2026 International Exhibition Award Winners

Thirty-nine awards totaling over $54,000 were selected this year by the 159th Exhibiton Jury of Awards.
Many thanks to the 2026 jurors:
Elaine Daily-Birnbaum, AWS, D.F.
William G. Hook, AWS
Ken Goldman, AWS

AWS Gold Medal of Honor (Courtesy of Clara and Ida Wells Stroud) with $4000
Lynn D. Pratt, AWS  In the Pocket

AWS Silver Medal of Honor (Courtesy of Clara and Ida Wells Stroud) with $3500
Jian Wu, AWS  Chungang

AWS Bronze Medal of Honor (Courtesy of Clara and Ida Wells Stroud) with $3000
Helen Eriksdotter  Adagio

Alden Bryan Memorial Medal with $3000
Xiqiang Fei, AWS   Setting Sun

Mary Bryan Memorial Medal with $3000
Yan Liang, AWS   Narration in Front of the Earth Wall

Marilyn Hughey Phillis Memorial Award with $3000
Chung-Wei Chien, AWS, D.F.    The Image of Music

Mario Cooper & Dale Meyers Medal with $2500
Dean Mitchell, AWS, D.F.    Mrs. Ruby Mitchell Bradley

Dagmar Tribble Memorial Award with $2500
Huiling Sun   Whispers from a Fishing Village

Fred E. Albrecht Memorial Award
Steve Rogers, AWS   Chios Caiques

Carl Folke Sahlin Medal with $2000
Jianzhong Zhou   After School

John Young-Hunter Memorial Award with $2000
J. Anna Roberts   Just Be Kind We are All Pigeons

Margaret M. Martin AWS Watercolor Award with $2000
Albina P. Herron   North American Toad Anaxyrus Americanus

Elizabeth Callan Memorial Award and Medal with $2000
Frederick C. Graff, AWS, D.F.   Devotion

High Winds Medal (1/2) with $1,750
Sterling Edwards    Disarray

High Winds Medal (2/2) with $1,750
Michelle Nixon, AWS   Portrait of Woman Fixing a Bathroom

Frances Nell Storer Memorial Award with $1600
Mark E. Mehaffey, AWS, D.F.    A Square Peg

Bud & Gretchen Marble Medal with $1000
Thein Shwe Kyi, AWS Descendants

Joan Ashley Rothermel Memorial Award with $1000
Mattilyn Grace Stacy    Timmy

Dong Kingman Award with $1000
Bruce Handford, AWS   Snow Covered Field

Di Di Deglin and William Gorman Award with $850
Burton P. Silverman, AWS, D.F.   The Machine

Harrison Cady Award with $750
Nancy M. Stark, AWS   Step Right Up

Nicholas Reale Memorial Award with $750
Louise Lachance   Trace of Light in Stirred Silence

Anne Williams Glushien Award with $750
Lana Privitera, AWS   Still Useful Nonetheless

Walser S. Greathouse Medal with $750
Irena Roman, AWS, D. F.   John B.

Ogden & Mary Pleissner Award with $750
Jeannie McGuire, AWS   Studio One

Elsie and David Wu Ject-Key Award with $750
Robin Erickson, AWS   Rainbow Eucalyptus II

Samuel Leitman Award with $750
John Jude Palencar, AWS Night Bell

Mary S. Litt Memorial Medal with $750
Chris Krupinski, AWS, D.F.   Such Cuties

Edgar Whitney Memorial Award with $750
Mary Velasquez-Bailey   Gazing at a Masterpiece

Jeanne Dobie Color Award with $750
Angus McEwan, AWS   Hooked on Rust

Herbert G. Morris Memorial Award with $750
Janet Means Belich, AWS   Corngruence

Alan Chiara Award with $500
Janet Rogers, AWS   Moira

Mary & Maxwell Desser Memorial Award with $500
Thomas Rebek AWS Pots and Pans

Louis J. Kaep Award with $500
Pat Moseuk, AWS   Beyond The Piers

Hardie Gramatky Memorial Award with $500
Antonio Masi, AWS, D.F., P. E., L.M.   Portal to Manhattan Bridge

Frederick Wong Award with $500
Richard Surowicz, AWS   Winter Barn

Baohong Artists’ Watercolor Paper Award with $500
Ryan Fox, AWS   Helsinki Sunset

Lena Newcastle Prize with $500
Kelly Eddington, AWS   Visionary: Ann Miller Titus