Anonymous Was A Woman Award

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The Anonymous Was A Woman Award is given to women artists who are over 40 years of age, in part as a way of countering sexism in the art world.[1][2] It was initiated in 1996 in direct response to the National Endowment for the Arts' decision to stop funding individual artists.[2]

The award comes with a grant of $25,000 and is designed to enable a midcareer woman artist to further develop her work. Awardees are chosen on the basis of their past accomplishments, their artistic growth, and the quality of their work.[1] Since 1996, some 200 women have received the award.[1]

The award was founded by a New York artist who has chosen to remain anonymous.[2] She named the award in reference to a line from Virginia Woolf’s book A Room of One’s Own[1] and in recognition of all the women artists through the ages who have remained anonymous for various reasons.[2] Nominators, who include art writers, curators, art historians, and previous winners, are likewise unnamed.[1]

Award winners

2015

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2014

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2013

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2012

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2011

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2010

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2009

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2008

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2007

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2006

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2005

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2004

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2003

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2002

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2001

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2000

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1999

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1998

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1997

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1996

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  • Rachel Berwick
  • Gina Lamb
  • Claudia Matzko
  • Robin Mitchell
  • Jeanne Silverthorne
  • Shellburne Thurber
  • Deborah Willis
  • Lucy Winer
  • Lynne Yamamoto
  • Kim Yasuda

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "The Award". Anonymous Was A Woman website.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Dobrzynski, Judith H. "Anonymous Gifts for Art, So Women Creating It Aren't". New York Times, Oct. 12, 1997.

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