Awards

Fellowships | Grants | Honors 

2022 | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, NY; Fellowship: Fine Arts — View press release — Fellow Tyrone Ta-coumba Aiken Bio

2017 | Great Minnesota Get Together, Minnesota State Fair, Saint Paul, MN; Award: Commemorative Poster

2015 | Knight Arts Challenge Grant, Walker West Music Academy, Saint Paul, MN; Grant

2014 | MN Original Presents: An Evening with…, Minnesota Humanities Center - MN Original (MNO) Produced by Twin Cities Public Television (TPT), St Paul, MN; Guest 

2014 | Made Here, Hennepin Theater Trust, 123 GO, POP -UP Gallery, City Center Plaza, Minneapolis, MN

2013 | Beautiful Countryside, Public Art Presentation Ceremony, Shanghai, China; International Award and Public Art Forum Guest Speaker

2011 | Sally Ordway Irvine Awards (The Sally Awards), Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, MN; Award Recipient for VISION — View press release.

1994 | Gottlieb Foundation, New York, NY; Visual Arts Fellowship

1994 | National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC; Fellowship

1992 | BUSH Foundation, Saint Paul, MN; Visual Artist Fellowship 

1991 | Headland Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA; Residency

1985 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY; Grant

1969 | Young African Americans On the Move, Container Corporation of America - International Aspen Design Conference, Aspen, CO; Award