The Knight Foundation is once again putting its money where the future is as art meets tech with the announcement of the 2025 Knight Arts + Tech Fellows. Five visionary artists will each receive an unrestricted \$50,000 grant to explore the boundaries of new media and technology in contemporary art.
Now in its fifth year, the fellowship uplifts artists pushing the envelope through artificial intelligence, digital fabrication, immersive experiences, and other tools reshaping how stories are told and felt. This year’s cohort includes Miami’s own Antonia Wright, known for her high-impact, body-centered installations; Detroit-based Ash Arder, whose research-heavy projects interrogate industry and ecology; interdisciplinary sculptor Michelle Lopez, whose work deconstructs power through race and feminist lenses; Akea Brionne, whose AI-augmented textile work examines colonial histories; and Matthew Angelo Harrison, whose resin sculptures bridge ancestral memory and futuristic aesthetics.
Kristina Newman-Scott, Knight’s VP for Arts, said it best: “This fellowship is about more than technology. It’s about investing in visionary artists… reshaping cultural discourse.” Alongside the funding, fellows receive financial planning support and a platform in Shift Space, the Knight Fellowship’s annual digital publication. This year’s Shift Space 5.0 is out now and features work from notable contributors like Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Denise Ryner, with essays, poetry, and conversations exploring what’s next at the intersection of art and tech.
The Knight Foundation is also accepting applications for its Art + Tech Expansion Fund through June 20, supporting artists and organizations in Miami, Detroit, and Akron with resources to digitize, build infrastructure, and deepen tech integration.
Since 2021, the Knight Arts + Tech Fellowship has supported 20 artists whose work spans protest, poetry, pedagogy, and possibility. The 2025 class keeps that spirit alive, blurring lines between machine and maker, challenging the status quo, and inviting us all to reimagine what’s possible.
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