# Fukuoka City Announces Fukuoka Prize 2026 Laureates; Grand Prize Awarded to HO Tzu Nyen, Singaporean Artist

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- Published: 2026-05-22T14:00:00+07:00
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FUKUOKA, Japan, May 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Fukuoka City (Secretariat of Fukuoka
Prize Committee) on Friday, May 22, announced the laureates for the Fukuoka Prize
2026 to honor those who have made outstanding achievements in the fields of Asian
studies and arts and culture.

The Grand Prize has been awarded to HO Tzu Nyen, a contemporary artist who depicts
Asian history and memory through visual expression. The Academic Prize has been 
awarded to Caroline Sy HAU, a Filipino scholar who discerns the freedom to choose
the future of people in the Southeast Asian societies. Pichet KLUNCHUN, an innovative
Thai dancer who connects the traditions of Asian dance to the modern world, has 
won the Arts and Culture Prize.

Fukuoka Prize 2026 Prize Laureates
– Grand PrizeHO Tzu Nyen (Artist) [https://cdn.kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M100886/202605138940/_prw_PI2fl_6g07Nxk6.jpg](https://cdn.kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M100886/202605138940/_prw_PI2fl_6g07Nxk6.jpg)

A contemporary artist who depicts Asian history and memory through visual expression.

– Academic Prize
Caroline Sy HAU (Scholar of Southeast Asian Studies) [https://cdn.kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M100886/202605138940/_prw_PI3fl_32WFnX82.jpg](https://cdn.kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M100886/202605138940/_prw_PI3fl_32WFnX82.jpg)

A 21st-century Asian intellectual and a scholar of Southeast Asian Studies who depicts
human dignity from the fringes of society.

– Arts and Culture Prize
Pichet KLUNCHUN (Dancer and Choreographer) [https://cdn.kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M100886/202605138940/_prw_PI4fl_7B61dWyJ.jpg](https://cdn.kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M100886/202605138940/_prw_PI4fl_7B61dWyJ.jpg)

An innovative dancer who connects the traditions of Asian dance to the modern world.

The Award Ceremony will be held on Monday, September 14, 2026. HO Tzu Nyen’s and
Pichet KLUNCHUN’s public lectures are scheduled for Saturday, September 12, and 
Caroline HAU’s for Tuesday, September 15. Bookings for all events will open from
the middle of July.
*Advance bookings are mandatory & admission free. Archived recordings
of each event will be available online later.

About Fukuoka Prize
[https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/attach/202605138940-O1-UDjE42qH.pdf](https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/attach/202605138940-O1-UDjE42qH.pdf)

Fukuoka Prize official website: [https://fukuoka-prize.org/en](https://fukuoka-prize.org/en)

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