Kapwani Kiwanga is the winner of the ninth edition of one of the world’s mostprestigious and consolidated contemporary art prizes, awarded this year by the Fundació Joan Miró.
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, has presented this year’s Joan Miró Prize to French-Canadian multidisciplinary artist Kapwani Kiwanga. The Hamilton, Ontario–born Kiwanga, who lives and works in Berlin and Paris, will receive a €50,000 (roughly $56,000) grant and, in 2026, a solo exhibition at the foundation. The artist triumphed over a shortlist comprising Jumana Emil Abboud, Arahmaiani, Bonnie Devine, and Christodoulos Panayiotou.
Born in 1978, Kiwanga is known for a research-based practice spanning sculpture, installation, photography, video, and performance, and investigating themes of colonialism, gender, power, and the African diaspora. Originally studying anthropology and comparative religion at McGill University in Montreal, she went on to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She represented Canada at the 2024 Venice Biennale and is the recipient of honors including the Zurich Art Prize (2022), the Marcel Duchamp Prize (2020) and the Sobey Art Award (2018).
Main Image: Kapwani Kiwanga Courtesy
Anna Melnykova, "Palace of Labor (palats praci), architector I. Pretro, 1916", shot with analog Canon camera, 35 mm Fuji film in March 2022.
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