We are pleased to present the award winners and exhibiting artists for our Annual Statewide Exhibition 2022.

Award Winners

The Thurston Twigg-Smith Best in Show Award - $3,000
Erik Sullivan, Erethizon

The Elizabeth Rice Grossman Award of Excellence - $1,000
Peter Naramore, Altar Table

The Charles E. Higa Memorial Award of Excellence - $1,000
Daniel Sheinfeld Rodriguez, Sugi Chair

The John Young Award - $500
Codie M. King, Bean

The George Ellis Award - $500
A. Kimberlin Blackburn, Her Water Fall

The Carol and Malcolm Koga Emerging Artist Award - $500
Gunnar Turnbull, Poise

The Diane Chen Koch Weser Award for Collaborative Work - $500
Rich Richardson with Wilma Nakamura, Buck Silva, Mike Takemoto, and Saint Marko, Axis Mundi by salon5

The Virginia McGargahan Award of Excellence in Raku - $500
Faye Maeshiro, Pre-ecdysis

The Ron and Myra Kent Award for Creative Innovation  - $400
Doug Britt, First Class Passage

The Paul Loo Memorial Award - $350
Rd Manzano, Naʻau

The Earle F. Long Memorial Award for Woodturning - $300
Paul Pyzyna, Shattered not Broken

The Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui Award - $250
Sheri Levin McNerthney, Color Play

Merit Award in Ceramic Arts - $250
Mark White, Bonsai Box

Merit Award in Fiber Arts - $250
Lynn J Martin Graton, Irpin-The Hero River of Kyiv

Merit Award in Glass Arts - $250
Daniel Moe, Tattooed Makau

Merit Award in Metal Arts - $250
Hannah Shun, The Blossom

Merit Award in Mixed Media Arts - $250
Nicholas Potash, Scholar's Object #1 - Centipede Box

Merit Award in Wood Arts - $250
Shaun Fleming, Is the Steamer Ready?

The Cedar Street Gallery Award - $250
Jackie Mild Lau, Open Loop

The Mānoa Gallery Award - $250
Scott Fitzel, Sunrise Sunset

The Sayoko Kay Mura Student Award for Excellence - $250
Ian Nash, Burlap Vase #1

The Garden Island Arts Council Annual Artist Award - $200
Roberta Griffith, Black Hole Series, Black Hole #3

Exhibiting Artists

Amber Aguirre, Found a New Toy, Hawaiʻi Island

Amber Aguirre, I Dare You, Hawaiʻi Island

Valerie Beck, Under the Bananas, Hawaiʻi Island

Derek Bencomo, Ocean Harmony, II, Maui

Don Bernshouse, Remains of a Lost Culture, Maui

A.Kimberlin Blackburn, Her Water Fall, Kauaʻi

Jake Boggs, A Random Walk in the Sun, Hawaiʻi Island

Joshua Bowles, Klismos chair, Oʻahu

Sharon Britt with Douglas Britt, Fiber Family, Kauaʻi

Doug Britt, First Class Passage, Kauaʻi

Doug Britt, oil can air, Kauaʻi

Robert Butts, Bamboo umeke, Oʻahu

Robert Butts, Crater, Oʻahu

V. Lee Cabanilla, Thresher, Lānaʻi

Sandra Ciri, Seeking My Waipiʻo Destiny 1534 AD, Oʻahu

Sandra Ciri, The Crown is Heavy, Oʻahu

Sandra Ciri, The Mask in Me, Oʻahu

Sandra Clark, Indigo Ocean Boro, Maui

Francisco Clemente, Elegance, Oʻahu

Julia Cordi, Alchemy, Maui

Ellen Crocker, My Homage to Our Oʻhia Trees, Hawaiʻi Island

Christopher Edwards, #156. Tetracorallia, Oʻahu

Aileen Feldman, P2, Oʻahu

Scott Fitzel, Lauhala, Oʻahu

Scott Fitzel, Moonrise Moonset, Oʻahu

Scott Fitzel, Sunrise Sunset, Oʻahu

Shaun Fleming, Is the Steamer Ready?, Maui

Sachiko Furuya, Ambiguous Past Memory 2, Oʻahu

Sachiko Furuya, Oh-Idogata Haku-Yu Chawan, Oʻahu

Sachiko Furuya, Oh-Idogata Oh-Yu Chawan, Oʻahu

Emily Gleason, I feel safe with you., Hawaiʻi Island

Lynn J Martin Graton, Irpin-The Hero River of Kyiv-Generating Funds for Humanitarian Aid in Ukraine, Hawaiʻi Island

Roberta Griffith, Black Hole Series, Black Hole ""3, Kauaʻi

Vince Hazen, Bomb Motif, Oʻahu

Daven Hee, Long Neck Window Bottle, Oʻahu

Daven Hee, Volcanic Fatboy, Oʻahu

Gary Henrickson, Blue Green Jar, Oʻahu

Vilsoni Hereniko, Nuj Maga (Big Mouth), Oʻahu

Barclay Hill, Celestial Music, Maui

Shannon Hiramoto, Building a Parallel World, Kauaʻi

Boris Huang, Natural Harmony of Yin-Yang, Oʻahu

Boris Huang, Precious Harmony, Oʻahu

Mark Hymbaugh, Brown, Maui

Stephen Hynson, Chest on Stand #2 - A Vessel for Special Things, Maui

Dianne Ige, Triangles, Oʻahu

Jacob Jackson, Norfolk Pine Bowl, Oʻahu

Jacob Jackson, Pua Wai, Oʻahu

Joyce Jeffers, Nui Niu (catch me series), Maui

Hugh Jenkins with Stephanie Ross, Night at the Rift, Oʻahu

Claudia Johnson, Nest, Maui

Karen Kiefer, Timeless III, Oʻahu

Codie King, Bean, Hawaiʻi Island

Codie King, Gourd, Hawaiʻi Island

Zenobia Lakdawalla, Compact, Maui

Christopher Langen, Leviathan in a Storm Cloud Under the Pale Moon Light, Oʻahu

Constance Liu, Tropical Frond, Oʻahu

Faye Maeshiro, Petrified, Oʻahu

Faye Maeshiro, Pre-ecdysis, Oʻahu

Kainoa Makua, Kaʻakepa, Hawaiʻi Island

Rd Manzano, Naʻau, Hawaiʻi Island

Kim Markham, Mahina, Molokaʻi

Sheri McNerthney, Color Play, Maui

Deyana Mielke, The Seeker, Kauaʻi

Jackie Mild-Lau, Open Loop, Oʻahu

Elizabeth Miller, Earth's Origin Story, Hawaiʻi Island

Wayne Miyata, Tenacious Hotei Trying to Move Immovable Object, Kauaʻi

Daniel Moe, Tattoed Makau, Hawaiʻi Island

Bon Moore, Continuity, Kauaʻi

Bon Moore, Vessel of Creation, Kauaʻi

Rowland Morita, Curly and Twirly, Kauaʻi

Michael Mortara with Misato Mortara, Pāhoa Sky Lidded Calabash, Hawaiʻi Island

Sanford Murata, Tall Vase, Oʻahu

Mydock with Elmer Adams, The Red Vase, Hawaiʻi Island

Peter Naramore, Console Table, Maui

Ian Nash, Burlap Vase #1, Oʻahu

Deborah Nehmad, There is No Vaccine for Gun Violence in America, Oʻahu

Emillia Noordhoek, Our Lady of Tears ""Sister Amalia, her heart moved by grief"", Molokaʻi

Esther Nowell, Smoke Fish, Oʻahu

Esther Nowell, Three Friends, Oʻahu

Kevin Omuro, The Backyard, Maui

Jennifer Owen, Green Mountain Hale, Maui

Patti Pease Johnson, Bluesy Wave Mobile, Hawaiʻi Island

Junco Pollack, Kesa #7 Samsara, Oʻahu

Nicholas Potash, Scholar's Object #1 - Centipede Box, Maui

Nicholas Potash, Scholar's Object #3 - Dreams and Fears, Maui

Paul Pyzyna, Shattered Not Broken, Maui

Paul Pyzyna, Whisper, Maui

Rich Richardson with Wilma Nakamura, Buck Silva, Mike Takemoto, and Saint Marko, Axis Mundi by salon5, Oʻahu

Carol Rocha, Broken, Molokaʻi

Nikolas Rocha, Escher’s Sphere, Oʻahu

Gandharva Ross, He Pā Kou: A Kou Wood Dinner Platter, Molokaʻi

Johannette Rowley, In the Still of the Night, Oʻahu

Maile Sakamoto, Amabie: Spirit of Protection, Oʻahu

Georgia Sartoris, Canteen, Hawaiʻi Island

Terry Savage, Teal Fissured Blade, Oʻahu

Daniel Sheinfeld Rodriguez, Ghost in the Shell, Hawaiʻi Island

Daniel Sheinfeld Rodriguez, Sugi Chair, Hawaiʻi Island

Debbie Shimabukuro, Contemplation, Maui

Hannah Shun, A Sea creature's view, Oʻahu

Hannah Shun, The blossom, Oʻahu

Curt Stevens, Rainy Day, Maui

Rick Strini, End of Life Urn, beginning of journey, Maui

Erik Sullivan, Cubozoa, Oʻahu

Erik Sullivan, Erethizon, Oʻahu

Susan Thomas, Trouble in Paradise, Oʻahu

Laurie Tompkins, Rising From The Ashes, Hawaiʻi Island

Elizabeth Train, Anchialine, Oʻahu

Gunnar Turnbull, Poise, Maui

Karen Valentine, Queen Liliʻuokalani Commemorative Ipu, Hawaiʻi Island

Mark White, Bonsai Box, Oʻahu

Mark White, Tall Basket of Dreams, Oʻahu

Suzanne Wolfe, Confrontation in the Garden of the Chinese Poet, Oʻahu

George Woollard, Black Ball, Oʻahu

Sidney Yee, Chinese Vase Antique Base, Maui

Scott Yoell, It is in the cards, Hawaiʻi Island