievement. Recipients of the Lee Krasner Award have included Mel Chin, Chris Drury, Alfred Leslie, Don Nice, Morgan O’Hara, and Masami Teraoka. Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded $82 million to nearly 5,000 grantees in 78 countries. These grants can be used by artists to create new work, rent studio space, and prepare exhibitions.

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ABOUT BEILI LIU
Liu’s work has been exhibited in countries around the world, among them Norway, Finland, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Lithuania, China, Poland, Taiwan, and across the United States. Her solo exhibitions include shows at: Hå Gamle Prestegard; Norwegian National Art and Culture Museum; Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany; Museo di Villa Bernasconi, Como, Italy; Elisabeth de Brabant Art Center, Shanghai, China; Chinese Culture Foundation, San Francisco, CA; and the Crow Museum of Asian Art, Dallas, TX, among others. Her work has received support from numerous grants, fellowships, and awards including: Fulbright Arctic Chair, a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award, Norway (2021-2022); New York Foundation for the Arts Fiscal Sponsorship (2021); Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant (2016); National Endowment for the Arts Challenge America Grant through the Museum of Southeast Texas (2014); and Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Artistic Innovation and Collaboration Grant through Women & Their Work Gallery (2013). Liu received her MFA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2003). Liu is the Leslie Waggener Professor in the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin, where she is also a current Institute for the Humanities Fellow. Liu’s teaching has been recognized by a Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award (2011), selected across the nine institutions of the University of Texas System.

ABOUT POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION      

For more than three decades, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation has supported working artists and not-for-profit organizations internationally. Established in 1985 through the generosity of Lee Krasner, one of the foremost abstract expressionist painters of the 20th century and widow of Jackson Pollock, the Foundation is a leader in providing resources to emerging and established artists. To date, the Foundation has awarded nearly 5,000 grants totaling $82 million in 78 countries. For more information, including guidelines for grant applications, visit the Foundation’s website: www.pkf.org.

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June 22, 2021

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Announces 2020-21 Grants

137 Grants Awarded to Artists and Nonprofit Organizations Internationally

New York, NY – June 22, 2021 – Today, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation announces it awarded $3,350,000 to 137 artists and nonprofit organizations during its 2020-21 grant cycle, providing essential support to U.S.-based and international artists. Spanning from San Francisco, CA to Bulleen, Australia, the latest iteration of grant and award recipients comprise artists from 17 states, Puerto Rico and 14 countries. Since the Foundation’s establishment in 1985, it has awarded nearly 5,000 grants totaling $82 million in 78 countries. Particularly critical during the 2020-21 global health crisis, the Foundation’s ongoing funding imparts professional support to artists around the globe, allowing the grantees to create new work, purchase materials, rent studio space, prepare for and mount exhibitions, attend residencies, and offset living expenses.

“As we continue to fulfill Lee Krasner’s vision of supporting working artists internationally, we are proud to provide artists the opportunity to practice and advance their work,” said Ronald D. Spencer, Chairman and CEO of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. “This year, we are also honored to have provided funding to the Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Pompidou for its ‘Women in Abstraction’ catalogue that accompanies its exhibition of the same title. Significantly, the exhibition presents the work and elevates the profile of many artists, including Krasner.”

This year, the Lee Krasner Award—bestowed in recognition of a lifetime of artistic achievement—is awarded to first-time recipients Rita McBride and Cheryl Ann Thomas in honor of their illustrious careers. In addition to McBride and Thomas, other Lee Krasner Award Recipients include Squeak Carnwath, Blane De St. Croix, Laddie John Dill and Morgan O’Hara, who were recognized and received additional support from the Foundation during the 2020-21 cycle, building on their initial acknowledgement. Also in 2021, PKF Grantee Alex Schweder was awarded The Brian Wall Foundation Grant for Sculptors. This year’s $30,000 prize that identifies an exceptional sculptor is awarded by The Brian Wall Foundation and administered by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.

In conjunction with its support for individual artists, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation also awarded grants to nonprofit institutions that engage directly with artists and work to extend the legacies of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock through scholarship opportunities and exhibitions of Krasner and Pollock’s work. This year’s organization grantees include: the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York for the 2022 Whitney Biennial artists’ production expenses; Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Pompidou in Paris, France, for the Women in Abstraction exhibition 352-page catalogue; and Kunsthalle Basel in Basel, Switzerland, for PKF Grantee Matthew Angelo Harrison’s exhibition, Proto, and the associated monograph.

Pollock-Krasner Foundation 2020-21 Artist Grantees:

  • Øystein Aasan, Berlin, Germany
  • Alessandro Agudio, Berlin, Germany
  • Bettina Allamoda, Berlin Germany
  • David Amico, Los Angeles, CA
  • Todd D. Anderson, Clemson, SC
  • Shaji Appukuttan, Ernakulam, India
  • Kenseth Armstead, Brooklyn, NY
  • Micol Assaël, Rome, Italy
  • Olga Balema, Brooklyn, NY
  • Gary Batty, Gardiner, NY
  • Aviv Benn, Chicago, IL
  • Laurenz Berges, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Alessandro Biggio, Cagliari, Italy
  • Miguel Borrego, Manises, Spain
  • Benni Bosetto, Montevecchia, Italy
  • Greg Bray, Chicago, IL
  • Riley Brewster, New Haven, CT
  • Jessica Brilli, Quincy, MA
  • Anne Buckwalter, Philadelphia, PA
  • Astrid Busch, Berlin, Germany
  • Peter Callas, Belvidere, NJ
  • Squeak Carnwath, Oakland, CA
  • Othon Castaneda, Brownsville, TX
  • Jeff Chapman-Crane, Eolia, KY
  • Mike Childs, Bronx, NY
  • Il-Jin Choi, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Michael Combs, Greenport, NY
  • Gianluca Concialdi, Palermo, Italy
  • Jeff Cowen, Berlin, Germany
  • Mithun Dasgupta, Kolkata, India
  • Anna U. Davis, Washington D.C.
  • Lisa Corinne Davis, Brooklyn, NY
  • Blane De St. Croix, Brooklyn, NY
  • Steve DiBenedetto, New York, NY
  • Laddie John Dill, Los Angeles, CA
  • Michael Dunbar, Springfield, IL
  • Vanessa Enriquez, Berlin, Germany
  • Ettore Favini, Cremona, Italy
  • Amy Feldman, Brooklyn, NY
  • Fredone Fone, Vitoria, Brazil
  • Peter Fraser, London, England
  • Joanne Freeman, New Yok, NY
  • Eric French, San Juan, PR
  • Annette Frick, Berlin, Germany
  • Gabriel Garcilazo, Cuernavaca, Mexico
  • Linda Geary, Oakland, CA
  • Francesco Gennari, Milano, Italy
  • Melissa Gordon, Brussels, Belgium
  • Assaf Gruber, Berlin, Germany
  • Diego Gualandris, Albino, Italy
  • Olivier Guesselé-Garai, Berlin, Germany
  • Hannah Hallermann, Berlin, Germany
  • Paul Harbutt, Hudson, NY
  • Daesha Devón Harris, Saratoga Springs, NY
  • Matthew Angelo Harrison, Detroit, MI
  • Stef Heidhues, Berlin, Germany
  • Alison Hiltner, Minneapolis, MN
  • Hipkiss, Panjas, France
  • Akira Ikezoe, New York, NY
  • Jay Isaac, Toronto, Canada
  • Alexander Iskin, Berlin, Germany
  • Caro Jost, Munich, Germany
  • Sidharthan K, Ernakulam, India
  • Selena Kimball, Brooklyn, NY
  • John Kleckner, Berlin, Germany
  • Susan Klein, Charleston, SC
  • Cyrill Lachauer, Berlin, Germany
  • Patricia Lambertus, Bremen, Germany
  • Shaun Leonardo, Brooklyn, NY
  • Sharon Lockhart, Los Angeles, CA
  • Katherine Lubar, London, England
  • Marius Lüscher, Bern, Switzerland
  • Maggie Madden, Dublin, Ireland
  • Yeni Mao, New York, NY
  • Sonia Martin, London, England
  • Nicola Martini, Milano, Italy
  • Rita McBride, Santa Monica, CA
  • Catalina Mena, Santiago, Chile
  • Yonas Million, Toronto, Canada
  • Ranu Mukherjee, San Francisco, CA
  • Vitesh Naik, Fatorda, India
  • Shervone Neckles, Queens Village, NY
  • Luca Nejedly, Bern, Switzerland
  • Valerio Nicolai, Gorizia, Italy
  • Ramekon O’Arwisters, San Francisco, CA
  • Nela Ochoa, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
  • Morgan O’Hara, New York, NY
  • Kristina Page, London, England
  • Alessandro Pessoli, Los Angeles, CA
  • Olivia Petrides, Chicago, IL
  • Dustin M. Pevey, Marfa, TX
  • Alyssa Pheobus Mumtaz, Williamstown, MA
  • Andrea Pichl, Berlin, Germany
  • Peter Reginato, New York, NY
  • Doug Reina, Stony Brook, NY
  • Elliott Jamal Robbins, Tucson, AZ
  • Gamaliel Rodriguez, Cabo Rojo, PR
  • Terri Rolland, Santa Fe, NM
  • Alexander Ross, Great Barrington, MA
  • Carol Rowan, Nobleboro, ME
  • Donna Ruff, Miami Beach, FL
  • Katia Santibañez, New York, NY
  • Bojan Sarcevic, Paris, France
  • Irene Schubiger, Zollikofen, Switzerland
  • Alex Schweder, Brooklyn, NY
  • Joydip Sengupta, Kolkata, India
  • Rick Shaefer, Fairfield, CT
  • Namsal Siedlecki, Seggiano, Italy
  • Katrín Sigurdardóttir, Long Island City, NY
  • David Slater, Sag Harbor, NY
  • Hans Stalder, Bern, Switzerland
  • Seth Tane, Portland, OR
  • Cheryl Ann Thomas, Ventura, CA
  • Antony Valerian, Berlin, Germany
  • Asim Waqif, New Delhi, India
  • Brigid Watson, South Boston, MA
  • Suse Weber, Berlin, Germany
  • Marjorie Welish, New York, NY
  • Paul White, Bulleen, Australia

Pollock-Krasner Foundation, 2020-21 Organization Grantees:

  • ArtTable, New York, NY; support for its Women Artists’ Breakfast and Perspective Series
  • Artadia, Brooklyn, NY; funding for artist award grant
  • The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY; AIM program funding
  • Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO; residency program support
  • Deborah Remington Charitable Trust for the Visual Arts, New York, NY; monograph funding
  • International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY; residency program funding
  • Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland; support for PKF Grantee Matthew Angelo Harrison’s exhibition, Proto, and accompanying monograph
  • La Napoule Art Foundation, Portsmouth, NH; support for its residency program
  • MacDowell, New York, NY; support for its residency program
  • Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; funding for the Women in Abstraction exhibition catalogue
  • Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; support for its residency program
  • New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY; funding for online resources
  • SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY; support of its In Practice open call program
  • Villa Bergerie, Laguarres, Spain; funding for residency program
  • Wave Hill, Bronx, NY; support for its Winter Workspace Residency and Sunroom Project Space
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; funding for the Whitney Biennial artists’ production expenses
  • Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY; residency program artists’ expenses
  • Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY; residency program funding

ORGANIZATION SUPPORT REALIZED  

In addition to the 2020-21 grant recipients, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation has provided support for a virtual exhibition, titled Seeing Past the Future, which features the work of 2019-2020 Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant recipients. Unveiled on June 10, Seeing Past the Future was conceived by Shimon Attie, the inaugural Charles C. Bergman Endowed Visiting Professor of Studio Art at Stony Brook University’s College of Arts and Sciences, and the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center. The visiting professorship was created in honor of the late Charles C. Bergman, who served as the Pollock-Krasner Foundation’s Executive Vice President and subsequently Chairman and CEO from the organization’s inception in 1985 until his death in 2018. Made possible by an endowment from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the visiting professorship includes the commitment of collaborating with the Director of the House and Study Center on educational programming like Seeing Past the Future.

Through the presentation of contemporary works by PKF grant recipients, Seeing Past the Future emphasizes how Pollock and Krasner’s legacy remains vibrant and relevant and continues through the practice of working artists today. The exhibition, which comprises 50 works in a wide range of media, is available for online viewing on the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center’s and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation’s websites: www.pkhouse.org and www.pkf.flywheelstaging.com.

ABOUT POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION      

For more than three decades, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation has supported working artists and not-for-profit organizations internationally. Established in 1985 through the generosity of Lee Krasner, one of the foremost abstract expressionist painters of the 20th century and widow of Jackson Pollock, the Foundation is a leader in providing resources to emerging and established artists. To date, the Foundation has awarded nearly 5,000 grants totaling $82 million in 78 countries. For more information, including guidelines for grant applications, visit the Foundation’s website: www.pkf.flywheelstaging.com.

 

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September 3, 2020

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Annouces Visual Artist Shimon Attie Appointed as Stony Brook University’s Inaugural Charles C. Bergman Endowed Visiting Professor of Studio Art

THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION
ANNOUNCES VISUAL ARTIST
SHIMON ATTIE
APPOINTED AS STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY’S
INAUGURAL CHARLES C. BERGMAN ENDOWED
VISITING PROFESSOR OF STUDIO ART

 

New York, NY – September 3, 2020 – The Pollock-Krasner Foundation announced today that visual artist Shimon Attie was appointed as the inaugural Charles C. Bergman Endowed Visiting Professor of Studio Art at Stony Brook University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Attie, who began his tenure at the start of the fall semester on August 24, is a 2019-2020 Lee Krasner Award recipient and an internationally renowned artist whose practice spans mixed-media and site-specific installations for museums, galleries, and public spaces, photographs, and new media works.

Made possible by an endowment from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the visiting professorship was created in honor of the late Charles C. Bergman, who served as the Foundation’s Executive Vice President and then Chairman and CEO from the organization’s inception in 1985 until his death in 2018. The Foundation and Stony Brook University’s creation of this position celebrates Bergman’s commitment to the University and his lifelong devotion to the visual arts and artists and celebrates the legacies of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock.

“Shimon Attie is a leading visual artist who has extensive experience teaching at a University level, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation is thrilled that in addition to being a recent recipient of the Foundation’s Lee Krasner Award, he has now been chosen as the inaugural Charles C. Bergman Endowed Visiting Professor of Studio Art,” said Ronald D. Spencer, Chairman and CEO of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. “This position not only honor’s Charlie’s life and work, it also advances the legacies of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, and we are grateful to Stony Brook University for partnering with us to establish this visiting professorship.”

“The Pollock-Krasner Foundation has been a staunch supporter of my work for many years, and I’m incredibly grateful to them for the resources they have provided to me and thousands of other artists over the years, allowing us to advance our practice,” said Shimon Attie. “I look forward to working with the extraordinarily talented students and staff at Stony Brook University over the course of this school year as we uphold not only Krasner and Pollock’s legacy but that of Charlie C. Bergman as well, who was at the forefront of bringing Krasner’s vision for the Pollock-Krasner Foundation to fruition.”

For more than two decades, Mr. Attie has made art that allows viewers to reflect on the relationship between place, memory, and identity. In many of his projects he engages local communities in finding new ways of representing their history, memory, and potential futures, and explores how contemporary media may be used to re-imagine new relationships between space, time, place, and identity. His work has been shown in group and solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world, including at The Museum of Modern Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Centre Georges Pompidou, The Miami Art Museum, and The National Gallery of Art, among many others, and his work is currently on view as part of a traveling exhibition, American Portraiture Today, organized by the National Portrait Gallery.

Chosen from a competitive pool of candidates, Mr. Attie will help to promote the continuing relevance of the life and work of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. He will also collaborate with the Director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center on various educational programs, including activities for Stony Brook University students.

In addition to the Charles C. Bergman Visiting Professorship, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation has a long history with Stony Brook University. The home of Krasner and Pollock in East Hampton, now known as The Pollock-Krasner House, was part of Krasner’s original bequest after her death in 1984. Following her wishes that the House be given to a charitable institution that could preserve the space as a place for the study of modern American art, the Foundation donated the House to Stony Brook University, who then built the Study Center and oversees its use today as a resource to artists and the Long Island community.

ABOUT SHIMON ATTIE

Shimon Attie is a visual artist, whose practice includes creating single and multiple-channel video works, mixed-media, and site-specific installations for museums/galleries and public places, photographs, and new media works. Mr. Attie’s projects explore how contemporary media may be used to re-imagine new relationships between space, time, place, and identity. In many works, he engages local communities in finding new ways of representing their history, memory, and potential futures. Mr. Attie is particularly concerned with issues of loss, communal trauma and the potential for regeneration, and how the histories of marginalized communities can be introduced into the physical and social landscape of the present. Mr. Attie’s received numerous awards including the Guggenheim, The Rome Prize, The Radcliffe Institute, The NEA, NYSCA, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation’s Lee Krasner Award, and in 2018, Mr. Attie was inducted into the National Academy of Design. Mr. Attie’s work has been exhibited/collected by numerous museums around the world, including NY MoMA, Centre Pompidou, and The National Gallery, among many others. Recent solo exhibitions include the Saint Louis Art Museum (2017) and Madison MoCA (2019). Attie’s work is currently on view in American Portraiture Today at the National Portrait Gallery. Five monographs have been published on Attie’s work, most recently Facts on the Ground (Nazraeli, 2016).

 

ABOUT POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION

For more than three decades, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation has supported working artists and visual arts organizations internationally. Established in 1985 through the generosity of Lee Krasner, one of the foremost abstract expressionist painters of the 20th century and widow of Jackson Pollock, the Foundation is a leader in providing resources to emerging and established artists. To date, the Foundation has awarded nearly 5,000 grants totaling $79 million in 78 countries. For more information, including guidelines for grant applications, visit the Foundation’s website: www.pkf.org.

 

ABOUT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY
Stony Brook University, widely regarded as a SUNY flagship, is going far beyond the expectations of today’s public universities. With more than 26,000 students, 2,700 faculty members, nearly 200,000 alumni, an academic medical center and 18 NCAA Division I athletic programs, it is one of only four University Center campuses in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The University embraces its mission to provide comprehensive undergraduate, graduate, and professional education of the highest quality, and has been ranked among the top 35 public universities in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Fostering a commitment to academic research and intellectual endeavors, Stony Brook’s membership in the Association of American Universities (AAU) places it among the top 65 research institutions in North America. The University’s distinguished faculty have earned esteemed awards such as the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, Indianapolis Prize for animal conservation, Abel Prize, and the inaugural Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics. Part of the management team of Brookhaven National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, Stony Brook is one of only eight universities that has a role in running a national laboratory. Providing economic growth for neighboring communities and the wider geographic region, the University totals an impressive $7.23 billion in increased economic output on Long Island.

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August 20, 2020

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Announces Publication Of Lee Krasner: The Unacknowledged Equal By Art Critic And Author Carter Ratcliff

ESSAY EXPLORES KRASNER’S FUNDAMENTAL ROLE IN CREATING REVOLUTIONARY “ALLOVER” PAINTING

Scholarly essay is available to download on the Pollock-Krasner Foundation’s website

New York, NY – August 20, 2020 – The Pollock-Krasner Foundation today announced the publication of Lee Krasner: The Unacknowledged Equal by art critic, poet, and writer Carter Ratcliff. In the long-form essay, Ratcliff investigates Krasner’s life and practice from her early days as Hans Hofmann’s student to the production of her late masterworks. Through meticulous research and careful analysis, Ratcliff provides detailed insight into the evolution of Krasner’s work, worldview, and relationship with Jackson Pollock—definitively bringing her out of Pollock’s shadow. Ratcliff goes beyond giving Krasner her rightful due, he sheds new light on her accomplishments and argues that Krasner was as much the inventor of “allover” painting as Pollock. The scholarly essay is available to download at no charge at pkf.org. A bound, fully illustrated print version of the essay will be available later this year.

The forward to Lee Krasner: The Unacknowledged Equal is written by art critic, poet, and writer John Yau who notes, “Ratcliff’s reading of the extent that Krasner and Pollock influenced each other as they approached the breakthrough of what we know as “allover” painting is eye-opening, thrilling, and indispensable: he has shown us something we have not seen before, even though it has literally been in front of our eyes for more than 70 years.”

“For over three decades, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation has been dedicated to advancing scholarship on Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock while also providing support to emerging and established artists,” said Ronald D. Spencer, Chairman and CEO of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. “Given Carter Ratcliff’s prolific career as a critic and author, his commitment to thorough research, and his deep knowledge of Krasner’s work, it is an honor to publish this volume. There has long been an imbalance in the recognition accorded Krasner and Pollock. Ratcliff rebalances their legacies and enables us to see the work of both artists with new eyes.”

“As happy as I have been to see Lee Krasner recognized, at long last, as a leading member of the Abstract Expressionism’s first generation, I felt as well that the most important part of her story had not yet been told,” said Carter Ratcliff, author of Lee Krasner: The Unacknowledged Equal. “It has to do with the “allover” image, an innovation routinely credited to Jackson Pollock. Often described in narrowly formal terms, the allover image is, in fact, an inexhaustibly powerful symbol of American ideals of equality and unbounded possibility. In looking closely at the intertwined art and lives of Krasner and Pollock during the mid-1940s, I saw that she was not merely present at the birth of this radically new way to make a painting. She took an active and equal part in its creation. Lee Krasner: The Unacknowledged Equal is meant to take the full measure of her importance to the history of art—and to our culture.”

To accompany the print version of Lee Krasner: The Unacknowledged Equal, to be released later this year, the Foundation will collaborate with a range of partners to present panels and events on Krasner’s work and legacy. More details on these events will be announced in the coming months.

The Foundation has provided invaluable resources to support artists and non-profit organizations since its inception in 1985. Recently, the Foundation provided grants to works that advance scholarship on Krasner’s legacy, including the Barbican Centre’s monograph that accompanied Krasner’s first major European retrospective, Lee Krasner: Living Colour. Since the exhibition’s opening at the Barbican Centre in May 2019, it has traveled across Europe and is currently on view at Zentrum Paul Klee in Switzerland until August 16, 2020. Later this year, the exhibition will be on view at the Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain. The Foundation also supported the memoir Lee and Me: An Intimate Portrait of Lee Krasner, published in May 2020 by the late Ruth Appelhof, former Executive Director Emeritus of Guild Hall.

In May, the Foundation announced that it awarded nearly $3 million to 121 artists and not-for-profit organizations during its 2019-20 grant cycle, providing vital support to emerging and established artists nationally and internationally. For more information on the recent grant recipients, visit www.pkf.org/press-releases/.

ABOUT POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION

For more than three decades, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation has supported working artists and not-for-profit organizations internationally. Established in 1985 through the generosity of Lee Krasner, one of the foremost abstract expressionist painters of the 20th century and widow of Jackson Pollock, the Foundation is a leader in providing resources to emerging and established artists. To date, the Foundation has awarded nearly 5,000 grants totaling $79 million in 78 countries. For more information, including guidelines for grant applications, visit the Foundation’s website: www.pkf.org.

ABOUT CARTER RATCLIFF

Carter Ratcliff is a poet and art critic, the author of The Fate of a Gesture: Jackson Pollock and Postwar American Art; Out of the Box: The Reinvention of Art 1965-1975; and Andy Warhol, as well as books on Francis Bacon, Gilbert & George, Alex Katz, Marisol, Georgia O’Keeffe, John Singer Sargent, and other artists. His writings on art have appeared in catalogues published by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Royal Academy, and many other museums in the United States and abroad. His writing has also appeared in such journals as Art in America, Artforum, ArtNews, Tate, Art Studio, Hyperallergic, and The Brooklyn Rail. He is a contributing editor at Art in America and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Frank Jewett Mather Award for Art Criticism.

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March 7, 2019

Pollock-Krasner Foundation awards Todd Williamson the Pollock Prize for Creativity

photo courtesy Todd Williamson

$50,000 Prize Supports His Exhibition, “Processional”

At Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pietà During the 58th Venice Biennale

May 9 through November 24, 2019

 

New York, NY – March 5, 2019 – The Pollock-Krasner Foundation has awarded the Pollock Prize for Creativity to Todd Williamson. The $50,000 award will be directed towards Williamson’s exhibition Processional, a solo installation on view during the 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, May 9 through November 24, 2019.

In partnership with MAK Center for Art and Architecture and curated by MAK Executive Director Priscilla Fraser, Processional will be presented at the Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pietà, located on Riva degli Schiavoni between St. Mark’s Square and the entrance to the Arsenale. Williamson’s eight large-scale canvases will be displayed on the walls of a narrow chapel and will interact with the 18th-century church’s classically proportioned interior, challenging perceived order and tradition. The exhibition will explore contemporary influencers and thought leaders such as Barack Obama, Steve Jobs, and Nelson Mandela. It will also feature a sound room in the entry vestibule, with music that will be a harmonic nocturne created in collaboration with Professor Greg Walter from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

The annual Pollock Prize for Creativity, created to honor the artistic legacies of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, is given to an artist whose work embodies high creative standards and has a substantial impact on individuals and society. Previous Pollock Prize winners include Amy Sherald and Gideon Mendel. The Foundation also honors artists with the Lee Krasner Award, recognizing a lifetime of distinguished artistic achievement. Recipients have included Mel Chin, Chris Drury, Alfred Leslie, Don Nice, Morgan O’Hara, and Masami Teraoka.

Established in 1985 through the generosity of Lee Krasner, the Foundation provides grants to artists that allow them to create new work. Since inception, the Foundation has awarded $75 million to 4,500 artist grantees in 77 countries. These grants can be used by artists to create new work, rent studio space and prepare exhibitions.

Williamson, an American artist based in California whose work has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Milan, Naples, and Tokyo, has been part of the California school of abstraction and was the recipient of a 2010 Pollock-Krasner Grant.

“Todd Williamson is a gifted artist who, with curator Priscilla Fraser, has created an innovative installation,” said Ronald D. Spencer, Chairman and CEO of Pollock-Krasner Foundation. “The Venice Biennale provides a wonderful platform for Todd to show his work on an international stage. We are delighted to help support his exhibition, because fostering new work and the development of visual artists is central to the Foundation’s mission.”

“I am deeply honored to be recognized by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation with the Pollock Prize for Creativity. The award provides invaluable support for my work in Venice, allowing me to focus on the creation of my art,” said Todd Williamson. “I am grateful to the Foundation for their generous support.”

Williamson’s concept for Processional interplays with the Chiesa di Santa Maria Della Pietà’s classical design. Occupying the long, narrow chapel located to the side of the Church, the space will invite a meditative, sequential process of reflection. Drawing from the formal proportions, material richness, and dramatic natural light of the site, Williamson has developed a series of works to encourage contemplation yet challenge the perceived order. The eight-painting installation will offer a new layer to the deep patina of aging plaster and brick, establishing a rich, and continuous monochromatic palette.

ADDITIONAL POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION GRANTS

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation is also supporting Madison Square Park Conservancy’s role as commissioner of the U.S. Pavilion at the Biennale Arte 2019 with a $100,000 grant towards Martin Puryear’s exhibition, Martin Puryear: Liberty/Martin Puryear: Libertà.

From May 28 through September 1, 2019, the Barbican Centre will present Lee Krasner: Living Colour, the first major European retrospective of the artist’s work in over 50 years. The Foundation is a major lender to the exhibition and has provided funding for its accompanying monograph, edited by art historian and Barbican Art Gallery curator Eleanor Nairne and co-published by Thames & Hudson and the Barbican. The Lee Krasner exhibition will travel to the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt October 10, 2019 – January 12, 2020, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern February 7 – May 10, 2020 and Guggenheim Bilbao May 29 – September 6, 2020.

ABOUT TODD WILLIAMSON
For the past 20 years Todd Williamson has been a vital part of the California school of abstraction. Williamson has exhibited extensively both in the United States and internationally including the Palm Springs Art Museum (2016), Galerie Stenzel (2017), Villa di Donato (2015), and MOCA Museum (2009). Williamson has been awarded two ArtSlant International Showcase Awards, Curator’s Choice Award from the Micro Museum, Brooklyn NY, and an Artistic Merit Award from the City of Naples, Italy.

ABOUT POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation was established in 1985 through the generosity of Lee Krasner, a leading abstraction expressionist painter and spouse of Jackson Pollock. Based in New York and operating internationally, the Foundation’s grants enable artists to advance their art. Recipients of Pollock-Krasner grants have acknowledged their critical impact in allowing concentrated time to work in the studio and prepare for exhibitions.

 

To provide additional support, the Foundation maintains an up to date and comprehensive Grantee Image Collection representing the work of artists who have received grants since 1985. For more information, including guidelines for grant applications, the public may visit the Foundation’s website: www.pkf.org.

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