Current Fellows

In its eighty-seventh annual competition for the United States and Canada the Foundation has awarded 180 Fellowships to artists, scientists, and scholars. The successful candidates were chosen from a group of some 3,000 applicants.

On June 9, 2011, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded thirty Fellowships to a diverse group of artists, scholars, and scientists from Latin America and the Caribbean. Chosen from almost 500 applicants, this year’s new Fellows are from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru.

We invite you to learn more about these gifted individuals by using the search fields below. We are constantly adding to our catalog of short biographies of Fellows, so check back often for more profiles. Click on the names highlighted in green to access the profiles that are currently available. And please visit our News & Events page for information on their current activities.