Artworks have been selected for the 2023 Young Artists of Hawaiʻi exhibit by a panel of judges: Rep. Sonny Ganaden, Rosina Potter, and Rachael Kim. The addition of a Youth Ambassador judge is new this year – SFCA Art in Public Places Project Manager Kamakani Konia says “Rachael is a Junior at Mid-Pacific Institute and one of the most decorated artists from this year’s Hawai‘i Regional Scholastic Art Awards. One of the goals for Young Artists this year was to better bridge the gap between our student exhibition programming and perpetuate the theme of leadership within our schools by having big kids guide little kids.”
2023 Young Artists of Hawaiʻi Winners
Damien Memorial School
- Kailee Deuz
Ernest Bowen DeSilva Elementary School
- Layla Miranda
- Wesley Sinatra
- November Chang
- Mason Frias
- Akemi Nakamoto
- Tatum Enriques
- Zoie Nakano
- Zaylyn Tanoue
- Josiah Hodges
- Olivia Williams
- Freya Foster
- Selah Keahi Hamada
- Jynenne Nakamori
- Moe Marika
- Finn Conrad
- Aria Christensen
- RG Kiosy Jr.
- Abbakuse Bustillos
Hanahauʻoli School
- Emi Krzykowski
- Cree Castellanos
- Elisa Tamura
- Katie Loui
- Kaoruka McKean
- Cole Shimabukuro
- Evie Hannum
- Sofia Yew
- Raleigh Rihardson
- Alina Chan
- Amaya Hayase
- Vida Yamamoto
- Cheryl Tamura
Hanalani School
- Khloe Miller
- Sarina Boyd
- Josephine Black
Helemano Elementary School
- Saori Mahi
- Angielene Islao
- Lily Thomas
- Emma Lagua
- Adrian Mendoza Gozontagalog
- Selai O’Brien
- Lianna Mendoza
- Gabriella Vasquez
Highlands Intermediate School
- Abby Shon
Island School
- Jordyn Roman
- Luna Dana
- Declan Meyers
- Abbey Romero
- Keira Parker
- Iliana Kealoha
- Macy Aguilar
- Zoe Pendleton
- Hendrix Gushman
- Savanna Hartley
- Aleia Kanehe
- Keifer Maternan
- Sophie Esquivel
Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi
- Rell Olayon
- Courtney Evangelista
Maryknoll School
- Tayzia Folasa
- Sarah Cao
- Sophie Lauer
- Maia Tulchin
- Andrew Wong
- Karina Ma
- Lauren Higa
- Montana Loewenstein
- Maxine Kuo-Le Saux
- Olivia Chew
- Charlotee Siu
- Claire Chou
- Ethan Crawford
- Claire Lui-Moskal
- Alexis Sambueno
- Alexander Umaki
- Taehu Kim
- Amelia Smith
Pearlridge Elementary School
- Kaila Guzman
- Jordan Guzman
Pomaikaʻi Elementary School
- Wells Hwang
Seabury Hall
- Liloa Deponte
- Torie Migita
- Mira Litt
- Aly Conti
- Henry Kayes
- Magnolia Hartman
- Zoe Listavich
- Max Listavich
- Isabel Santiago
- James Golding
- Loue Bonanno
- Lily Segal
- Lilah Meisel
- Grace Frank
Homeschool
- Elah Villoria
- Ya’el Villoria
About Young Artists of Hawaiʻi
Young Artists of Hawaiʻi is an annual student art competition and exhibition. Presented by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, and Gravitas Pasifika, this program recognizes creative excellence among Hawaiʻi’s public and private school students, Kindergarten through seventh 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.
The student artworks will be on display at the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum May 20 – July 8, 2023. The opening of the exhibit is the same day as the May Super Saturday family event.