"Napoles Marty, a US painter and sculptor based between Connecticut and Rhode Island, has been awarded the 2026 Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize. Marty will receive $25,000 and a solo stand at the fair, which opens in late February at Santa Monica Airport. The prize, now in its fifth year, provides support and recognition to an early-career artist and is given in partnership with a non-profit organisation, in this instance the Connecticut-based arts incubator Nxthvn."
"Marty will collaborate with fair organisers and Diana Nawi, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's curator of special projects, on the artist's solo stand. The artist's work, informed by his own dream imagery as well as his Cuban heritage (he was featured in the 2015 Havana Biennial), foregrounds figures that meld human and animal features. These painted, chainsaw-carved and charred characters function as spiritual protectors."
Napoles Marty, a US painter and sculptor based between Connecticut and Rhode Island, has been awarded the 2026 Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize. Marty will receive $25,000 and a solo stand at Frieze Los Angeles at Santa Monica Airport, opening late February. The prize supports early-career artists and is given in partnership with the Connecticut arts incubator Nxthvn. Marty will collaborate with fair organisers and LACMA curator Diana Nawi on the solo stand. His work draws on dream imagery and Cuban heritage, presenting painted, chainsaw-carved and charred figures that meld human and animal features as spiritual protectors. Marty was selected by a jury including collectors Allison K. Berg and Maisha C. Clark and participated in Nxthvn's 2024-25 cohort, with work recently shown at James Cohan Gallery.
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