The Gold Art Prize, administered by art advisor Kelly Huang of KCH Advisory and Gold House, is a first-of-its-kind biennial award that spotlights the achievements of five contemporary Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) or Asian diaspora artists. Each awardee receives a $25,000 unrestricted cash prize, sponsored by the Kahng Foundation. Awardees are also included in Gold House Futures, an initiative that gives leading next-generation creatives, entrepreneurs, and social impact leaders opportunities for exposure and mentorship. A catalogue is published for each award cycle, featuring essays and artist interviews, as a means to support and create new scholarship about AAPI and Asian diaspora artists.
Learn more about the Gold Art Prize and who is involved here.
2023 Finalists
Patty Chang
Carl Cheng
Maia Cruz Palileo
Pao Houa Her
Tishan Hsu
Gala Porras-Kim
Mire Lee
Amy Lien & Enzo Camacho
Cole Lu
Diane Severin Nguyen
Catalina Ouyang
Wang Shui
Stephanie Syjuco
Jaret Vadera
Peter Wu+
2023 Nominating Committee
Lauren Dickens
Chief Curator, San Jose Museum of Art
Clara Kim
Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Sohrab Mohebbi
Director, SculptureCenter
Victoria Sung
Phyllis C. Wattis Senior Curator, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Jasmine Wahi
Founder and Co-Director, Project for Empty Space
2023 Selection Committee
Wayee Chu
Prabal Gurung
Peter Kahng
Padma Lakshmi
Phillip Lim
JaeMyung Noh
Geena Rocero
Komal Shah
Eleanor Shen
Kulapat Yantrasast