06/11/2026
Pepe Mar’s solo exhibition El Gato Negro commissioned by THE BASS with support of Creative Capital opens March 18, 2027. The exhibition will be presented in the museum’s recently renovated historic rotunda building designed by Albert Vrana. The exhibition is curated by the museum’s associate curator Jasa McKenzie.
Mar is one of 13 visual artists throughout the nation who have received a prestigious 2026 Creative Capital Award. He will receive the maximum prize amount of $50,000.
The Creative Capital Award is recognized for funding boundary-pushing artists working across a wide range of disciplines and for identifying and supporting talent at catalytic moments in artists’ lives. As the only national open-call grant program dedicated to funding the creation of new work in every discipline, Creative Capital supports artists working in visual arts, performing arts, film, literature, technology, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms through a rigorous, external, multidisciplinary review process. The awards will support the creation of 49 new works across visual arts, film, dance, theater, music/jazz, and literature, as well as technology-based, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged practices.
