2025 Boston Artadia Awards
Awardees: Sónia Almeida, Brittni Ann Harvey, and Sopheak Sam.
By: Artadia - Nov 06, 2025
Artadia, a non-profit grantmaking organization and nationwide community of visual artists, curators, and patrons, announces the 2025 Boston Artadia Awardees: Sónia Almeida, the Wagner Foundation Boston Artadia Award recipient; Brittni Ann Harvey; and Sopheak Sam.
The 2025 Boston Artadia Awards application was open to visual artists working in any visual media, at any stage in their career, who have been living and working within Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties for two consecutive years at minimum. In total, 273 eligible applications were received.
The Awards decision was reached after an extensive two-tiered jurying process. This year's finalists for the Awards included Constanza Alarcón Tennen, Miguel Caba, and Rixy.
Thank you to the esteemed jurors who have supported the selection process: Eduardo Andres Alfonso, Independent Curator; Stephanie Cristello, Independent Curator; Ruth Erickson, Barbara Lee Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, ICA Boston; and Joseph Henry, Director of Cultural Planning, City of Boston, Office of Arts and Culture.
We are also grateful for our partners, the Barr Foundation and the Wagner Foundation, for generously supporting exceptional artists in Boston.
"It has been a privilege to immerse myself in the work of the incredible artists across the Boston area. The amount of talent and ideas being proposed in our city continues to inspire me and strengthens my commitment at the City of Boston to platforming and supporting our artists to sustain and thrive here in Boston," shared juror Joseph Henry, Director of Cultural Planning, City of Boston, Office of Arts and Culture.
Learn more about each artist on our website.