The 2021 Young Artists of Hawaiʻi winners have been announced! Young Artists of Hawaiʻi is an annual student art competition and exhibition. Presented by the State Foundation on culture and the Arts and the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, this program recognizes creative excellence among Hawaiʻi’s public and private school students, Kindergarten through sixth grade. A panel of judges select 96 works for the exhibition, which is presented at the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum. Replicas of the artworks are also displayed at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center for one year, in the Pa Kamaliʻi Courtyard on the third floor.
2021 Young Artists of Hawaiʻi Exhibit
Location: Hawaiʻi State Art Museum
Dates: May 14 – June 25, 2021
The Hawaiʻi State Art Museum is in downtown Honolulu, near ʻIolani Palace and the Hawaiʻi State Capitol building. Admission is always free!
Monday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
250 South Hotel Street, Second Floor
Honolulu HI 96813
(808) 586-0900
Location: Hawaiʻi Convention Center
Dates: May 2021 – March 2022
2021 Young Artists of Hawaiʻi winners
Printable version of this list: 2021 Young Artists of Hawaiʻi PDF
Hawaiʻi Island
Ernest Bowen deSilva Elementary School
Heath-Morgan Lafita, Grade 4
Mia Sato, Grade 6
Aliya Sumera, Grade 4
Kara Takemoto, Grade 4
Kayla Urasaki, Grade 4
Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi – Ke Kula Haʻahaʻa
Wailani Moraes, Grade 1
Kauaʻi
Island School
Kila Kila Blake, Grade 3
Antonio Ledesma, Kindergarten
Vivian Ledesma, Grade 3
Hi‘i Perry, Grade 3
Sion Santos, Grade 3
Mason Wier, Kindergarten
Maui
Kamehameha Schools Maui
Matilda Stone, Grade 6
Pomaikaʻi Elementary School
Tehlia Alday-Morales, Grade 2
Rynlie Hansen-Capitano, Grade 4
Wells Hwang, Kindergarten
Nicholas Kai Lagasca, Grade 4
Kano Mamuad, Grade 4
Brysen Martin, Grade 2
Kuoni Maurer, Grade 2
Cara Orikasa, Grade 2
Brody Reyes, Grade 4
Halyn Rico, Grade 4
Logan Tester, Grade 4
Alexa Ventura, Grade 4
Oto Wada, Grade 4
Alexander Yago, Grade 4
Puʻu Kukui Elementary School
Mason Kurokawa, Grade 4
Oʻahu
Dream House ʻEwa Beach
Monica Lum, Grade 6
Cabien Nelson, Grade 6
Enchanted Lake Elementary School
Bevy Lemell, Kindergarten
Hanahauʻoli School
Enzo Carlone, Kindergarten
Sage Chatterjee, Grade 6
Adia Irwin, Grade 3
Momo Kobashigawa, Grade 6
Haley Lau, Grade 6
Kai Martin, Grade 6
Ella Rama-Mullen, Grade 3
Maile Sargent, Grade 6
Meridian Stanbro, Grade 6
Elisa Tamura, Grade 1
Cheryl Tamura, Grade 4
Na‘inoa Thompson, Grade 6
Leif Yamamoto, Grade 4
Helemano Elementary School
Jonah Castellano, Grade 4
Keanu Chun, Grade 5
Honowai Elementary School
Emie Felix, Grade 5
Kaʻōhao School
Patrick Burke, Grade 4
Travis Hanson, Grade 4
Maverick Harden, Grade 4
Vivan Vosika, Grade 4
Kailua Elementary School
Genesis Lee, Grade 4
Maryknoll Grade School
Makena Aldrich, Grade 5
Nicholas Alejo, Grade 3
Kana‘i Castellanos, Grade 2
Layla Chen, Grade 4
Kaitlin Cheng, Grade 5
Ashley Ching, Grade 4
Megan Collier, Grade 6
Vesper Gaines, Grade 3
Tegan Galiza, Grade 6
Brady Garcia, Grade 5
Lauren Higa, Grade 2
Ryder Iguchi, Grade 6
Austin Kanenaga, Grade 3
Kashten Kua‘ana, Grade 4
Jullia Lam, Grade 5
Kelsey Lane, Grade 4
Logan Lao, Grade 2
Zoe Lau Jong, Grade 4
Elijah Lau, Grade 6
Aiden Maeda-Smith, Grade 2
Sasha Morimoto, Grade 6
Kiana Pang, Grade 5
Zandyn Pedro, Grade 6
Miles Sasaki, Grade 5
Alyssa Sato-Sugimoto, Grade 6
Madison Seguritan, Grade 5
Pressly Reign Stevenson, Grade 4
Emie Sylva, Grade 3
Jaserie Tan, Grade 3
Raegan Teramoto, Grade 3
Rylie Teramoto, Grade 6
Clara Tran, Grade 4
Joanna Tran, Grade 5
Joleenna Tran, Grade 6
Alex Umaki, Grade 4
Lia Wong, Grade 4
Trienna Yagyagan, Grade 3
Valencia Yang, Grade 3
Noelani Elementary School
Kayley Yu, Grade 5
President Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Clara Elham, Grade 4
Queen Kaʻahumanu Elementary School
Syanne Acosta, Grade 2
Raylene Luo, Grade 2
Kota Maiwela, Grade 2
Alexander Nguyen, Grade 2