Vilcek Foundation

{{Short description|US-based private foundation}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox organization | name = Vilcek Foundation | logo = Vilcek Foundation logo.svg | type = Private Nonprofit Foundation | founded = 2000 | founder = Jan and Marica Vilcek | location = New York City, New York | origins = | key_people = Jan Vilcek (Co-founder), Marica Vilcek (Co-founder), Rick Kinsel (President) | region_served = | product = | focus = Arts, biomedical science, immigration | method = | revenue = $19,837,752<ref name="Ratings">{{cite web | url=http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/510/510404790/510404790_201511_990PF.pdf | title=The Vilcek Foundation, Inc. | website=Foundation Center | access-date=7 July 2017 }}</ref> | revenue_year = 2014 | expenses = $4,822,527<ref name="Ratings" /> | expenses_year = 2014 | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | owner = | website = [http://www.vilcek.org www.vilcek.org] | dissolved = | footnotes = }}

The '''Vilcek Foundation''' is an American nonprofit organization.<ref>{{cite book|last=Herman|first=Richard|title=Immigrant, Inc.|year=2009|publisher=Wiley, John & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-45571-5|pages=157–158}}</ref> The foundation's programs include the Vilcek Foundation Prizes.

The Foundation was established in 2000 by Jan and Marica Vilcek, immigrants from the former Czechoslovakia.<ref>{{cite news|last=Perez-Pena|first=Richard|title=Research Scientist Gives $105 Million to N.Y.U|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/12/nyregion/12gift.html|access-date=12 August 2005|newspaper=The New York Times|date=12 August 2005}}</ref> The mission of the Foundation was inspired by the couple's respective careers in biomedical science and art history, as well as their appreciation for the opportunities offered to them as newcomers to the United States.<ref>{{cite news|last=Preston|first=Caroline|title=Couple's Philanthropy Honors the Achievements of Immigrants|url=http://philanthropy.com/article/Couples-Philanthropy-Honors/58540/|access-date=12 February 2006|newspaper=Chronicle of Philanthropy|date=12 February 2006|pages=20–23}}</ref>

==Prizes==

===Vilcek Prizes=== The Vilcek Prizes are awarded to foreign-born permanent residents of the United States, with significant accomplishments in the arts and sciences. The Foundation awards two Vilcek Prizes annually, one in biomedical science and the other in the arts and humanities. Each prize consists of a $100,000 cash award and a commemorative sculpture designed by Austrian-born graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vilcek Prize Trophy|url=http://designarchives.aiga.org/#/entries/vilcek%20prize/_/detail/relevance/asc/0/7/8969/vilcek-prize-trophy/1|work=AIGA Design Archives|author=Sagmeister, Inc.}}</ref>

===Vilcek Prize for Excellence=== The Vilcek Prize for Excellence, introduced in 2019, recognizes immigrants who have profoundly impacted American society and world culture or individuals who champion immigrant causes. The recipients receive a $100,000 cash award and a commemorative diploma designed by the &Walsh agency.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Jessica |title=Jessica Walsh - The Vilcek Foundation - The Vilcek Prize for Excellence {{!}} AdForum Talent: The creative industry network. |url=https://it.adforum.com/talent/81833794-jessica-walsh/work/34621704 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=it.adforum.com |language=it}}</ref>

===Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise=== The Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise are awarded to foreign-born individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievement during the early stages of their careers. The Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise are awarded each year in the field of biomedical science and a selected art field. Creative Promise applicants are required to submit essays, personal statements, and examples of their work. To be eligible for the prize, applicants must have been born abroad, reside permanently in the United States, and be within the specified age limit. As of 2013, three prizes each were to be awarded in biomedical science<ref>{{cite journal|title=Vilcek Foundation scholarships for foreign-born medical scientists|journal=Scope|date=July 2012|volume=16|issue=28|url=http://scope.medicine.iu.edu/archives/2012/Vol-16-No-28.htm#Opportunities-1|author=IU School of Medicine|location=Indianapolis, IN}}</ref> and a designated art field.<ref>{{cite web|title=Con Edison Immigrant Artist Project Newsletter|url=http://www.nyfa.org/level3.asp?id=659&fid=1&sid=145&print=true|publisher=New York Foundation for the Arts|access-date=7 August 2012|archive-date=October 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021215021/http://www.nyfa.org/level3.asp?id=659&fid=1&sid=145&print=true|url-status=dead}}</ref> Each recipient is awarded a $50,000 cash prize and a commemorative plaque.

===Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History=== In 2024, the Vilcek Foundation announced a new prize, The Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History. The prize is named for the Foundation's co-founder Marica Vilcek's career in art history. The prize is awarded to foreign-born art history and museum professionals whose work has had a profound impact on their institutions, and on their field or area of scholarship and curatorial work more broadly. In its inaugural presentation in 2024, three prizes of $100,000 each were awarded to Monika Bincsik, Pierre Terjanian, and Wolfram Koeppe.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foundation |first=The Vilcek |title=Vilcek Foundation honors Marica Vilcek's legacy with three $100,000 prizes in Art History |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vilcek-foundation-honors-marica-vilceks-legacy-with-three-100-000-prizes-in-art-history-302026460.html |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}</ref>

The Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Curatorial Work recognize immigrant professionals whose work has a profound impact in their field, and on arts and culture more broadly.<ref>{{Cite web |title=View Opportunity |url=https://www.nyfa.org/view-opportunity/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=NYFA |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare=== In 2019, the Vilcek Foundation partnered with the Arnold P. Gold Foundation to create a joint award, the Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare. The award is given to a foreign-born individual in the United States who has demonstrated an extraordinary impact on humanism in healthcare through their professional achievements.

The 2019 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare was given to Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha for her advocacy and interventions in addressing the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Vilcek |first1=Jan |last2=Nair |first2=Prashant |date=2019-04-09 |title=Profile of Angelika Amon, winner of the 2019 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |language=en |volume=116 |issue=15 |pages=7157–7159 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1903221116 |doi-access=free |issn=0027-8424 |pmc=6462095 |pmid=30886095}}</ref> Dr. Vivek Murthy, 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States, was the recipient of the 2020 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare. Dr. Jirayut 'New' Latthivongskorn and Dr. Denisse Rojas Marquez were the joint recipients of the 2021 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bioengineer |date=2021-06-02 |title=Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare awarded to immigrant |url=https://bioengineer.org/vilcek-gold-award-for-humanism-in-healthcare-awarded-to-immigrant-cofounders-of-pre-health-dreamers/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=BIOENGINEER.ORG |language=en-US}}</ref>

===New American Perspectives=== {{main|New American Filmmakers}}

Since 2007, the Vilcek Foundation has been a sponsor of the New American Perspectives (formerly the "New American Filmmakers") program at the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF). Curated and presented in collaboration with HIFF, the program celebrates foreign-born filmmakers' contributions to cinema in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-07 |title=New American Perspectives: Spotlight on Foreign-Born Filmmakers at HIFF |url=https://www.kron4.com/business/press-releases/globenewswire/8690909/new-american-perspectives-spotlight-on-foreign-born-filmmakers-at-hiff/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |work=KRON4 |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Prize recipients===

====Vilcek Prizes==== {| class="wikitable" border="1" ! Name ! Year ! Category ! Country of Birth |- |Marianne Bronner |2025 |Biomedical Science |Hungary |- |Guadalupe Maravilla |2025 |Visual Arts |El Salvador |- |Oluremi C. Onabanjo |2025 |Curatorial Work |United Kingdom to Nigerian parents |- |Luciano Marraffini<ref name="vilcek.org">{{Cite web |title=Vilcek Foundation Awards $250,000 to Immigrants in Biomedical Science |url=https://vilcek.org/news/vilcek-foundation-awards-250000-to-immigrants-in-biomedical-science/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Luciano Marraffini |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/luciano-marraffini/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2024 |Biomedical Science |Argentina |- |Ramon Tejada<ref>{{Cite web |title=$250,000 in Vilcek Foundation Prizes Awarded to Immigrant Designers |url=https://vilcek.org/news/250000-in-vilcek-foundation-prizes-awarded-to-immigrant-designers/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramon Tejada |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/ramon-tejada/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2024 |Design |Dominican Republic |- |Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado<ref>{{Cite web |title=Announcing the 2023 Vilcek Foundation Prizewinners |url=https://vilcek.org/news/announcing-the-2023-vilcek-foundation-prizewinners/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/alejandro-sanchez-alvarado/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2023 |Biomedical Science |Venezuela |- |Du Yun<ref>{{Cite web |title=Announcing the 2023 Vilcek Foundation Prizewinners |url=https://vilcek.org/news/announcing-the-2023-vilcek-foundation-prizewinners/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Du Yun |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/du-yun/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2023 |Music |China |- |Angélique Kidjo<ref>{{Cite web |title=Announcing the 2023 Vilcek Foundation Prizewinners |url=https://vilcek.org/news/announcing-the-2023-vilcek-foundation-prizewinners/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Angélique Kidjo |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/angelique-kidjo/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2023 |Music |Benin |- |Vishva M. Dixit<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vishva M. Dixit|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/vishva-dixit/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US|archive-date=September 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907183629/https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/vishva-dixit/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |2022 |Biomedical Science |Kenya |- |Soledad Barrio<ref>{{Cite web|title=Soledad Barrio|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/soledad-barrio/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2022 |Dance |Spain |- |Ruth Lehmann<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ruth Lehmann|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/ruth-lehmann/|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2021 |Biomedical Science |Germany |- |Rodrigo Prieto<ref name="cision">{{cite web |title=Vilcek Foundation Awards $250,000 in Prizes to Immigrant Filmmakers |url=https://news.yahoo.com/vilcek-foundation-awards-250-000-160000708.html |website=news.yahoo.com |publisher=Cision PR Newswire |access-date=September 9, 2020}}</ref><ref name="quién">{{cite web |title=El mexicano Rodrigo Prieto recibe premio por sus aportes como migrante |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/news/other/el-mexicano-rodrigo-prieto-recibe-premio-por-sus-aportes-como-migrante/ar-BB18PPJq?ocid=msedgdhp |website=www.msn.com |publisher=Quién |access-date=September 9, 2020 |language=es}}</ref> |2021 |Filmmaking |Mexico |- |Xiaowei Zhuang<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/xiaowei-zhuang/|title=Xiaowei Zhuang|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref> |2020 |Biomedical Science |China |- |Edwidge Danticat<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/edwidge-danticat/|title=Edwidge Danticat|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref> |2020 |Literature |Haiti |- | Angelika Amon<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/2019/angelika-amon.html|title=The Vilcek Foundation - Angelika Amon - Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science|website=www.vilcek.org|access-date=Jun 11, 2019}}</ref> | 2019 | Biomedical Science | Austria |- | Marcus Samuelsson<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/2019/marcus-samuelsson.html|title=The Vilcek Foundation - Marcus Samuelsson - Vilcek Prize in Culinary Arts|website=www.vilcek.org|access-date=Jun 11, 2019}}</ref> | 2019 | Culinary Arts | Ethiopia |- | Alexander Rudensky<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/2018/alexander-rudensky.html|title=The Vilcek Foundation - Alexander Rudensky|website=www.vilcek.org|access-date=Jun 11, 2019}}</ref> | 2018 | Biomedical Science | Russia |- | Teddy Cruz<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/2018/teddy-cruz.html|title=The Vilcek Foundation - Teddy Cruz|website=www.vilcek.org|access-date=Jun 11, 2019}}</ref> | 2018 | Architecture | Guatemala |- | Lily Jan<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/2017/lily-and-yuh-nung-jan.html|title=The Vilcek Foundation - Lily & Yuh-Nung Jan - 2017 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science|website=www.vilcek.org|access-date=Jun 11, 2019}}</ref> Yuh Nung Jan<ref name="auto"/> | 2017 | Biomedical Science | China |- | Nari Ward<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/2017/nari-ward.html|title=The Vilcek Foundation - Nari Ward - 2017 Vilcek Prize in Fine Arts|website=www.vilcek.org|access-date=Jun 11, 2019}}</ref> | 2017 | Fine Arts | Jamaica |- | Dan Littman<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|last1=Farley|first1=Pete|title=2016 Vilcek Prizewinners|url=http://www.vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/2016.html|access-date=February 2, 2016|archive-date=February 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207055222/http://www.vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/2016.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 2016 | Biomedical Science | Romania |- | Blanka Zizka<ref name="auto1"/> | 2016 | Theatre | Czech Republic |- | Peter Walter<ref>{{cite web|last1=Farley|first1=Pete|title=Peter Walter Wins the Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Sciences|url=http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2015/01/122886/peter-walter-wins-vilcek-prize-biomedical-sciences|website=UCSF|date=27 January 2015 |access-date=10 February 2015}}</ref> | 2015 | Biomedical Science | Germany |- | Andrew Bolton<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chilton|first1=Nancy|title=Andrew Bolton Wins 2015 Vilcek Prize in Fashion|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/now-at-the-met/2015/andrew-bolton-2015-vilcek-prize-in-fashion|website=Metropolitan Museum of Art|access-date=10 February 2015}}</ref> | 2015 | Fashion | United Kingdom |- | Thomas Jessell<ref>{{cite web|title=Vilcek Foundation Honors Professor Thomas Jessell for Biomedical Research|url=http://news.columbia.edu/neuroscience/3326|publisher=Columbia News|access-date=4 February 2014}}</ref> | 2014 | Biomedical Science | United Kingdom |- | Neri Oxman<ref>{{cite web|last=Hoffman|first=Ellen|title=Media Lab's Neri Oxman awarded Vilcek Prize|date=31 January 2014 |url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2014/media-labs-neri-oxman-awarded-vilcek-prize-.html|publisher=MITnews|access-date=4 February 2014}}</ref> | 2014 | Design | Israel |- | Richard Flavell<ref name="Yale Scientific Magazine">{{cite news|last=Gu|first=Jiahe|title=Yale Researchers Receive the Vilcek Prize|url=http://www.yalescientific.org/2013/05/yale-researchers-receive-the-vilcek-prize|access-date=11 May 2013|newspaper=Yale Scientific Magazine|date=11 May 2013}}</ref> Ruslan Medzhitov<ref name="Yale Scientific Magazine"/> | 2013 | Biomedical Science | United Kingdom Uzbekistan |- | Yo-Yo Ma<ref name=2013nytimes>{{cite web|last=Wakin|first=Daniel|title=A $100,000 Prize for Yo-Yo Ma|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/04/a-100000-prize-for-yo-yo-ma/|work=The New York Times|date=4 February 2013 |access-date=5 February 2013}}</ref> | 2013 | Contemporary Music | France (to Chinese parents) |- | Carlos Bustamante<ref name=WSJ2012>{{cite news|last=Grayce West|first=Melanie|title=Foundation Honors Baryshnikov|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204883304577219333534103716|access-date=13 February 2012|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=13 February 2012}}</ref> | 2012 | Biomedical Science | Peru |- | Mikhail Baryshnikov<ref name=WSJ2012/> | 2012 | Dance | Latvia (to Russian parents) |- | Titia de Lange<ref>{{cite web|last=Bonner|first=Joseph|title=Titia de Lange receives 2011 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science|url=http://newswire.rockefeller.edu/2011/02/22/titia-de-lange-receives-2011-vilcek-prize-in-biomedical-science/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708032000/http://newswire.rockefeller.edu/2011/02/22/titia-de-lange-receives-2011-vilcek-prize-in-biomedical-science/|archive-date=2012-07-08|work=The Rockefeller University Newswire}}</ref> | 2011 | Biomedical Science | Netherlands |- | Charles Simic<ref>{{cite news|last=Feltner|first=Kerry|title=Professor Charles Simic Awarded the Vilcek Prize|url=http://www.tnhonline.com/2.1559/professor-charles-simic-awarded-the-vilcek-prize-1.2168290#.TzGsliOooZw|access-date=15 April 2011|newspaper=The New Hampshire|date=15 April 2011}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> | 2011 | Literature | Yugoslavia |- | Alexander Varshavsky<ref>{{cite news|last=Thomas-Lester|first=Avis|title=Inspired by Immigrant Success Stories|url=http://views.washingtonpost.com/on-success/rapid-reinvention/2010/03/i_spent_a_delightful_evening.html|access-date=10 March 2010|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=10 March 2010}}</ref> | 2010 | Biomedical Science | Russia |- | José Andrés<ref>{{cite news|last=Black|first=Jane|title=Jose Andres Wins Culinary Arts Prize|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/all-we-can-eat/chefs/jose-andres-wins-culinary-arts.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202131833/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/all-we-can-eat/chefs/jose-andres-wins-culinary-arts.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2013|access-date=9 March 2010|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=9 March 2010}}</ref> | 2010 | Culinary Arts | Spain |- | Huda Zoghbi<ref>{{cite journal|title=Vilcek Prize Awarded to Zoghbi|journal=Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bulletin|date=May 2009|volume=22|issue=2|page=54|url=http://www.hhmi.org/bulletin/may2009/pdf/may2009_fulltext.pdf}}</ref> | 2009 | Biomedical Science | Lebanon |- | Mike Nichols<ref name=Edible>{{cite news|last=Langholtz|first=Gabrielle|title=Grist for the Mill: Letter from the Editor|url=http://www.ediblemanhattan.com/magazine/grist_for_the_mill-4/|access-date=5 March 2010|newspaper=Edible Manhattan|date=5 March 2010}}</ref> | 2009 | Filmmaking | Germany |- | Inder Verma<ref>{{cite news|last=Garland|first=Sarah|title=Vilcek Foundation Honors Innovation by Immigrants|url=http://www.nysun.com/new-york/vilcek-foundation-honors-innovation-by-immigrants/70750/|access-date=5 February 2008|newspaper=The New York Sun|date=5 February 2008}}</ref> | 2008 | Biomedical Science | India |- | Osvaldo Golijov<ref name=Edible/> | 2008 | Music | Argentina |- | Rudolf Jaenisch | 2007 | Biomedical Science | Germany |- | Denise Scott Brown<ref>{{cite news|last=Sokol|first=Daniel|title=Denise Scott Brown Awarded the Vilcek Prize for Arts and Humanities|url=http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/070313brown.asp|access-date=23 February 2012|newspaper=Architectural Record Daily News|date=13 March 2007}}</ref> | 2007 | Architecture | Zambia |- | Joan Massagué<ref>{{cite journal|last=Vilcek|first=Jan|author2=Cronstein, Bruce N.|title=A prize for the foreign-born|journal=The FASEB Journal|date=1 July 2006|volume=20|issue=9|doi=10.1096/fj.06-0702ufm|pages=1281–1283|doi-access=free |pmid=16816100|s2cid=31328895 }}</ref> | 2006 | Biomedical Science | Spain |- | Christo and Jeanne-Claude<ref name=Edible/> | 2006 | Fine Art | Bulgaria, Morocco (to French parents) |}

====Vilcek Prizes for Excellence==== {| class="wikitable" border="1" ! Name ! Year ! Category ! Country of Birth |- |Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-12 |title=Henry Louis Gates Jr. awarded Vilcek Prize for Excellence |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/henry-louis-gates-jr-awarded-vilcek-prize-for-excellence/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=Harvard Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref> |2025 |Literary Scholarship |United States |- |Katalin Karikó<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr. Katalin Karikó receives 2022 Vilcek Prize for Excellence for pioneering vaccine research|url=https://vilcek.org/news/dr-katalin-kariko-receives-2022-vilcek-prize-for-excellence-for-pioneering-vaccine-research/|access-date=2021-06-08|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2022 |Biotechnology |Hungary |- |Andrew Yang |2021 |Public Service |United States |- |Robert A. Katzmann |2020 |Administration of Justice |United States |- | Carmen C. Bambach<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/2019/carmen-c-bambach.html|title=The Vilcek Foundation - Carmen C. Bambach - 2019 Vilcek Prize for Excellence in Art History|website=www.vilcek.org|access-date=Jun 11, 2019}}</ref> | 2019 | Art History and Museum Work | Chile |}

====Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise==== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Name ! Year ! Category ! Country of Birth |- |Elham Azizi |2025 |Biomedical Science |Iran |- |Guosong Hong |2025 |Biomedical Science |China |- |Maayan Levy |2025 |Biomedical Science |Israel |- |Selva Aparicio |2025 |Visual Artist |Spain |- |Felipe Baeza |2025 |Visual Artist |Mexico |- |Jeffrey Meris |2025 |Visual Artist |Haiti, raised in the Bahamas |- |Donna Honarpisheh |2025 |Curatorial Work |Canada to Iranian parents |- |Aimé Iglesias Lukin |2025 |Curatorial Work |Argentina |- |Bernardo Mosqueira |2025 |Curatorial Work |Brazil |- |Gerta Hoxhaj<ref>{{Cite web |last=cri-comms |date=2024-02-06 |title=Hoxhaj awarded Vilcek Prize for 'Creative Promise in Biomedical Science' |url=https://cri.utsw.edu/hoxhaj-awarded-vilcek-prize-for-creative-promise-in-biomedical-science/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Children's Medical Center Research Institute (CRI) {{!}} Dallas Texas |language=en-US}}</ref> |2024 |Biomedical Science |Albania |- |Tomasz Nowakowski<ref name="vilcek.org"/> |2024 |Biomedical Science |Poland |- |Takanori Takebe<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blog |first=Science |date=2024-02-06 |title=Takebe Receives Vilcek Foundation Award for Creative Promise |url=https://scienceblog.cincinnatichildrens.org/takebe-receives-vilcek-foundation-award-for-creative-promise/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Research Horizons |language=en-US}}</ref> |2024 |Biomedical Science |Japan |- |Wael Morcos<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wael Morcos |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/wael-morcos/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2024 |Design |Lebanon |- |Juan Carlos Noguera<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juan Carlos Noguera |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/juan-carlos-noguera/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2024 |Design |Guatemala |- |Maryam Turkey<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maryam Turkey |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/maryam-turkey/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2024 |Design |Iraq |- |Edward Chouchani<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edward Chouchani |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/edward-chouchani/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2023 |Biomedical Science |Canada |- |Biyu J. He<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biyu J. He |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/biyu-j-he/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2023 |Biomedical Science |China |- |Shixin Liu<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shixin Liu |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/shixin-liu/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2023 |Biomedical Science |China |- |Arooj Aftab<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arooj Aftab |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/arooj-aftab/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2023 |Music |Saudi Arabia (to Pakistani parents) |- |Juan Pablo Contreras<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juan Pablo Contreras |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/juan-pablo-contreras/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2023 |Music |Canada |- |Ruby Ibarra<ref name="Ruby Ibarra">{{Cite web |title=Ruby Ibarra |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/ruby-ibarra/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2023 |Music |Philippines |- |Markita del Carpio Landry<ref>{{Cite web|title=Markita del Carpio Landry|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/markita-del-carpio-landry/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2022 |Biomedical Science |Canada |- |Hani Goodarzi<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hani Goodarzi|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/hani-goodarzi/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2022 |Biomedical Science |Iran |- |Harris Wang<ref>{{Cite web|title=Harris Wang|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/harris-wang/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2022 |Biomedical Science |China |- |Tatiana Desardouin<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tatiana Desardouin|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/tatiana-desardouin/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2022 |Dance |Switzerland |- |Tamisha Guy<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tamisha Guy|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/tamisha-guy/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2022 |Dance |Trinidad |- |Leonardo Sandoval<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leonardo Sandoval|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/leonardo-sandoval/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2022 |Dance |Brazil |- |Juan Pablo González<ref>{{Cite web|title=Juan Pablo González|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/juan-pablo-gonzalez/|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2021 |Filmmaking |Mexico |- |Miko Revereza<ref>{{Cite web|title=Miko Revereza|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/miko-revereza/|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2021 |Filmmaking |Philippines |- |Nanfu Wang<ref name="cision" /> |2021 |Filmmaking |China |- |Mohamed Abou Donia<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mohamed Abou Donia|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/mohamed-abou-donia/|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2021 |Biomedical Science<ref name="quién" /> |Egypt |- |Ibrahim Cissé<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ibrahim Cissé|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/ibrahim-cisse/|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2021 |Biomedical Science |Niger |- |Silvi Rouskin<ref>{{Cite web|title=Silvi Rouskin|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/silvi-rouskin/|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2021 |Biomedical Science |Bulgaria |- |Kivanç Birsoy<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kivanç Birsoy|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/kivanc-birsoy/|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2020 |Biomedical Science |Turkey |- |Viviana Gradinaru<ref>{{Cite web|title=Viviana Gradinaru|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/viviana-gradinaru/|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2020 |Biomedical Science |Romania |- |Martin Jonikas<ref>{{Cite web|title=Martin Jonikas|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/martin-jonikas/|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2020 |Biomedical Science |France |- |Yaa Gyasi<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yaa Gyasi|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/yaa-gyasi/|access-date=2020-02-03|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2020 |Literature |Ghana |- |Valeria Luiselli<ref>{{Cite web|title=Valeria Luiselli|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/valeria-luiselli/|access-date=2020-02-03|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2020 |Literature |Mexico |- |Jenny Xie<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/jenny-xie/|title=Jenny Xie|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref> |2020 |Literature |China |- | Amit Choudhary | 2019 | Biomedical Science | India |- | Jeanne T. Paz | 2019 | Biomedical Science | Georgia |- | Mikhail G. Shapiro | 2019 | Biomedical Science | Russia |- | Tejal Rao | 2019 | Culinary Arts | United Kingdom |- | Fabian von Hauske Valtierra | 2019 | Culinary Arts | Mexico |- | Nite Yun | 2019 | Culinary Arts | Thailand<ref>{{cite news |last=Sen |first=Mayukh |date=21 September 2018 |title=A Cambodian Refugee Cooks From Memory at Nyum Bai |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/dining/nyum-bai-cambodian-oakland.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=16 August 2021 |quote=Nite Yun has no memories of the Khao-I-Dang refugee camp in Thailand where she was born in 1982.}}</ref> |- | Polina Anikeeva | 2018 | Biomedical Science | Russia |- | Sergiu P. Pașca | 2018 | Biomedical Science | Romania |- | Feng Zhang | 2018 | Biomedical Science | China |- | Mona Ghandi | 2018 | Architecture | Iran |- | James Leng | 2018 | Architecture | China |- | Jing Liu | 2018 | Architecture | China |- | Michaela Gack | 2017 | Biomedical Science | Germany |- | Michael Halassa | 2017 | Biomedical Science | Jordan |- | Ahmet Yildiz | 2017 | Biomedical Science | Turkey |- | Iman Issa | 2017 | Fine Arts | Egypt |- | Meleko Mokgosi | 2017 | Fine Arts | Botswana |- |Carlos Motta | 2017 | Fine Arts | Colombia |- | Fernando Camargo | 2016 | Biomedical Science | Peru |- | Roberta Capp | 2016 | Biomedical Science | Brazil |- | Houra Merrikh | 2016 | Biomedical Science | Iran |- | Sarah Benson | 2016 | Theatre | United Kingdom |- | Desdemona Chiang | 2016 | Theatre | Taiwan |- | Yi Zhao | 2016 | Theatre | China |- | Sun Hur | 2015 | Biomedical Science | South Korea |- | Rob Knight | 2015 | Biomedical Science | New Zealand |- | Franziska Michor | 2015 | Biomedical Science | Austria |- | Siki Im | 2015 | Fashion | Germany, to Korean parents |- | Natallia Pilipenka | 2015 | Fashion | Belarus, to Ukrainian parents |- | Tuyen Tran | 2015 | Fashion | Vietnam |- | Antonio Giraldez | 2014 | Biomedical Science | Spain |- | Stavros Lomvardas | 2014 | Biomedical Science | Greece |- | Pardis Sabeti | 2014 | Biomedical Science | Iran |- | Yasaman Hashemian | 2014 | Design | Iran |- | Mansour Ourasanah | 2014 | Design | Togo |- | Quilian Riano | 2014 | Design | Colombia |- | Hashim Al-Hashimi | 2013 | Biomedical Science | Lebanon |- | Michael Rape | 2013 | Biomedical Science | Germany |- | Joanna Wysocka | 2013 | Biomedical Science | Poland |- | James Abrahart<ref name=2013nytimes/> | 2013 | Contemporary Music | United Kingdom |- | Samuel Bazawule<ref name=2013nytimes/> | 2013 | Contemporary Music | Ghana |- | Tigran Hamasyan<ref name=2013nytimes/> | 2013 | Contemporary Music | Armenia |- | Alice Ting<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Alice Ting wins Vilcek Foundation Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/ting-vilcek-foundation-prize.html|work=MITnews|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|access-date=13 February 2012}}</ref> | 2012 | Biomedical Science | Taiwan |- | Michel Kouakou<ref name=WSJ2012/> | 2012 | Dance | Ivory Coast |- | Yibin Kang<ref>{{cite web|title=Society Research Grantee Wins Prestigious Award|url=http://www.cancer.org/MyAcs/Eastern/AreaHighlights/grantee-wins-prestigious-award|work=Area Highlights|publisher=American Cancer Society|access-date=22 June 2011}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> | 2011 | Biomedical Science | China |- | Dinaw Mengestu<ref name=pw>{{cite web|title=Charles Simic and Dinaw Mengestu Win Prize for Foreign-Born Writers|url=http://www.pw.org/content/charles_simic_and_dinaw_mengestu_win_prize_for_foreignborn_writers?cmnt_all=1|work=G&A: The Contest Blog| date=24 March 2011 |publisher=Poets & Writers Magazine|access-date=24 March 2011}}</ref> | 2011 | Literature | Ethiopia |- | Harmit Malik<ref>{{cite episode|title=Geneticist Harmit Malik on Paleovirology|url=http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2010/jun/29/geneticist-harmit-malik-paleovirology/|access-date=23 February 2012|series=The Leonard Leopate Show|station=WNYC|location=New York|air-date=June 29, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> | 2010 | Biomedical Science | India |- | Varin Keokitvon<ref>{{cite news|last=Fabricant|first=Florence|title=Michelin Stars and Other Honors|url=http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/michelin-stars-and-other-honors/|access-date=23 February 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=4 March 2010}}</ref> | 2010 | Culinary Arts | Laos |- | Howard Chang | 2009 | Biomedical Science | Taiwan |- | Ham Tran<ref>{{cite web|title=Prize for Creative Promise to "Journey From the Fall" director|url=http://www.tft.ucla.edu/news/accolade/577-ham-tran_vilcek-prize/|work=Accolade|publisher=UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television|access-date=23 February 2012}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> | 2009 | Filmmaking | Vietnam |}

<ref name="Ruby Ibarra"/> In 2013, the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise were changed from recognizing one winner and four finalists to recognizing three winners in each category. The past finalists are listed below.

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Name !!Year!! Category !! Country of Birth |- | Konrad Hochedlinger ||2012|| Biomedical Science || Austria |- | Andreas Hochwagen ||2012|| Biomedical Science || Austria |- | Songhai Shi ||2012|| Biomedical Science || China |- | Benjamin tenOever ||2012|| Biomedical Science || Canada |- | Fanny Ara ||2012|| Dance || Spain |- | Thang Dao ||2012|| Dance || Vietnam |- | Alice Gosti ||2012|| Dance || Italy |- | Pontus Lidberg ||2012|| Dance || Sweden |- | Katherine Fitzgerald ||2011|| Biomedical Science || Ireland |- | Ekaterina Heldwein ||2011|| Biomedical Science || Russia |- | Galit Lahav ||2011|| Biomedical Science || Israel |- | Elina Zuniga ||2011|| Biomedical Science || Argentina |- | Ilya Kaminsky ||2011|| Literature || Ukraine |- | Tea Obreht ||2011|| Literature || Serbia |- | Vu Tran ||2011|| Literature || Vietnam |- | Simon Van Booy ||2011|| Literature || Wales |- | Iannis Aifantis ||2010|| Biomedical Science || Greece |- | Rustem Ismagilov ||2010|| Biomedical Science || Russia |- | Vamsi Mootha ||2010|| Biomedical Science || India |- | Jin Zhang ||2010|| Biomedical Science || China |- | Michael Cheng ||2010|| Culinary Arts || Malaysia |- | Yoshinori Ishii ||2010|| Culinary Arts || Japan |- | Nandini Mukherjee ||2010|| Culinary Arts || India |- | Boris Portnoy ||2010|| Culinary Arts || Russia |- | Katerina Akassoglou ||2009|| Biomedical Science || Greece |- | Evgeny Nudler ||2009|| Biomedical Science || Russia |- | F. Nina Papavasiliou ||2009|| Biomedical Science || Greece |- | Aviv Regev ||2009|| Biomedical Science || Israel |- | Almudena Carracedo ||2009|| Film || Spain |- | Amin Matalqa ||2009|| Film || Jordan |- | Kirill Mikhanovsky ||2009|| Film || Russia |- | Shih-Ching Tsou ||2009|| Film || Taiwan |}

====Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History==== {| class="wikitable" |+ !Name !Year !Citation !Country of Birth |- |Francesca Du Brock |2025 |"Francesca Du Brock, chief curator of the Anchorage Museum of Art, is named winner of the 2025 Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History for her holistic and comprehensive approach to exhibition curation. An artist and educator, Du Brock’s work embodies the spirit of collaboration and inclusivity, emphasizing the importance of diverse perspectives in museum spaces." |United States |- |Monika Bincsik<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monika Bincsik |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/monika-bincsik/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2024 |"Monika Bincsik receives the Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History for her curatorial approach to Japanese decorative arts and textiles that highlights the interplay of Japanese and international trade, politics, and society on material culture over the past five centuries." |Hungary |- |Wolfram Koeppe<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wolfram Koeppe |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/wolfram-koeppe/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2024 |"Wolfram Koeppe receives the Marica Vilcek Award in Art History for his contributions to the study and curation of European decorative arts objects, and for his work to develop exhibitions and displays that engage and inspire audiences of all ages." |Germany |- |Pierre Terjanian<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pierre Terjanian |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/pierre-terjanian/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2024 |"Pierre Terjanian receives the Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History for his work to foster community, dialogue, and understanding through his leadership with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and for his thoughtful scholarship on objects of arms and armor." |France |}

====Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare==== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Name ! Year ! Citation ! Country of Birth |- |Mona Fouad<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Mona Fouad receives 2022 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare |url=https://vilcek.org/news/mona-fouad-receives-2022-vilcek-gold-award/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |2022 |"For her leadership in health disparities research, and her career-long commitment to equity in healthcare. Fouad's work has been foundational in the development of rigorous research and interventions to make healthcare more accessible and equitable to historically underserved populations in the United States." |Egypt |- |Jirayut 'New' Latthivongskorn<ref name=phd>{{Cite web|title=PHDreamers Cofounders receive Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare|url=https://vilcek.org/news/phdreamers-cofounders-receive-vilcek-gold-award-for-humanism-in-healthcare/|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Vilcek Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> |2021 |"For providing a supportive path for undocumented immigrants to pursue careers in healthcare, and for advocacy in support of undocumented immigrants in the U.S." (Awarded jointly with Denisse Rojas Marquez).<ref name=phd /> |Thailand |- |Denisse Rojas Marquez<ref name=phd /> |2021 |"For providing a supportive path for undocumented immigrants to pursue careers in healthcare, and for advocacy in support of undocumented immigrants in the U.S." (Awarded jointly with Jirayut 'New' Latthivongskorn).<ref name=phd /> |Mexico |- |Vivek Murthy <ref>{{Cite web |title=Vivek Murthy receives Vilcek Gold Award |url=https://vilcek.org/news/vivek-murthy-receives-vilcek-gold-award/ |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US |access-date=May 26, 2020 |archive-date=June 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602080429/https://vilcek.org/news/vivek-murthy-receives-vilcek-gold-award/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |2020 |"For leadership in addressing the opioid crisis and supporting public health education in the U.S." |UK, to Indian parents |- | Mona Hanna-Attisha<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fonger |first1=Ron |title='Courageous' Flint doctor wins healthcare award, gives $10K prize to charity |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2019/05/courageous-flint-doctor-wins-healthcare-award-gives-10k-prize-to-charity.html |access-date=7 June 2019 |publisher=mlive.com |date=May 20, 2019}}</ref> | 2019 | "For exposing lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan, through public water supply"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vilcek.org/news/press-release/dr-mona-hanna-attisha-flint.html|title=The Vilcek Foundation - Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, Flint Whistleblower, Receives Inaugural Award for Immigrant Healthcare Leaders|website=www.vilcek.org|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref> | UK, to Iraqi parents |}

==Art collections==

The Vilcek Foundation holds several art collections that are promised gifts from founders Jan and Marica Vilcek. These collections include the American Modernism Collection,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Vilcek Foundation Modernism Art Collection|url=http://www.vilcek.org/collections/american-modernism/index.html|website=The Vilcek Foundation}}</ref> which traces the development of artists such as Oscar Bluemner, Ralston Crawford, Stuart Davis, and Marsden Hartley, as well as the movement as a whole; the Native American Pottery Collection,<ref>{{cite web|title=Vilcek Foundation Native American Pottery Collection|url=http://www.vilcek.org/collections/american-modernism/index.html|website=The Vilcek Foundation|access-date=10 February 2015}}</ref> which consists primarily of objects by Acoma, Hopi, Cochiti, Kewa, Tesuque, Zia, and Zuni potters, dating from the 19th and 20th centuries; and the Pre-Columbian Collection,<ref>{{cite web|title=Vilcek Foundation Pre-Columbian Collection|url=http://www.vilcek.org/collections/pre-columbian/index.html|website=The Vilcek Foundation|access-date=10 February 2015}}</ref> which features objects from across the pre-Columbian world, with an emphasis on the art of Mesoamerica, and a Collection of Art by Immigrant Artists.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vilcek Foundation Contemporary Art Collection|url=http://www.vilcek.org/collections/contemporary-art/index.html|website=The Vilcek Foundation|access-date=10 February 2015}}</ref>

==Events and exhibitions==

In 2019, the Vilcek Foundation opened its new headquarters on Manhattan's Upper East Side, which includes two floors of gallery space.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pagliacolo |first1=Elizabeth |title=Dedicated to Immigrant Appreciation, the Vilcek Foundation Gets a New Home in Manhattan |url=https://www.azuremagazine.com/article/new-yorks-vilcek-foundation-celebrates-immigrant-contribution-by-design/ |access-date=7 June 2019 |publisher=Azure Magazine |date=May 30, 2019}}</ref> The gallery is the site of free, public exhibitions based on the Vilcek Foundation Art Collections. The Vilcek Foundation also partners with institutions throughout the United States and around the globe to develop and share exhibitions featuring work from the Vilcek Foundation Art Collections with the wider public.

=== Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery (2022-2025) === In July 2022, the Vilcek Foundation supported the development and opening of the exhibition, ''Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery'' at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vilcek Foundation supports "Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery" |url=https://vilcek.org/news/vilcek-foundation-supports-grounded-in-clay-the-spirit-of-pueblo-pottery/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery |url=https://www.museumfoundation.org/exhibitions/grounded-in-clay/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=MNMF}}</ref> The exhibition features works of Pueblo Pottery from the Vilcek Foundation Collection and from the collection of the Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research. The exhibition was curated by a group of more than 60 artists, historians, and stewards of Native American art, the Pueblo Pottery Collective, and is accompanied by a catalogue from Merrell Publishers. In July 2023, the exhibition opened in New York with works on view at the Vilcek Foundation and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leigh Brown |first=Patricia |date=August 13, 2023 |title=Relationships Carved From Clay Bring New Partners to Museums |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/arts/design/museums-met-ceramics-pottery-native-americans.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Esplund |first=Lance |title='Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery' Review: Fusing Form and Function |url=https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/fine-art/grounded-in-clay-the-spirit-of-pueblo-pottery-review-metropolitan-museum-of-art-vilcek-foundation-7ab903bd |access-date=2024-02-13 |work=WSJ |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Nari Ward: Home of the Brave (2022-2023) === In May 2022, the Vilcek Foundation opened an exhibition, ''[https://vilcek.org/news/nari-ward-home-of-the-brave Nari Ward: Home of the Brave]'', featuring sculptures and installations by Jamaican-born artist and Vilcek Prize winner Nari Ward.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nari Ward: Home of the Brave |url=https://vilcek.org/news/nari-ward-home-of-the-brave/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> The exhibition was on view by appointment in the Vilcek Foundation headquarters through March, 2023.

=== Ralston Crawford: Air + Space + War (2021-2022) === The Vilcek Foundation presented its second major exhibition featuring works by American Modernist Ralston Crawford, following ''Ralston Crawford: Adventurer in the Arts''. Curated by Emily Schuchardt Navratil, this landmark exhibition collected an extensive group of drawings, paintings, and photographs that document the influence of Crawford's experiences in the U.S. military on his life and work.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Ralston Crawford: Air + Space + War" exhibition opens at Brandywine |url=https://vilcek.org/news/ralston-crawford-air-space-war-exhibition-opens-at-brandywine/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>

''Ralston Crawford: Air + Space + War'' centers on commissions Crawford undertook at the Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Plant in Buffalo, New York, and his assignment to document nuclear weapons tests conducted by the U.S. Joint Army/Navy Task Force at Bikini Atoll for Fortune Magazine in 1946.

''Ralston Crawford: Air + Space + War'' opened at the Brandywine River Museum of Art in June 2021, where it was on view through September 2021. The exhibition subsequently opened at the Dayton Art Institute in October 2021, where it was on view through January 2022.

=== Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs (2019) === ''Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs'' was the first exhibition shown in the Vilcek Foundation's headquarters at 21 East 70th Street, New York, New York.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs |url=https://vilcek.org/news/ralston-crawford-torn-signs/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> The exhibition features works by American Modernist Ralston Crawford.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vilcek Foundation Presents "Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs" |url=https://vilcek.org/news/vilcek-foundation-presents-ralston-crawford-torn-signs/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs'' opened in April 2019, and was on view through November, 2019. A digital exhibition featuring selected works from the exhibition was shared on the Vilcek Foundation website from 2020 – 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spotlight on "Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs" |url=https://vilcek.org/events/spotlight-on-ralston-crawford-torn-signs/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>

Curated by Emily Schuchardt Navratil, ''Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs'' explores the national and international influences on the multifaceted Canadian-born artist. Although he earned acclaim early in his career for his Precisionist paintings of an industrialized America, Crawford devoted the latter part of his career to abstract painting with a remarkable emotional dimension. ''Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs'' focuses on two series—"Torn Signs" and "Semana Santa"—that the artist developed over the last two decades of his life.

=== The Synchromists and Oscar Bluemner's Sonnet Series (2020-2022) === In early 2020, the Vilcek Foundation launched two concurrent exhibitions in the Vilcek Foundation's headquarters, ''The Synchromists'', and ''Oscar Bluemner's Sonnet Series''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Synchromists and Oscar Bluemner: The Sonnet Series |url=https://vilcek.org/news/the-synchromists-and-oscar-bluemner-the-sonnet-series/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>

''The Synchromists'' includes works by Morgan Russell and Stanton Macdonald-Wright, the founders of Synchromism.

''Oscar Bluemner's Sonnet Series'' comprises a series of sketches for paintings by Oscar Bluemner based on 12 sonnets by poet Eirene Mungo-Park.

The exhibitions were displayed at the Vilcek Foundation in the spring of 2020; as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the foundation pivoted to launch these exhibitions online on the foundation's website. Both exhibitions are now part of the Vilcek Foundation's traveling exhibition initiative.

In Summer of 2022 ''The Synchromists'' opened at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Synchromists |url=https://www.museothyssen.org/en/exhibitions/synchromists |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza |language=en}}</ref>

=== Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts (2021) === ''Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts'' debuted at the Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston, Maine in September, 2021. Curated by Emily Schuchardt Navratil, ''Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts'' brings together over 35 paintings and drawings spanning four decades of artwork by American Modernist Marsden Hartley.

To organize this unique exhibition, the Vilcek Foundation partnered with the Bates College Museum of Art, home to the Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection.

The exhibition is accompanied by a full-colour catalogue from Merrell Publishers.

===Earlier events and exhibitions===

The Vilcek Foundation's former headquarters, also on the Upper East Side, was the host of exhibitions and events featuring the work of immigrant artists, designers, filmmakers, and others.<ref>{{cite news | last = Kaufman | first = Jason Edward | title = Drugs money for artists: Vilcek Foundation branches out. | page = 6 | newspaper = Art News Paper | date = April 2006}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Exhibition/Event ! Type of Event ! Year ! Participant(s) ! Participant's Country of Birth |- | ''Brian Doan: hôme hôme hôme''<ref>{{cite web|title=Brian Doan, hôme hôme hôme|date=25 September 2013 |url=http://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/brian-doan-home-home-home|publisher=Time Out New York|access-date=12 February 2014}}</ref> | Mixed-media Installation | 2013 | Brian Doan | Vietnam |- | ''Pivotal Works: The Vilcek Foundation Project''<ref>{{cite web|last=Sulcas|first=Roslyn|title=The Vilcek Foundation Project|url=https://www.nytimes.com/events/dance/vilcek-foundation-project-8812.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=28 January 2013}}</ref> | Series of Dance performances | 2012 | Michel Kouakou Fanny Ara Thang Dao Alice Gosti Pontus Lidberg | Ivory Coast France Vietnam Italy Sweden |- | ''I Am Your Mirror''<ref>{{cite web|last=Kulhanek|first=Jamie|title=I Am Your Mirror: O Zhang|url=http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/WebExclusives/IAmYourMirrorOZhang|publisher=Art Asia Pacific|access-date=28 January 2013|archive-date=July 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724061904/http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/WebExclusives/IAmYourMirrorOZhang|url-status=dead}}</ref> | Photography, Mixed-media Installation | 2012 | O Zhang | China |- | ''Almost Undone''<ref>{{cite news | last = Hankin | first = Laura | title = Gallery Review: Nicole Awai: Almost Undone | url = http://www.theartistsforum.org/reviews/Entries/2011/10/4_GALLERY_REVIEW__NICOLE_AWAI__ALMOST_UNDONE.html | newspaper = The Artists Forum | date = October 4, 2011 | access-date = October 4, 2011 | archive-date = October 26, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111026174516/http://www.theartistsforum.org/reviews/Entries/2011/10/4_GALLERY_REVIEW__NICOLE_AWAI__ALMOST_UNDONE.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> | Mixed-media Installation | 2011 | Nicole Awai | Trinidad |- | ''String Theater''<ref>{{cite news | last = Gurewitsch | first = Matthew | title = For a Violinist, Success Means a New Low Point | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/arts/music/the-violinist-mari-kimura-looks-for-low-notes.html?pagewanted=all | newspaper = New York Times | date = May 13, 2011 | access-date = May 13, 2011}}</ref> | Concert | 2011 | Mari Kimura | Japan |- | ''The New Vernacular: Immigrant Authors in American Literature''<ref name=pw/> | Literature Reading | 2011 | Dinaw Mengestu Ilya Kaminsky Téa Obreht Vu Tran Simon Van Booy Liesl Schillinger (host) | Ethiopia Russia Yugoslavia Vietnam United Kingdom - |- | ''Caring and Advocating for Torture Survivors''<ref>{{cite news | last = Survivorsoftorture.org | title = Caring and Advocating for Torture Survivors: A Lecture by Dr. Allen Keller | url = http://www.survivorsoftorture.org/news-and-events/caring-and-advocating-torture-survivors-lecture-dr-allen-keller | newspaper = Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture | date = January 26, 2011 | access-date = February 14, 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> | Lecture | 2011 | Allen Keller (Lecturer) Samten Dapka Cheikhna Mahawa | Tibet Mauritania |- | ''Senbazuru''<ref>{{cite news | last = White | first = Amos | title = Gallery Preview: 'Senbazuru': Toshiko Nishikawa | newspaper = The Artist Forum }}</ref> | Mixed-media Installation | 2010 | Toshiko Nishikawa | Japan |- | ''Transparency''<ref>{{cite news | last = Chan | first = Jason | title = Fashion 2012 – Beautiful Transparency At The Vilcek Gallery | url=http://fashionindie.com/beautiful-transparency-at-the-vilcek-gallery/ | newspaper = Fashion Indie – Fashion & Style 2012 | date = September 9, 2010 | access-date = September 10, 2010}}</ref> | Fashion Presentation | 2010 | Madina Vadache | Russia |- | ''The Vilcek Foundation Celebrates LOST''<ref>{{cite news | last = Schneider | first = Michael | title = New Yorkers, here's one last chance to say goodbye to 'LOST' | url = http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2010/05/new-yorkers-heres-one-last-chance-to-say-goodbye-to-lost.html | newspaper = Variety.com | date = May 25, 2010 | access-date = May 25, 2010 | archive-date = January 9, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110109215406/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2010/05/new-yorkers-heres-one-last-chance-to-say-goodbye-to-lost.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> | Photography Installation, Exhibition of Original Props<ref>{{cite news | title = New York State of Mind | newspaper = Lost, The Official Magazine: Special Edition}}</ref> | 2010 | 24 Immigrant and First Generation Cast and Crew of ABC's LOST<ref>{{cite book|title=The Vilcek Foundation Celebrates LOST Exhibition Book|year=2010|publisher=The Vilcek Foundation|url=http://www.vilcek.org/images/content/1/0/1008085.pdf|access-date=2012-02-23|archive-date=2013-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306032700/http://www.vilcek.org/images/content/1/0/1008085.pdf}}</ref> | Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, England, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, South Africa, Philippines, South Korea, Tonga |- | ''Circumplex''<ref>{{cite web | last = Luong | first = Kai-Duc | title = Circumplex | url=http://www.kaiducluong.com/Circumplex | work = Video Art | access-date = February 13, 2012}}</ref> | Video Art Installation | 2009 | Kai-Duc Luong | Cambodia |- | ''enTANGOed''<ref>{{cite web | last = The Vilcek Foundation | title = Peter Breiner: enTANGOed | url=http://www.vilcek.org/gallery/past-exhibitions/entangoed/index.html| publisher = The Vilcek Foundation – Past Exhibitions | access-date = June 4, 2009}}</ref> | Concert | 2009 | Peter Breiner | Slovakia |- | ''Mephistophelean'' | Exhibition of Sculpture | 2009 | Ryo Toyanaga | Japan |- | ''Japanese Art Today: Takashi Murakami and "Superflat" in Context''<ref>{{cite web | last = The Vilcek Foundation | title = Lecture: Eleanor Heartney: Japanese Art Today: Takashi Murakami and "Superflat" in Context | url=http://www.vilcek.org/gallery/past-exhibitions/eleanor-heartney.html | publisher = The Vilcek Foundation – Past Exhibitions | access-date = February 13, 2012}}</ref> | Lecture | 2009 | Eleanor Heartney | |- | ''Why 1960's Japanese Art? Global Implications for Contemporary Art History''<ref>{{cite web | last = The Vilcek Foundation | title = Lecture: Reiko Tomii: Why 1960's Japanese Art? Global Implications for Contemporary Art History | url=http://www.vilcek.org/gallery/past-exhibitions/reiko-tomii.html | publisher = The Vilcek Foundation – Past Exhibitions | access-date = February 13, 2012}}</ref> | Lecture | 2009 | Reiko Tomii | Japan |- | ''Asian American Artist and the Transmission of the East to the American Avant-Garde''<ref>{{cite web | last = The Vilcek Foundation | title = Lecture: Alexandra Munroe: Asian American Artist and the Transmission of the East to the American Avant-Garde | url=http://www.vilcek.org/gallery/past-exhibitions/alexandra-munroe.html | publisher = The Vilcek Foundation – Past Exhibitions | access-date = February 13, 2012}}</ref> | Lecture | 2009 | Alexandra Munroe | |- | ''American Immigrant Filmmakers on Profile''<ref>{{cite web | last = Stifter | first = Catherine | title = American Immigrant Filmmakers on Profile in NYC and Online | url=http://newroutes.org/node/16516 | access-date = October 22, 2008}}</ref> | Film Screening | 2008 | Sarab Neelam Sielu Avea Stephane Gauger Kai-Duc Luong Christine Choy Sherwood Hu | India Samoa Vietnam Cambodia China China |- | ''The Gatekeeper of Emmyoin''<ref>{{cite web | last = Eventful | title = The Vilcek Foundation hosts the NY premiere screening of the Gatekeeper of Enmyoin | url=http://eventful.com/newyork_ny/events/vilcek-foundation-hosts-n-/E0-001-015605943-4@2008100118 | publisher = Eventful | access-date = April 24, 2012}}</ref> | Film Screening | 2008 | Reiko Tahara Max Uesugi | Japan Japan |- | ''Il Lee and Pouran Jinchi: Curated by Art Projects International''<ref>{{cite web | last = Art Projects International | title = Art Projects International News | url = http://www.artprojects.com/index.php/newsmain/P42/ | publisher = Art Projects International | access-date = April 24, 2012 | archive-date = September 21, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110921083115/http://www.artprojects.com/index.php/newsmain/P42/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> | Exhibition of paintings and drawings | 2008 | Il Lee Pouran Jinchi | South Korea Iran |}

==Publications==

* Kinsel, Rick, et al. Grounded in Clay : The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery. Merrell Publishers, 2022. * Kinsel, Rick, et al. Ralston Crawford, Air + Space + War. Merrell Publishers Limited; in association with Vilcek Foundation, 2021. * Kinsel, Rick, et al. Marsden Hartley : Adventurer in the Arts. Merrell Publishers Limited; in association with Vilcek Foundation, 2020. * Agee, William C., et al. Masterpieces of American Modernism : From the Vilcek Collection. Merrell Publishers Limited, 2013. * Langholtz, Gabrielle, and Rick Kinsel. A Place at the Table : New American Recipes from the Nation's Top Foreign-Born Chefs. Prestel, 2019. * Agee, William C., et al. Ralston Crawford : Torn Signs. Merrell Publishers Ltd., in association with Vilcek Foundation, 2019. * Vilcek Foundation. American Odysseys : Writings by New Americans. First Dalkey Archive edition, Dalkey Archive Press, 2013.

==References==

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