Exhibition on view: November 6 - December 19, 2026
in the DAC Main Gallery

Downtown Art Center is proud to present the Artists of Hawai'i Biennial 2026, an exhibition dedicated to showcasing the best of Hawai'i’s contemporary art. Works will be juried by Trisha Lagaso Goldberg, Director of Programming & Engagement for Anderson Collection at Stanford University and former public art project manager for the Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Artists of all ages and experience levels, working in any medium, who reside in the state of Hawai'i are encouraged to apply. Submission guidelines, deadlines, and more are provided below.

The Artists of Hawaiʻi exhibition is Hawaiʻi’s longest-running, all-media juried exhibition of contemporary art by Hawaiʻi-based artists, established in 1951 to recognize and document the evolving visual arts of the islands. Originally hosted by the Honolulu Academy of Arts (now the Honolulu Museum of Art), it became one of the most significant platforms for local artists, helping to define and elevate Hawaiʻi’s modern and contemporary art scene. In 2023, Sharon Twigg-Smith, a HoMA trustee and longtime supporter of Hawaiʻi’s art scene, led the exhibition’s move to Downtown Art Center, along with a return to its format of an inclusive, all-media, all-island juried exhibition.

2026 Accepted Artists: First Jurying

Congratulations to the artists below, whose 189 works have passed the FIRST JURYING! This year's competition was especially strong, with a record 645 artists from across Hawaiʻi applying with over 1,300 pieces of artwork.

Please note: Appearing on this list does NOT mean that you have been selected for the exhibition yet, only that you have made it to the juror's final round of deliberations and should be prepared to ship or deliver your work to Downtown Art Center for Final Jurying. Artwork should arrive NO LATER THAN October 22 (Neighbor Island artists) or October 25 at 5 p.m. (Oʻahu artists). We WILL accept early artwork during regular gallery hours, Tues-Sun, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Neighbor Island artists, please read our Shipping Instructions and Tips document before you pack and send your work. 

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ADAM LEBLANC - "Waiting Light Canticle" Mixed installation, Oʻahu
ALMA - "Madam Pele's Tear" Fire clay, cone # 6 glaze, Oʻahu
AMBER AGUIRRE - "Required by Law" Porcelain, stains, glazes, Hawaiʻi Island
AMBER AGUIRRE - "Supreme Dumpster" Porcelain, stains, glazes, Hawaiʻi Island
ANDREW BINKLEY - "Ash Cloud" Archival pigment print photograph, Oʻahu
ANIKA KUNTZE - "Greetings from the Lighthouse" Acrylic ink and oil on canvas, Oʻahu
ANTHONY BANUA-SIMON - "World Enterprises" Video, Oʻahu
ARABELLA ARK - "Temple" Clay, Molokaʻi
ARNOLD BORNIOS - "Lei For Father" Acrylic and collage on canvas, Oʻahu
AYUMI DATE - "Stewardship: Full Circle at Honolulu Museum of Art" Silk screen, acrylic, Oʻahu
BRANDON NG - "Hawaiian Blood Quantum" Salted Paper Prints with inkjet print wallpaper (Installation), Oʻahu
BRUDA LYST - "Look before it's gone (windows are like geckos)" Reclaimed jalousies window parts, steel tent poles, polycord lashing, palm, Oʻahu
BRYSON TABANIAG - "Hua Weleweka" Mgambo and Red Eye Susan Seeds, Oʻahu
BRYZANE LAGMAY - "The Father, the Son, the Espiritū" Mixed media on wood panels, Oʻahu
CALEN JAMES ADAMS - "Waiehu Beach House" Watercolor, Maui
CAMERON GOYA LYNDE - "Line" Archival print photograph, Oʻahu
CARL JENNINGS - "Hunters & Collectors" pencil, bone, and oil on linen, Oʻahu
CAROL BENNETT - "Mahaulepu Net" amber shellac, india ink, graphite, pastel, china marker, acrylic, oil on wood, Kauaʻi
CAROL BENNETT - "Flopsen Field" shellac, acrylic, india ink, conte crayon, graphite, china marker, oil, Kauaʻi
CAROL D'ANGELO - "Dusk in the Jungle" Oil on canvas, Oʻahu
CAROL HYRNE - "You talking to me?" Ceramic raku, Oʻahu
CARRIE YAKURA - "Nana" Oil and graphite on linen, Hawaiʻi Island
CARRIE YAKURA - "Nu'uhāweo" Oil and graphite on linen, Hawaiʻi Island
CHRISTOPHER EDWARDS - "ʻOpihi (2026)" Raku-fired ceramic, Oʻahu
CYAN GARMA - "Hide and Seek" Acrylic on wood, Oʻahu
DANE NAKAMA - "Pau Hana" Burlap used to transport sugar, Oʻahu
DANE NAKAMA - "グランマ" Acrylic paint on wood panel, Oʻahu
DANIEL SHEINFELD RODRIGUEZ - "Fuerza-Bruta / Brute Force" Pressure treated Douglas fir, Hawaiʻi Island
DANIELLE BURNSIDE - "Pillar of Perspective" Oil on canvas, Hawaiʻi Island
DANIELLE GRISHAM - "Links" Quilt, Hawaiʻi Island
DAWN USTACH - "It's Mynah" Recycled house paint, acrylic and pen on canvas, Oʻahu
DEA SEGATTO - "The Last Reef" Porcelain, glaze, beads, wax, Oʻahu
DEBORAH G. NEHMAD - "THE Operative Document" digital UV print on waxed kozo, Oʻahu
DEBRA CASEY - "Sheepside" Archival pigment print photograph, Oʻahu
DEREK BENCOMO - "Into the Void" Sculptured wood, Maui
DEREK BENCOMO - "Rhythm of Waves" Sculptured wood, Maui
DIANE KIM - "Poverty Amidst Abundance." Mixed media on canvas., Oʻahu
DWAYNE ADAMS - "Just Fade Away" Watercolor on paper, Oʻahu
EDD TOKARZ HARNAS - "E kala mai" Mixed media on canvas, Oʻahu
ELIZABETH KELLER - "1B (Ala Moana)" Watercolor, Maui
EMI LAU - "Flowers Are For The Present" Glass, Oʻahu
ERIK NOORDHOFF - "Morphogenesis" Oil paint on panel, Oʻahu
ETHAN FRONEY - "KUA" Ceramic, Hawaiʻi Island
EVAN JENKINS - "Kīlauea Iki at Dawn" Blown glass, Maui
EWA MOSC - "Anthuriums" Ink and watercolor, Oʻahu
EZGI IRAZ - "Choosing Me" Acrylic on canvas with an installation station, Oʻahu
FAISAL WARSANI - "Let there be light" Oil on panel, Oʻahu
FLOYD TAKEUCHI - "Time and Gravity" Digital print using archival pigment inks on archival fine arts photo paper, Oʻahu
FRANCIS LAB - "Altar for My Diwata" Film and interactive mixed media devotional space installation, Oʻahu
FRANCISCO CLEMENTE - "Elegance" Milo wood, Oʻahu
FRANCISCO CLEMENTE - "Volcano Vibes II" Plumeria wood and epoxy resin, Oʻahu
GARY HENRICKSON - "Zildjian" Clay, Oʻahu
GARY HENRICKSON - "Cherished" Clay, Oʻahu
GEORGE DAVIS - "Neutral Spine Dance With Shades Of Yellow" Mixed media on canvas, Oʻahu
GEORGE WOOLLARD - "Vessel" Lychee wood with cashew lacquer, Oʻahu
GHISLAINE CHOCK - "Unusual Variations" Woven cotton, Oʻahu
GIL DELGADO - "Harbor Keeper" Black-and-white archival pigment print photograph, Oʻahu
GWEN ARKIN - "Homecoming" Archival pigment print photograph, Maui
H. GERT DE COUET - "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" Digital collage, archival pigment print photography, Oʻahu
H. GERT DE COUET - "Hina's Hands" Archival pigment print photography, Oʻahu
HEIDI FICKINGER - "Nā Kaula He Nui (Many Threads)" Archival pigment print on cotton rag & sugarcane paper photograph, Hawaiʻi Island
HEIDI FICKINGER - "Zen Wrapped" Archival pigment print on cotton rag & sugarcane paper photograph, Hawaiʻi Island
HELENA NOORDHOFF - "Zygomorphy" Drypoint with watercolor, Oʻahu
HIROKO SAKURAI - "Kokuhaku ( confession )" Sumi ink, mineral pigment, and silver leaf on paper, mounted on repurposed folding screen panel, Oʻahu
IVAN WENTLAND - "Ocean Breath" Archival pigment print photograph, Oʻahu
IVAN WENTLAND - "3 Peaks" archival pigment print photograph, Oʻahu
JACOB BETTENCOURT - "Endangered Pair" Watercolor and colored pencil on paper, Oʻahu
JACOB JACKSON - "Mango Mornings" Ceramic, Oʻahu
JAMES KNUDSEN - "Palolo Valley Swimming Pool (from the series 'Public Pools in Hawaii')" Digital print on archival paper, Oʻahu
JANE MOUNT - "Anima" Original and found textiles, sequins, and thread, hand stitched on linen, Maui
JANETTA NAPP - "Endemic Wishes / Microsorum spectrum" Charcoal and pigment on paper, Oʻahu
JEFFREY LIM - "The Standard-Bearer" Intaglio-soft ground, aquatint, spit bite, Oʻahu
JOHN DRISCOLL - "You Still Surprise Me" Ceramic, Oʻahu
JOHN DRISCOLL - "El Nino Out of This World" Ceramic, Oʻahu
JOHN MACARTHUR - "Ulana Rocker" False Kamani, sapele wood, Oʻahu
JON HAMBLIN - "Saint Jonathan" Acrylic, oil enamel on canvas, Oʻahu
JON HAMBLIN - "Recharging Area" Acrylic and oil enamel on canvas, Oʻahu
JORDAN SHAMIR - "Duke" Aluminum cans, plywood, black gesso, stainless steel nails, Oʻahu
JOYCE CHIN - "Turbulence" Wheelthrown clay, Maui
JOYCE JEFFERS - "Gyre" Coconut cordage, kapa, rooster feathers, thread, Maui
JUVANA MARIE A. SOLIVEN - "of the soft parts" Glass beads, steel, leather, embroidery floss, thread, paint, bronze, wood, Oʻahu
K. ARMSTRONG - "Higher Education II" Mixed media, Oʻahu
KA-NING FONG - "Music for Reading" Oil on canvas, Oʻahu
KAIMI - "Precious in the Garden" Acrylic and oil paint on glass, Oʻahu
KAPULANI LANDGRAF - "Refuse" Archival fine art pigment print, Oʻahu
KAREN LUCAS - "Guardians" Ceramic and bambo, Oʻahu
KARI MCCARTHY - "Head In The Clouds" Oil on linen, Maui
KATE JOHNSON - "Old Fisherman" Oil on canvas, Oʻahu
KATE LYNCH - "Micropyhtoplankton Patchwork Quilt" Linocut print on cotton, hand-pieced, embroidered, and quilted, Maui
KATHERINE A. LOVE - "Belief in an Immaculate Beginning" Acrylic, collage, metal leaf, mounted on board, Oʻahu
KATHY CHANG - "Surrender #9" Acrylic and oil on wood, Oʻahu
KEITH TALLETT - "White Flag" Archival pigment print, Hawaiʻi Island
KIRSTEN RAE SIMONSEN - "Queen of the Night" Liquid charcoal, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on cold press paper, Oʻahu
KLOE KANG - "Blue City #1" Oil on canvas, Oʻahu
KLOE KANG - "Blue City #2" Oil on canvas, Oʻahu
KŪĀKEA YASAK - "Ulua" Acrylic on canvas, Maui
KŪĀKEA YASAK - "Hōlūlū" Acrylic on canvas, Maui
LAUREN OKANO - "Makai" Oils, acrylics, mixed media on canvas, Oʻahu
LAURENS MILLER - "Flow State With Translucent Drapes" Acrylic, sumi ink on archival paper, custom frame, Oʻahu
LAWRENCE SEWARD - "Iʻd rather..." Niu, pod, concrete, aluminum, resin, coral, glass, bone, paint, sticker, Oʻahu
LEIGHTON LAM - "Evolution" Acrylic on styrofoam, Oʻahu
LEILA DIAMOND - "Natureʻs Timeless Wisdom, Triptych" Photography & sogetsu ikebana sculpture, Oʻahu
LELEO KINIMAKA - "Koa Mana" Wood, Oʻahu
LES HONDA - "Birds & Bees" Oil, copper metal leaf on medium density fiberboard, Oʻahu
LICIA MCDONALD - "Cocoon" Woven marine debris rope, blanket material, reed, and silk floss tree fiber, Kauaʻi
LINA - "Put on a Show" Cardboard, clue, paint, Oʻahu
LINDA KĀNE - "Kiaʻi" Feathers, mixed media, Oʻahu
LUKE HENDERSON - "Hihimanu" Handmade watermarked paper, handmade wauke/gampi, reeds, string, Oʻahu
LUKE HENDERSON - "Obake" Handmade watermarked paper, handmade wauke/gampi, lithography, silkscreen, reeds, string, Oʻahu
MADELEINE MAZZOLA - "In My Case I Never Got Over It" Watercolor on paper, Oʻahu
MARC THOMAS - "Untitled" Wood, archival paper, blue painters tape, oil paint, Oʻahu
MARI MATSUDA AND BRANDY NĀLANI MCDOUGALL - "There Was A Place On Kahoʻolawe" Woodcut relief print with polyplate lithograph chine colle, Oʻahu
MARK CHAI - "Ho'oponopono (Reconciliation): Embracing Our Flaws" Kamani wood, Oʻahu
MARK KUSHIMI - "Wave 03" Archival pigment print, Oʻahu
MARK KUSHIMI - "Ala Moana Bowls" Archival pigment print, Oʻahu
MARK KUSHIMI - "Alone...Again." Archival pigment print, Oʻahu
MARK WHITE - "Stilted Clay Basket" High fired stoneware, Oʻahu
MARK WHITE - "Purple Cantilevered Basket" High fired stoneware, Oʻahu
MARY BABCOCK - "Mauna" Plywood, tracing paper, gold leaf, net, toy trucks, Hawaiʻi Island
MARY CHING - "Lei Po'o Niho Kepa" Banana fiber, feathers, kapa and mulberry paper woven wili style, Oʻahu
MASAKO JOUBERT - "Modern Botanical #8" Ceramic, Maui
MATTAN GAPPELL - "WE BROUGHT PEACE UPON YOU" sound, Hawaiʻi Island
MATTHEW TAKAKURA - "Wana" Steel, Maui
MAX ROSS - "Hello" Acrylic paint with Slo-Dri medium. Finished with Gamvar Gloss Varnish, Maui
MIKAELA MCLEISH - "Doubling" Oil on canvas panel, Kauaʻi
MIKE WILLIAMS - "Harding Service 76" Transparency in lightbox, Oʻahu
MINDI MULHERIN - "Bill Mulherin" Oil on panel, Oʻahu
MING LI JIANG - "Echoes of the valley" Acrylic on plastic film, Oʻahu
MORGAN SNYDER - "Botanical Collage III" Tattoo ink, marker, coffee on paper, Oʻahu
NAIAD WONG - "Ula-ʻai-hāwane and Loulu palm" Polymer clay, air dry clay, and acrylic, Oʻahu
NICOLE SEU - "Mana'olana-study 2" Fine art archival print photograph, Oʻahu
NORIKO WAKAYAMA - "Kalalau Valley" Oil on canvas, Oʻahu
NORYNE HIROMOTO - "Molokaʻi, 1907" Sterling silver, Hawaiian koa wood, Maui
NORYNE HIROMOTO - "Gravity of the Anthropocene" Sterling silver, glass, rubber, paper, Maui
PAUL BERG - "Another World" Oil on canvas, Oʻahu
PAULO SABADO - "Lio ke'oke'o" Archival pigment print, Maui
PETER OSBORNE - "State Building N.1" Archival pigment print, Oʻahu
PF BENTLEY - "The Spirit of Halawa" Archival pigment print, Molokaʻi
PŪLAMA LONG - "Mālama Pūhala" Lauhala, Oʻahu
RACHEL MELANDER - "Red Hill" Oil on canvas, Oʻahu
RAYMOND ENRIQUEZ - "Aurora Lei" Photography, Oʻahu
RICHARD BARLETT - "PnP series - Kyle and Ikaika - pregame" Digital media, Oʻahu
RICHARD BARLETT - "PnP Series - Ikaka and David 04 - Blowjob" Digital media, Oʻahu
RICHARD LANAKILA HEIRAKUJI - "Kohemālamalama" Archival fine art pigment print, Oʻahu
RUBEN AIRA JR ART LLC - "Again" Hand carved repurposed surfboards, Oʻahu
RYOTARO OBANA - "Untitled" Clay, Oʻahu
SALLY FRENCH - "The Perfect Thing" Wax pencil, atomized acrylic on birch panel, Kauaʻi
SALLY FRENCH - "Fight or Flight" Wax pencil, ink, acrylic on birch panel, Kauaʻi
SALLY LUNDBURG - "Transect I" Acrylic, gouache, oil pastel, and graphite on paper, Hawaiʻi Island
SALLY LUNDBURG & KEITH TALLETT - "Fair Warning" Archival inkjet print on rice paper, resin and enamel on wood panel, Hawaiʻi Island
SARA COOKE LITTLE - "No Trespassing (I'iwi)" Acrylic, oil, and graphite on canvas, Oʻahu
SARAH TAYLOR KO - "Flower of the Field" Mixed media (colored pencil, collage, wax), Hawaiʻi Island
SCOTT YOELL - "Monopoly land-grab, 'awapuhi keʻokeʻo' Hawai'i series #3" Sculpture; cast polymer resin, gesso, masonite panel, Hawaiʻi Island
SHANE SAKATA - "Utility Box Surfer" Photography (archival inkjet print), Oʻahu
SHELDON WONG - "Chair (Sing me your forgotten song)" Image transfers of artist's family photos on porcelain, grout, found Monobloc chair, Oʻahu
SHELLY CHOY - "Jan Ken Po" Mixed media, Oʻahu
SHIGERU MIYAMOTO - "Lava Flow" Ceramics, Oʻahu
SNOWDEN HODGES - "Absence" Oil on canvas, Oʻahu
SNOWDEN HODGES - "Every Picture Tells A Story" Oil on panel, Oʻahu
SOLOMON FIRTH - "Drybox for Tamashiro" Mahogany, shellac, steel mesh, aluminum screen, linen, Oʻahu
SOLOMON FIRTH - "Relief (Yellow)" Oil, birch, bondo, Oʻahu
STEPHANIE SACHS - "Sexy Carnival 18" Watercolor and Ink on 300lb watercolor paper, Maui
SUSAN M. SCHULTZ - "Après le déluge (Lowell)" Photography, Oʻahu
SUSAN POLANCO DE COUET - "The Road Through" Digital image archival print, Oʻahu
SUSAN POLANCO DE COUET - "Pause" Digital image archival print, Oʻahu
TAIJI TERASAKI - "Osmotic Wells: Volcanic Accretion" Volcanic rock and mineral compounds, Oʻahu
TIANA NANAYO KUʻULEIALOHA HONDA - "Kīpuka amongst the tallgrass" Photolithography, watercolor screenprint monoprint, Hawaiʻi Island
TIM GARCIA - "Open Form 2658" Portugese pink marble , Cook pine base, Maui
TINA AH PUCK - "Saltwater Grace" Acrylic on canvas, Maui
TONK - "Aloha Takeout" Reclaimed local chopstick wrappers, glue, buttons, Oʻahu
TREVOR KODAMA - "Untitled Green Destruct" Ceramic, Oʻahu
TRISTYN STONE - "Mounting at 'Iolani Palace" Acrylic on canvas, Oʻahu
UKULOLO - "Cook'D" Printed skateboard decks, hardware, Oʻahu
VANESSA MCCOWAN - "Trepidation" Oil on canvas, Oʻahu
VINNY BEGG - "Exit to Happiness" Digital photography, Oʻahu
WAKANA KOIKE - "Floating Thread Vase" Stoneware, glaze, 18K gold accents, cone 10 gas-fired, Oʻahu
WARREN R. LOOS - "Red Square (2026)" Archival inkjet print on museum-grade fine art paper, Oʻahu
WARREN R. LOOS - "mOFC 10 (2026)" Archival inkjet print on museum-grade fine art paper, Oʻahu
WAYNE LEVIN - "Diptych 1" Archival pigment print, Hawaiʻi Island
WAYNE LEVIN - "Diptych 3" Archival pigment print, Hawaiʻi Island
WENDY ROMANCHAK - "Nouna" Watercolor and graphite on paper, Maui
WENDY ROMANCHAK - "Another to Echo" Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, Maui
WILLIAM ZWICK - "A moment in the dark" Oil on canvas, Oʻahu
YANA - "Immersion" Metal print, Oʻahu
YOUNG HEE SWEET - "Lily in Flow I" 925 Sterling Silver, Iron, Synthetic Fiber, Quartz, Pure Gold Sheet and Bronze Sheet, Oʻahu
YUHUAN ZHANG - "An Oneiric Lap" Watercolor, ink, acrylic on paper, Oʻahu
YUHUAN ZHANG - "Returning" Oil on canvas, Oʻahu
ZACH ANGELES - "Kamut: To be fed by hand" Acrylic, Ink, Aerosol, Plaster on Polylactic Acid, Oʻahu
ZOE LIU - "Process the Chaos" Acrylic, ink, colored pencil, markers on wood panel, Oʻahu