Catharine E. B. Cox Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts explained

The Catharine E. B. Cox Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts is a biennial award given to a visual artist who is a former or current resident of Hawaii.^[1] The recipient may work in any medium, and is honored with a solo exhibition at the Honolulu Museum of Art. The award was established in 1985 by Charles S. Cox of La Jolla, California, Doak C. Cox of Honolulu and Richard H. Cox of Honolulu to honor their grandmother, Catharine Elizabeth Bean Cox.

Recipients of the award have been:

• 1990 Dorothy Faison
• 1992 Michael Tom
• 1994 Laura Smith
• 1996 Shigeru Miyamoto
• 1998 Hanae Uechi Mills
• 2000 Renee Iijima
• 2002 Yida Wang
• 2004 Lonny Tomono
• 2006 Ka'ili Chun
• 2008 Leland Miyano
• 2010 Sanit Khewhok^[2]
• 2012 John Tanji Koga^[3]
• 2015 Maya Lea Portner^[4]
• 2017 Charles Cohan^[5]

Also see:

• Catharine Elizabeth Bean Cox

References

• Bean, Bernie, The Life and Family of John Bean of Exeter and his Cousins, Seattle, John Bean of Exeter Family Association, 1970.
• Ceramics Monthly, Mar. 1997, Vol. 45 Issue 3, p. 14.
• Sanborn, Curt, Hana Hou!, The Magazine of Hawaiian Airlines, Vol. 11, No. 4, Aug./Sept., 2008.

Notes and References

1. Wong, Allison, Catharine E. B. Cox Award Exhibition, Honolulu Museum of Art, Dec.-Feb. 2012/13, p. 6
2. News: Island renaissance artist Khewhok wins Cox Award . Victoria Gail-White . . January 10, 2010 . November 17, 2010 .
3. Wong, Allison, Catharine E. B. Cox Award Exhibition, Honolulu Museum of Art, Dec.-Feb. 2012/13, p. 6
4. Jensen, James, Maya Lea Portner: Urbanophilia/Urbanophobia‒Love and Fear of the City, Honolulu Museum of Art, June-Aug. 2015, p. 10
5. Johnston, Healoha, "Ground: New Works by Charles Cohan", Honolulu Museum of Art, Sept•Oct•Nov 2017, p. 9