Congressional Art Competition

Congresswoman Pelosi with the 2022 Art Competition winner Alexander Tseng

Congresswoman Pelosi welcomed Alexander Tseng, the winner of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition
for California’s 12th Congressional District, to the U.S. Capitol to celebrate his artistic achievement.

Each spring, my office participates in Artistic Discovery, The Congressional Art Competition. This nation-wide high school arts competition gives Members of Congress an opportunity to celebrate and showcase artistic talent from their Congressional District.

Front Line Hero by Alexander Tseng, will be on display in the Cannon Tunnel as the winning piece for the 2022 Congressional Art Competition from California’s 12th Congressional District. This tunnel joins the Cannon House Office Building to the United States’ Capitol and gives visitors to the Capitol an opportunity to enjoy the exceptional artwork.

Image of the winning art piece

“Front Line Hero,” Winner of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition.

Information regarding the 2023 Congressional Art Competition will be released Spring 2023. Please contact our office at (415) 556-4862 for more information or with any questions regarding participation in the Congressional Art Competition.

PAST WINNERS

  • 2022: Alexander Tseng, Front Line Worker
  • 2021: Nancy Hu, The Third Eye: From The Other Side
  • 2020: Jackson Vu, Dead Air
  • 2019: Valentin Nguyen, "I am a Star?"
  • 2018: Khianna Byrne, Self Portrait
  • 2017: Sofia Riley, Women at Work
  • 2016: Jenny Situ, Fading Light
  • 2015: Marisa Ling, Surgery and Haircuts: A Song of Farewell
  • 2014: Kai Lun Qu, Trees
  • 2013: Man Hei Cheung, Portrait of a Friend
  • 2012: Reilly Sandine Jones, Self-Portrait
  • 2011: Sophia Lin, Safety vs. Freedom
  • 2010: Claire Kowalewski Marsh, Blue Bottle
  • 2009: Brandon Wu, Three Lanterns
  • 2008: Coral Murakami, Down the Drain
  • 2007: Celia Kitchell, Father
  • 2006: Priscilla Wong, Virtue, Vindicated?
  • 2005: Alvin Tam, Vanity
  • 2004: Aya Ino, San Francisco Ladies
  • 2003: Jason Wang, Dusk at the Gate
  • 2002: Janice Hsiao, The Flag Still Stands
  • 2001: Minh Tu Duong, Music and Tea
  • 2000: Sophia Knapp, Self-Portrait
  • 1999: Chika Nakamoto, Victorian House
  • 1998: Felipe Merida, Remembering California's Mexican Heritage
  • 1997: Helen Fannie Chow, Raccoons
  • 1996: Ernesto Giuaman, Mi Barrio
  • 1995: Alice Edward, Oishi Ekibu
  • 1994: Peregrine Lannin-Honig, Baby (Youth and Plastic Surgery)
  • 1993: Hilary Ciment, Fruit and Vegetable
  • 1992: Hilary Ciment, Self-portrait
Click Here for the Art Competition Form