The Brooklyn Museum has named photographer and multimedia artist Keisha Scarville the winner of its sixth annual UOVO Prize. She will receive a $25,000 unrestricted grant, a public exhibition titled "Where Salt Meets Black Water" at the museum's Iris Cantor Plaza opening May 8, and a commission for a large-scale work on the façade of UOVO's Bushwick storage facility.
The award highlights the museum's commitment to supporting emerging Brooklyn-based artists and amplifying local diasporic narratives. Scarville's work, which explores Caribbean heritage, migration, and memory through her series "Mama's Clothes," will receive significant institutional visibility, celebrating the cultural influence of the Caribbean community in shaping Brooklyn's identity.