The Gold Art Prize, a biennial award series for AAPI and Asian diaspora artists, has announced its 2025 winners: Dan Lie, Stella Zhong, Morehshin Allahyari, Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork, and Kenneth Tam. Each receives an unrestricted $25,000. The prize, now in its third iteration, was launched in 2021 by adviser Kelly Huang and Gold House, a Los Angeles-based organization focused on the AAPI community. The 2025 edition is funded by the Kahng Foundation. Finalists included Trisha Baga, CFGNY, Ajay Kurian, Sa’dia Rehman, and TT Takemoto.
The Gold Art Prize matters because it provides significant, no-strings-attached financial support to emerging and mid-career Asian diaspora artists at a time when such targeted funding remains rare. By spotlighting a diverse range of practices—from Lie's living ecosystems to Allahyari's digital decolonial works and Tam's explorations of masculinity—the prize amplifies underrepresented voices and helps shape the future of contemporary art. Its continued funding by the Kahng Foundation and the involvement of Gold House signal a growing institutional commitment to AAPI artists.