| VISUAL ARTS |
| 1991-92 | | Terry Allen |
| 1992-93 | | Maya Lin |
| 1993-94 | | Softworlds (Janine Cirincione, Brian D'Amato, and Michael Ferraro) |
| 1994-95 | | Ann Hamilton |
| 1995-96 | | Barbara Kruger |
| 1996-97 | | Alexis Smith; Lorna Simpson |
| 1997-98 | | Barbara Bloom |
| 1999-00 | | Shirin Neshat |
| 2000-01 | | Greg Lynn & Fabian Marcaccio |
| 2001-02 | | Hussein Chalayan |
| 2002-03 | | Lee Mingwei |
| 2003-04 | | Zoe Leonard |
| 2004-05 | | Josiah McElheny |
| 2005-06 | | Zoe Leonard; Josiah McElheny |
PERFORMING ARTS |
| 1991-92 | | Twyla Tharp |
| 1992-93 | | Ann Carlson |
| 1993-94 | | Amanda Miller/Pretty Ugly Dance Company |
| 1994-95 | | Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company |
| 1995-96 | | Elizabeth Streb/Ringside |
| 1996-97 | | Mark Morris Dance Group |
| 1997-98 | | The Wooster Group |
| 1998-99 | | Michael Curry, G. W. Mercier, Donald Holder, Molly Anderson, and others: theater artists who contributed to the exhibition Julie Taymor: Playing with Fire. |
| 1999-00 | | Michael Curry, G. W. Mercier, Donald Holder, Molly Anderson, and others: theater artists who contributed to the exhibition Julie Taymor: Playing with Fire. |
| 2000-01 | | SITI Company |
| 2001-02 | | SITI Company |
| 2002-03 | | Improbable Theatre |
| 2003-04 | | Improbable Theatre; SITI Company |
| 2004-05 | | The Builders Association/dbox |
| 2005-06 | | The Builders Association/dbox; da da kamera |
MEDIA ARTS |
| 1991-92 | | Paper Tiger Television |
| 1992-93 | | New Television projects by William Wegman and Betsy Connors, and by Steve Fagin; Robert and Donald Kinney |
| 1993-94 | | New Television projects by Tom Kalin and by Daniel Minahan |
| 1994-95 | | Chris Marker |
| 1995-96 | | Todd Haynes and Christine Vachon; Judith Barry |
| 1996-97 | | Julie Dash; Isaac Julien |
| 1997-98 | | The Class of 2001: projects by Steven Bognar; Helen DeMichiel; Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle; and Tom Poole |
| 1998-99 | | Tacita Dean |
| 1999-00 | | The Class of 2001: projects by Steven Bognar; Helen DeMichiel; Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle; and Tom Poole |
| 2000-01 | | The Class of 2001: projects by Steven Bognar; Helen DeMichiel; Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle; and Tom Poole |
| 2001-02 | | Miranda July; Cheryl Dunn |
2002-03 | | Rineke Dijkstra |
| 2003-04 | | Sadie Benning |
| 2004-05 | | Apichatpong Weerasethakul; Sowon Kwon |
| 2005-06 | | Phil Collins; Paul Chan |