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The National Academy of Design is delighted to announce that 28 artists and architects from across the United States have been elected as National Academicians in the Class of 2024. Recognized for their contributions to contemporary American art and architecture, this year’s class of newly elected Academicians includes:

Ann Agee (Visual Arts)
Diana Al-Hadid (Visual Arts)
Sara Caples, Caples Jefferson Architects (Architecture)
Diana Cooper (Visual Arts)
Lise Anne Couture, Asymptote Architecture (Architecture)
Rochelle Feinstein (Visual Arts)
Chie Fueki (Visual Arts)
Gajin Fujita (Visual Arts)
Maren Hassinger (Visual Arts)
Hugh Hayden (Visual Arts)
Florian Idenburg, SO-IL (Architecture)
Everardo Jefferson, Caples Jefferson Architects (Architecture)
Mernet Larsen (Visual Arts)
Marilyn Lerner (Visual Arts)
Jing Liu, SO-IL (Architecture)
Anthony McCall (Visual Arts)
Beverly McIver (Visual Arts)
Amalia Mesa-Bains (Visual Arts)
Senga Nengudi (Visual Arts)
Sheila Pepe (Visual Arts)
Hani Rashid, Asymptote Architecture (Architecture)
Jesse Reiser, RUR (Architecture)
David Row (Visual Arts)
Amy Sherald (Visual Arts)
Ken Smith (Architecture)
Nader Tehrani (Architecture)
Masami Teraoka (Visual Arts)
Nanako Umemoto, RUR (Architecture)

The annual nomination and election of National Academicians dates back to the National Academy’s founding in 1825 as the United States’ first artist- and architect-led organization. New Academicians are nominated and elected by the current members of the National Academy, a growing community of no more than 450 artists and architects across the country.

“We’re thrilled to welcome this exceptional class of newly elected Academicians. As the Academy embarks on an exciting new chapter, the induction of these twenty-eight artists and architects—whose diverse and ambitious work captivates across various mediums—powerfully reaffirms our commitment to celebrating bold and visionary contributions to contemporary art and architecture.” – Said Gregory Wessner, Executive Director, National Academy of Design.

In addition to providing leadership and vision for the National Academy and its programs and exhibitions, Academicians are also invited to donate a representative work – called the Diploma Work – to the National Academy’s collection. With more than 8,000 paintings, sculptures, works on paper, architectural drawings and models and more, the National Academy’s collection has been assembled almost entirely through the donations of its artists and architect members. It is one of the most significant collections of American art and architecture in the world.

Induction Video Premiere

A public, online video program documenting and celebrating the Class of 2024 National Academicians will be streamed on the Academy’s website, nationalacademy.org, at 7 pm on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, following its premiere at an invitation-only in-person celebration in New York City. More information will be available at nationalacademy.org.

Induction Exhibition

A special exhibition featuring the recent work of the 2024 National Academicians is anticipated for May 2025 at the National Academy’s gallery at 519 West 26th Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10001. Details will be announced in the coming months on our website, nationalacademy.org.

Rochelle Feinstein (Visual Arts)

Rochelle Feinstein is a painter navigating the terrain of abstract painting as it unfolds across diverse and thematically interwoven bodies of work. While drawing upon the conventions embedded in painting practices as much as those of contemporary culture, her works incorporate drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. She has exhibited nationally and internationally and is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, Anonymous Was a Woman, the Pollock- Krasner Foundation, Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Art, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and a recipient of the 2018 Jules Guerin Rome Prize Fellowship in Visual Arts, American Academy in Rome. A major survey exhibition of Feinstein’s work originated at the Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva (2016), then traveled to Stadtische Galerie in Lenbachhaus, Munich (2016), Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover (2017), and the Bronx Museum of the Arts (2018–2019). Her works are included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul; Stadtische Galerie in Lenbachhaus, Munich; and the Perez Art Museum, Miami.