Experimental Sound Artist Ryoji Ikeda Wins 2026 Nam June Paik Prize

The winner of the ninth Nam June Paik Prize is Japanese visual artist and composer Ryoji Ikeda. The biannual award comes with a ₩50,000,000 ($36,807) purse and a solo exhibition at the Nam June Paik Art Centre in Yongin, South Korea.“I am deeply honored to receive the Nam June Paik Prize. I had the privilege of meeting Nam June Paik in his later years, and his work continues to resonate with the questions behind my own,” Ikeda said in a statement upon receiving the pr