Anonymous Was a Woman Picks Most Diverse Group of Winners to Date for Beloved Artist Grant Program

Anonymous Was a Woman, a grant-making organization founded by Susan Unterberg, has revealed the 2022 winners of its vaunted grants, which go to women-identifying artists over the age of 40 who are at “a critical junction in their career.”

 

Each of the 15 winners will receive $25,000. Those winners include Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, an 82-year-old painter set to receive a Whitney Museum retrospective in 2023, and Abigail DeVille, a 41-year-old sculptor whose work is being surveyed right now at the Bronx Museum.

 

According to Anonymous Was a Woman, this batch is the most diverse batch of grantees in its 26-year history. There are more artists based outside the New York area and California than usual, and for the first ever, a trans woman has received a grant. That artist is Dr. micha cardénas, whose work has often focused on the relationship between gender, race, and technology.