Celebrating women shaping art
and technology
Today is the International Day of Women in Science and Technology. Rather than treating it as a symbolic marker, we’re using it as a moment to look more closely at the women whose work has already shaped, and continues to define, the field of art and technology.
Nearly 50% of Lumen Prize submissions come from women artists
We work daily with artists navigating complex technical, conceptual, and ethical terrain: artists who write code, build systems, interrogate infrastructures, and bring cultural, political, and emotional intelligence into spaces too often framed as neutral or purely technical. Women have always been part of this work. Too often, they’ve been underacknowledged within it.
As an all-female team working across three continents, Lumen didn’t arrive at its community by chance. The fact that nearly 50% of Lumen Prize submissions come from women artists is something we’re incredibly proud of, not because it suggests parity has been “achieved,” but because it reflects what happens when artists feel a space has been built with intention, curiosity, and care.
This figure represents a broad and nuanced range of practices: AI and machine learning, XR and immersive environments, bio-art and speculative design, sound, performance, film, gaming, data, robotics. It reflects artists who move between disciplines fluently, often holding technical rigor and critical sensitivity in equal measure.
Many of these artists are also educators, collaborators, researchers, and mentors who are shaping the field not only through their work, but through how knowledge is shared, challenged, and sustained.
Honoring women Lumen Prize winners
Today, we’re celebrating the women who have previously won a Lumen Prize Award, artists whose practices exemplify the depth, ambition, and intellectual range of the Lumen community.
Their work spans continents and contexts, institutions and independent practice. Some operate at the cutting edge of computational systems; others foreground embodiment, ecology, materiality, or sensory experience.
This is a moment to acknowledge that work and to recognise that visibility must be accompanied by sustained support and access. The future of art and technology depends not only on what is built, but on who is empowered to build it, question it, and imagine alternatives.
We’re proud to celebrate these artists today, and grateful to be building a community that is actively redefining the field on its own terms.
Winners of The Lumen Prize
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Sun Aija
2022 HUA Award Winner
Sun Aija (In collaboration with Gong Yining) won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Melting Myth’
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Nouf Aljowaysir
2023 Moving Image Award Winner
Nouf Aljowaysir won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Ana Min Wein (Where Am I From?)’
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Anaïs met den Ancxt
Silver Award Winner 2015
Anaïs (Scenocosme) won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Metamorphy’ -
Isabelle Arvers
2017 Moving Image Award
Isabelle won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Heroic Makers vs Heroic Land’
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Katerina Athanasopoulou
2013 First Prize Award Winner
Katerina won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Apodemy’
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Minne Atairu
2021 Global South Award Winner
Minne Atairu won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘IGÚN’
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Ginevra Boni
2013 People’s Choice Award Winner
Ginevra won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Wilderness’
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Sylvia Grace Borda
2016 Web-Based Award winner
Sylvia Grace Borda won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Farm Tableaux’
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Kristina Buozyte
2019 XR Award Winner
Kristina (in collaboration with Vitalijus Zukas) won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘Trail of Angels’
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Ana María Caballero
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Jessica Charlesworth
2024 Futures Award Winner
Jessica (Parsons & Charlesworth) won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘Catalog for the Post-Human’
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Sarah Choo Jing
2021 3D/Interactive Award Winner
Sarah Choo Jing won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Zoom, Click, Waltz ’
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CNDSD (Malitzin Cortes)
2023 Gold Award Winner
CNDSD (in collaboration with Ivan Abreu) won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘AUTO{}Construccion’
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Sofia Crespo
2025 Nature & Climate Award Winner
Sofia Crespo (Entangled Others) won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Self-Contained’
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Maren Dagny Juell
2024 Nordic Award Winner (Sponsored by Kunstsilo)
Maren Dagny Juell won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Human Resource the Musical’
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Liliana Farber
2020 Still Image Award Winner
Liliana Farber won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Terram in Aspectu’
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Kim Chaeyeon, Gangneung
2016 People’s Choice Award Winner
Kim Chaeyeon, Gangneung won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Capitalism’
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Carla Gannis
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Ruth Gibson
2015 Gold Award Winner
Ruth Gibson (Gibson/Martelli) won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘MAN A’
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Julieta Gil
2020 Gold Award Winner
Julieta won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Nuestra Victoria’
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Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Dr Christina Agapakis Ginkgo Bioworks & Sissel Tolaas
The Rapoport Award for Women in Art & Tech Award Winners 2019
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Felicity Hammond
2018 Rapoport Award for Women in Digital Art Winner
Felicity won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘In Defence of Industry’
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Dr. Alexandra Sophia Handal
People’s Choice Gold Award Winner 2014
Alexandra won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Dream Homes Property Consultants (DHPC)’ -
Libby Heaney
2022 BCS Immersive Environment Award Winner
Libby won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Ent-’
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Christine Hooper
2014 Animate Award Winner
Christine won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘On Loop’ -
Sophia Ioannou Gjerding
2022 Nordic Award Winner
Sophia Ioannou Gjerding won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Homage to Airway ’
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Tiri Kananuruk
2025 Gold Award Winner
Tiri Kananuruk (Morakana) won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘Cumulus’
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Keiken
2024 BCS Award Winner (Sponsored by BCS)
Keiken won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘Spirit Systems of Soft Knowing ༊*·˚’
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Sonia Killmann
2025 Performance & Music Award Winner
Sonia Killmann (in collaboration with Laura Mannelli) won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Umweltraum((a))’
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Beatrice Lartigue
WNO Performance Award winner 2015
Beatrice (Lab212) won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘Portée’ -
Elyne Legarnisson
2020 XR Award
Elyne Legarnisson won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘(Un)Balance’
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Laura Mannelli
2025 Performance & Music Award Winner
Laura (in collaboration with Sonia Killmann) won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘Umweltraum((a))’
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Cassie McQuater
2019 Moving Image Award
Cassie won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Love Birds, Night Birds, Devil-Birds’
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Rosa Menkman
2023 Still Image Award Winner
Rosa Menkman won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘JPEG FROM A VERNACULAR OF FILE FORMATS, (2009 - 2010), 2023 REVISITATION WITH HIDDEN MESSAGE IN DCT.’
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Daniela Nedovescu (mots)
2025 Experiential Award Winner
Daniela Nedovescu (mots) won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘Deutsch / Nicht Deutsch’
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Operator
2023 Metaversal Generative Art Award Winners & 2021 BCS Immersive Environment Award Winners
Operator won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘Human Unreadable’ and for ‘
I'd rather be in a dark silence than’
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Maja Petric
2019 3D/Interactive Award Winner
Maja Petric won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘We Are All Made of Light ’
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Julia Puyo
2014 Silver Award Winner
Julia (Studio Chevalvert) won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘Murmur’
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Theresa Reiwer
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Esther Rolinson
2016 3D/Sculpture Award Winner
Esther Rolinson (in collaboration with Sean Clark) won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘Flown’
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Francesca Rosella
2025 Fashion & Design Award Winner
Francesca (CuteCircuit) won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘The SoundShirt’
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Dorotea Saykaly
2025 Nordic Award Winner
Dorotea Saykaly (in collaboration with Emil Dam Seidel) won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘Telos I’
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Nicola Schauerman
2013 Founders Award Winner
Nicola Schauerman (Genetic Moo) won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘Mother’
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Ziv Schneider
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Sarah Selby
2023 3D/Interactive Award Winner
Sarah Selby won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Between the Lines’
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Lucy Soloman
2018 BCS Artificial Intelligence Award Winner
Lucy (Cesar & Lois) won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘Degenerative Cultures’
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Sasha Stiles
2025 Literature & Poetry Award Winner
Sasha Stiles won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘WORDS BEYOND WORDS’
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Cassie Suche
2019 Photomonitor Student Award Winner
Cassie won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘A Capricious Pathway’
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Nye Thompson
2021 Gold Award Winner
Nye Thompson (in collaboration with UBERMORGEN) won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘UNINVITED’
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Nitcha Tothong
2022 Gold Award Winner
Nitcha Tothong (in collaboration with Kengchakaj Kengkarnka - elekhlekha อีเหละเขละขละ) won a Lumen Prize for their work: ‘Jitr จิตร’
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Yuqian Sun
2024 Carla Rapoport Award Winner & 2023 Student Award Winner
UchanSun won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘AI Nüshu’ and for ‘Hyborg Agency’
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Liu Wa
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Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm
2021 Nordic Award Winner and 2017 AI Award Winner
Cecilie (in collaboration with Pontus Lidberg) won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Centaur’
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Anny Wang
2023 Nordic Award Winner
Anny (Wang & Söderström) won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘Nest of You’
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Amelia Winger-Bearskin
2025 Special Commendation Award Winner
Amelia won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘I WOULD LIKE TO BE MIDNIGHT / I WOULD LIKE TO BE SKY’
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Amy Louise Wilson
2023 Global Majority Award Winner
Amy (Lo Def Films) won a Lumen Prize for her their: ‘Dzata: The Institute of Technological Consciousness’
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Ziwei Wu
2018 Meural Student Award Winner
Ziwei Wu won a Lumen Prize for her work: ‘The Punishment of Tantalus’
