2026
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2026 Artist Recipients
Danielle Dean, Ingrid Hernández, Tatiana Ortiz-Rubio were selected to receive the 2026 San Diego Art Prize. Their outstanding creativity, dedication to their work and contributions to our region have made them stand out to the three national and international curators who selected them from the nominations made by local art professionals. The exhibition will be held for the first time at Oceanside Museum of Art opening in September 2026 and showing until February 2027.
With a recent solo show at the Tate Gallery, London, Danielle Dean is one of our most prestigious SD Art Prize recipients. She analyzes how ideas are constantly recycled and then repeated to the detriment of our society. Ingrid Hernández takes recycled objects to look more closely at those communities who are often displaced. Tatiana Ortiz-Rubio’s art installations ride in the mysterious space between certainty and the unknown. All three artists examine how larger forces (political, social, economic, or existential) shape individual lives.
Their outstanding creativity, dedication to their work, and contributions to our region have made them stand out to the three national and international curators who selected them from the nominations made by 15 local art professionals.
With a recent solo show at the Tate Gallery, London, Danielle Dean is one of our most prestigious SD Art Prize recipients. She analyzes how ideas are constantly recycled and then repeated to the detriment of our society. Ingrid Hernández takes recycled objects to look more closely at those communities who are often displaced. Tatiana Ortiz-Rubio’s art installations ride in the mysterious space between certainty and the unknown. All three artists examine how larger forces (political, social, economic, or existential) shape individual lives.
Their outstanding creativity, dedication to their work, and contributions to our region have made them stand out to the three national and international curators who selected them from the nominations made by 15 local art professionals.
International Guest Selectors |
Anna Fenia Schneider, Curator, Haus de Kunst, Germany
Marina Reyes Franco, Curadora, MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico Rachel Jans, Associate Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, San Diego Museum of Art |
Catalog Writers |
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Danielle Dean
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Danielle A. Dean uses things like archives, videos, performances, community projects, sculptures, and drawings to explore how ideas and images get repeated and recycled in ways that help keep global capitalism going. She works with different types of media and often involves other people in her projects to take a closer look at the cracks and problems in this system that seems like it’s stuck in a loop. Dean received an MFA from California Institute of the Arts and is an alumna of the Whitney Independent Study Program. Recently completed projects include new commissions for Mercer Union, Toronto (2024), a solo show at Tate Britain, London (2022), and Performa, New York (2021). Other recent solo shows include: Long Low Line, Times Square Arts, NY (2023); Bazar, ICA San Diego (2023); and True Red Ruin, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (2018). She participated in the Whitney Biennial in New York (2022). Group exhibitions include: This Land, at The Contemporary Austin (2023); Freedom of Movement, at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands (2019); The Centre Cannot Hold, Lafayette Anticipation, Paris (2018); and Made in LA, at The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2014).Danielle Dean’s works are held in these public collections: Umma; Wellcome Collection; Rollins Museum of Art; Arts Council Collection, London, UK; Whitney Museum of Art; Stedelijk Museum; the City of San Diego, CA; Kadist Art Foundation; Hammer Museum; CC Foundation; Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
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Ingrid Hernández
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Ingrid Hernández, from Tijuana, Mexico, explores how cities change by looking at how people relate to their homes. With a background in both sociology and visual art, she focuses on communities built by migrants, deportees, and people who’ve been displaced, especially near the US-Mexico border. She often uses discarded materials from the U.S. and local Mexican maquiladoras in her work. Her projects usually involve long-term collaborations, including interviews, photography, and exploring shared memories. Recent awards and grants include the National System of Art Creators Grant (2022-2025), Acquisition prize. XIII Baja California Photography Biennial(2024), EFIARTES, Support for Investment Projects in Artistic Production (2024), among others. Her work has been exhibited in museums in Latin America, the US, and Europe; as well as being featured in The Matter of Photography: Experiments in Latin American Art Since the 60s, published by Stanford University Press. Irregular, a monograph of her work, was published by the Mexican Council of Arts and Culture. Hernández is co-founder of Relaciones Inesperadas, a teaching space for the development of contemporary artistic practices and the fostering of critical dialogue in the arts established in Tijuana.
Tatiana Ortiz-Rubio
Tatiana Ortiz-Rubio is a Mexican artist whose work includes oil painting, drawing, muralism, and installation. She explores the dimensions and intricacies of space and time and often draws inspiration from poetry. Ortiz-Rubio’s nebulous images mimic the fleeting essence of our existence. Working directly on the walls gives her freedom to pass between certainty and uncertainty. She received her MFA from the New York Academy of Art and BA in art history and visual arts at the University of San Diego. She has exhibited in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and United States, including Centro Cultural Tijuana, Quint Gallery, Instituto Cultural Cabañas, and Bread & Salt Gallery, where she also completed a residency. Ortiz-Rubio currently teaches drawing and painting at University of San Diego.
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