Christine Sun Kim Wins 2026 MacArthur Fellowship
Christine Sun Kim has been honored with a 2026 MacArthur Fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation, which includes a grant of USD 800,000 distributed over five years. Kim, who has been Deaf since birth, was born in California in 1980 and currently resides in Berlin. She obtained her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2006 and later received an MFA from Bard College in 2013. Her artistic endeavors focus on cross-cultural communication, notably through her Degrees of Deaf Rage series (2018–19). In 2020, she was awarded the Ford Foundation's Disability Future Fellowship. Her work, which incorporates humor to tackle Deaf issues, has been featured in prominent venues such as MoMA (2013) and the Gwangju Biennale (2023). The fellowship, established in 1981, honors individuals who challenge norms and foster innovation.
Key facts
- Christine Sun Kim is one of 20 recipients of the 2026 MacArthur Fellowship.
- Each fellow receives USD 800,000 over five years.
- Kim was born in California in 1980 and is based in Berlin.
- She has been Deaf since birth.
- She earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2006 and an MFA from Bard College in 2013.
- She participated in the 2019 Whitney Biennial with her Degrees of Deaf Rage series (2018–19).
- She received the Ford Foundation's Disability Future Fellowship in 2020.
- The MacArthur Fellowship has been awarded annually since 1981.
Entities
Artists
- Christine Sun Kim
- Rodney McMillian
- Chip Thomas
- Vincent Valdez
- Kristen Mack
- Harison Butler
Institutions
- MacArthur Foundation
- School of Visual Arts
- Bard College
- Whitney Biennial
- Ford Foundation
- Museum of Modern Art
- Shanghai Biennale
- Berlin Biennale
- Museum für Moderne Kunst
- Secession
- Gwangju Biennale
- National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
- ArtAsiaPacific
Locations
- California
- United States
- Berlin
- Germany
- New York
- Shanghai
- China
- Frankfurt
- Vienna
- Austria
- Gwangju
- South Korea
- Seoul