Our Illustration West 52 judging panel, Alina Chau, Kevin Chen, James Gurney, Iain McCaig, Bill Perkins, Will Terry, Will Weston, William Wray and Dean Yeagle have juried close to 1400 entries. They, along with Show Chair Santosh Oommen, had a tremendous challenge since the caliber of the work was so very high – which made the acceptance cutoff quite high as well. The feedback from the judges was overwhelmingly: great work!
The cutoff for this show was very high as well thereby making the number of entries accepted a little over 16% of the entries submitted. The Illustration West 52 website will launch this March in conjunction with the Illustration West 52 Art Exhibition to be held at the prestigious Center Stage Gallery (and official home of the Creative Talent Network, founded by Tina Price. We look forward to seeing you at the Opening Night on March 7th!
Below are the Award Winners and Honorable Mentions:
Joseph Morgan Henninger Best In Show
Tyler Jacobson (Son of Sardaar)
Patrick Nagel Award of Excellence
Jason Seiler (Mother can you Spare a room)
Advertising
Craig Elliott Gold Award (Forest Awakening)
Jeff Wack Silver Award (Pomona Swap Meet)
Mark Stutzman Bronze Award (Beer Boy)
Eric Deschamps Honorable Mention (Dragon’s Maze)
Entertainment/Visual Development
Raymond Bonilla Gold Award (The Diary of Anne Frank)
Eric Deschamps Silver Award (Vanquish the Foul)
Raymond Bonilla Bronze Award ( Moon Over Buffalo)
Raymond Bonilla Honorable Mention ( Stop the World I WANNA GET OFF!)
Editorial
Greg Newbold Gold Award (Grasshopper Hunter)
Bill Mayer Silver Award ( Sleeping With Fish)
Matthieu Forichon Bronze Award (Untitled)
Bill Mayer Honorable Mention (Reluctant Hors D’oeuvre)
Book
Yue Wang Gold Award (Paradise)
Tyler Jacobson Silver Award (Crown of Swords)
Robert T. Barrett Bronze Award (Christmas from Heaven 6)
Robert T. Barrett Honorable Mention (Christmas from Heaven Cover)
Institutional
Bill Mayer Gold Award (Fly Fishin’)
Gregory Manchess Silver Award (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Jerry LoFaro Bronze Award (Face Off)
Bill Mayer Honorable Mention (Ch’an Chu: The Lucky Money Frog)
Children’s Market
Greg Swearingen Gold Award (Quinny and Hopper)
Renee Graef Silver Award (Art Center)
Hazel Mitchell Bronze Award (One Word Pearl)
Renee Graef Honorable Mention (Fireflies)
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
James Bennett Gold Award (Ray Charles)
Peter Mohrbacher Silver Award (Wake)
Bill Mayer Bronze Award (Widow Mouse)
Student
Jori van der Linde Gold Award (Drifting Memories)
Victor Maury Silver Award (Run For Your Buns)
Ai Zhang Bronze Award Untitled)
Gallery
R. Leveille-Guay Gold Award (Petit Morte)
Steven E. Hughes Silver Award (The Butcher)
R. Leveille-Guay Bronze Award (Little Fish)
Graphic Novels/Comic Books
Anton Emdin Gold Award (El Zombo pinup)
Alice Meichi Li Silver Award (Unicorn)
Jennifer L. Meyer Bronze Award (Goodboy page 1)
Marc Scheff Honorable Mention (The Kiss)
Watch for the launch of the Illustration West 52 website in March to see all the artists who were accepted.