Anthony Sonnenberg (MFA 2012) is among this year's 50 artists awarded the USA Fellowship.

The USA Fellowship is a highly prestigious award with a two-decade history of supporting artists. USA Fellows are selected based on their artistic visions and unique perspectives within their fields. Congradulations Anthony! 

Born in 1986 in Graham,TX, Anthony Sonnenberg earned a BA with an emphasis in Italian and Art History in 2009 and an MFA in Sculpture from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 2012. Sonnenberg’s work, which ranges from porcelain to performance, has been shown across the United States and internationally. He lives and works in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Notable recent exhibitions include: State of the Art II, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR (2020); Ceramics Now, Galerie Italienne, Paris, France (2021); Cannons Buried in Flowers, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles (2023); and Resplendent Dreams: Reawakening the Rococo, Indianapolis Museum of Art (2025).

Notable residences include: Windgate Museum of Art Inaugural Artist-in-Residence (2021); CSULB-CCC Summer Resident Artist, California State University, Long Beach, CA (2018); Yaddo Artist Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY (2017); Resident at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX (2016); and Emerging Artist-in-Residence at Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA (2012).

Sonnenberg’s works can be found in the collections of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and the Historic Arkansas Museum, among others.

For more information, see the artist’s page at United States Artists.
Learn more about the 2026 fellowship here.
View the artist's website here.