Henki Art Announces the 2026 Henki Art Prize Longlist
24 works selected for Still We Look. Still We Look.
For Immediate Release
San Diego, November 2026 | Henki Art is pleased to announce the longlist for the 2026 Henki Art Prize, Still We Look. Still We Look., featuring 24 works by artists and artist collectives working across painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and moving image.
This year’s prize considers water as a witness to memory, environmental change, and human experience. The selected works examine the relationship between observation and responsibility, exploring what it means to continue looking in a world shaped by ecological and social transformation.
Spanning diverse geographies, materials, and artistic approaches, the longlist reflects Henki Art’s commitment to advancing critical dialogue around water in contemporary art and recognizing distinctive artistic practices internationally.
2026 Henki Art Prize Longlisted Artists
Kirsty Harris | London, United Kingdom | The Making of Lake Chagan
Dima Tolkachov | Kyiv, Ukraine | Siren
Siyan Camille Ji | Los Angeles, United States | Waves #3
Eunsol Eom | Seoul, South Korea | I Wish We Were Mountains
Ross Deeley | London, United Kingdom | Shoreline
Sarah Philouze | Mexico City, Mexico | TLALOCAN
Won Ji Lim | Chicago, United States | Autonomic
Anastasiia Rozumna | Dnipro, Ukraine | «Life»
Ranjini Chatterjee | Kolkata, India | The River knows your name
Mohammed Al Balushi | Dhank, Oman | Circles of Life
Ivana Poliakova | Odesa, Ukraine | Flows of Memory
Sofiia Holubeva | Berlin, Germany | The Sea Looks at You When You Look at the Sea
Jie Shuai | London, United Kingdom | Poetry River
Yevheniia Maior | Leipzig, Germany | Battleship in Toxic Waters
Alexander Collinson & XinYue Ma | London, United Kingdom | Residual Current
Duenchayphoochana Phooprasert | Bangban, Thailand | The Shape of Time
Mengwei Chen | London, United Kingdom | Little Rain
Susan Hoffman Fishman | West Hartford, United States | The Dead Sea Disappearing
Zoë Pelikan | Vienna, Austria | Vista Mare – Belvedere III
Saito Toru | Hayama, Japan | Distance
Margarita Montgomery | Hamburg, Germany | Evening
Ayaito Marron | London, United Kingdom | Sea in My Palm: Octopus and Eggs
Sara Bonaventura | Preganziol, Italy | Thermal Alchemy
Alexis Arnold | Oakland, United States | The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy (Crystallized Book Sculpture)
The shortlist of five works and the 2026 Henki Art Prize winner will be announced in the next stage of the prize. An accompanying publication is scheduled for early to mid-2027.
About Henki Art
Henki Art is a contemporary art gallery dedicated to exploring water as a subject, material, and critical framework in contemporary artistic practice. Through exhibitions, publications, and the annual Henki Art Prize, the gallery supports artists whose work advances new perspectives on our relationship with water.
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