The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles’ 2022 Board of Directors acting as the Illustration West 61 Show Chairs and our Judges, Orlando Arocena, Thomas Blackshear, Karina Granda, Anita Kunz , Vanessa Lemen, Robert St. Pierre, Rick Sealock and Francis Vallejo thank everyone who entered Illustration West 61 and send their congratulations to those artists, listed below, whose work was accepted.
The Illustration West 61 Website is set to launch the beginning of March.
We hope you’ll drop by to see everyone’s work.
Grace Aldrich
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Mowgli and Shere Khan
Pedro “Sugar Blood” Allevato
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
‘Dark Room’
Scott Anderson
Gold Award: Advertising The Miser
Gold Award: Gallery Prince in Waiting
Wesley Bedrosian
Editorial
Welcome To Hell
Mary Jane Begin
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
They are Thumper
Douglas Bell
Institutional
Dogs of War
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Batwings
Red Death
Roswell 75th Anniversary
Warrior Princess
Audrey Benjaminsen
Bronze Award: Book Rare Solemnity
Book
Dishonored and Tragic
He Had Come For Someone Else
José E. Bilo
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Overwhelmed
Davide Bonadonna
Book
Shadows from the Deep Time
Mark Borgions
Institutional
iam8bit Christmas card
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
#twocolorcharacter
Anna Pers Bräcke
Institutional
December
Ernest Brants
Student
Tunnel Vision
Mark Braught
Bronze Award: Advertising Lauda Regina
Jennifer Bruce
Gold Award: Unpublished/Self-Promotional A Particular Blindness
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
The Cut
Philip Burke
Editorial
Joan Didion
Michael Byers
Honorable Mention: Editorial Give Me Give Me Give Me
Editorial
College Football Season is Mayhem
The Party Is Over
Xinyi Cao
Student
Jenga
Falling
Xinyu Cao
Student
Grandma‘s Grocery
Steve Carroll
Editorial
When Mark Twain Canceled Bret Harte (1 of 2)
When Mark Twain Canceled Bret Harte (2 of 2
Robert Carter
Gold Award: Editorial Sexual trauma In The Armed Forces
Editorial
Assisted Suicide
Nightmare Nurse
Robert Case
Institutional
OTA Jungle seamless
Peter Cassell
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Leslie Jones Tweets the Olympics!
Monsieur Waffles
Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon
Danny Trejo
Joe Cepeda
Children’s Market
Rafa Counts On Papá
Daier Chen
Student
New Year
Rebecca Cheng
Student
The New Yorker Cover
Shuyan Chen
Honorable Mention: Student Tommelise
Tianqi Chen
Silver Award: Unpublished/Self-Promotional Wolf
Bronze Award: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Subway Story
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
New Yorker
Yiyi Chen
Honorable Mention: Unpublished/Self-Promotional Livingroom Fishing
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Bathroom Vacation
Sunnu Rebecca Choi
Student
Secrets Exposed
Waiji Choo
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Rooftops
Diner
Charlie’s
Anna Christian
Student
Big Fish Poster
Emma Clove
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
The Fairy Feast
Frank Daenen
Gold Award: Children’s Market Leesje en Wurm – spread 3
Ian Dale
Children’s Market
God is With Me
One Big Body
Flore Deman
Editorial
Health care
Kristof Devos
Book
Fox, Bird and I 2
Peter Diamond
Joseph Morgan Henninger Award – Best of Show: Pearl Jam
Entertainment/Visual Development
Arcanis the Omnipotent
Allen Douglas
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Infinite Gleamer
Creeping the Bones
Maxwell Ehhreich
Student
The Butchers
Thomas Ehretsmann
Editorial
She Is Not a Food Writer
‘The Ways of Fiction are Devious Indeed’ (1 of 2)
‘The Ways of Fiction are Devious Indeed’ (2 of 2
Phil El Rassi
Silver Award: Institutional Tennessee Pollinators
Lisa Falkenstern
Gallery
Monsieur Reynard
William Tell
Patrick Faricy
Silver Award: Editorial Our State Creatures in the Classroom
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
The Queen’s Gambit
Normal People
Barry Fitzgerald
Gallery
Stormfront
Charlotte Fleming
Student
Tove’s Island
Martin French
Patrick Nagel Award for Excellence: Harlem Urban Dance
Institutional
Mingus 100
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Cherith
Emma Freyman
Student
Me and my dog
Cathy Gendron
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Simone Biles
Maria Giron
Student
Mr. Tumnus and Lucy
You can fly!
Erik Gist
Gold Award: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Hulk vs. Wolverine
Silver Award: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Mandalorian 5
Graphic Novels/Comic Books
Fantastic Four
Obi-Wan
Sam Green
Gold Award: Book A Perfect Spy
Honorable Mention: Book A Perfect Spy
A Perfect Spy
Brandice Guerra
Honorable Mention: Gallery Bebecita
Gallery
I, Said the Kite
Brandon Gully
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Yosemite in Winter
A Frame in Winter
Marcellus Hall
Honorable Mention: Graphic Novels/Comic BooksMULTIPLICITY
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
TWO BRIDGES
CASEY JONES
Alec Hamilton
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Goose Hydra
Jeff Harter
Silver Award : Children’s Market The Lion on the Bus
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
October
January
Maci Hass
Student
Treasure Island
Yifei He
Student
Beauty Show
Nuns
Curious little girl
Giant Building
Pat Higgins
Graphic Novels/Comic Books
Volume 1 – Page 75 – Pulp Bytes
Brad Holland
Editorial
Green Door
The Sands of Time
Book
Dancing Fools
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
The Doctor is In
Yi Shan Hsiao
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Giraffe
Student
Tire pattern
Hunter X. Huang
Student
Above the Foliage
Zejiao Huang
Student
Sweet Home
Phoebe Hughes
Student
Trash Griffins
Primary Hughes
Gallery
Ravenna
Xuyuan “Chad” Hu
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Garden of Illusion
Rocío Iriarte
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Humana
Haley Jiang
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Dreamland Garden
Pawel Jonca
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Russian bear
Maithili Joshi
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Her World
Vane Julian
Editorial
MIGRATION
Luisa Jung
Editorial
Stand Up for Yourself
New Faiths
John Kachik
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
One Man’s War
Mitch & the NRA
Amal Karzai
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Anika’s Firebird
Hokyoung Kim
Book
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Edward Kinsella III
GOLD AWARD: Entertainment/Visual DevelopmentWhite Hats, The True Story of the Texas Rangers
SILVER AWARD: BookThe Creeper
Editorial
Bill Callahan and Will Oldham’s Cover Song Collaboration
Radiohead, Kid A at 20
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Working From Home
Starchild
Fae
Goblin High Priest
Toy Soldier
Adrienne Kinsella
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
When No One’s Looking
Chris Koehler
Advertising
Litquake 2022
Gallery
Bride of Frankenstein
Bartosz Kosowski
BRONZE AWARD
Entertainment/Visual Development
Return to Legoland
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
John Madden Legacy 01
Justin Kunz
Institutional
Good Tidings of Great Joy
London Ladd
Editorial
Perish
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Negro Mother
Sheridan Lalicker
Student
I’m Suffering Inside Your Magic
Maple Lam
Children’s Market
Dim Sum, Here We Come!
Elliot Lang
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Plains Walker
Xiaotong Lang
Student
The piper
Keith Alexander Lee
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Alternative Energy
Looming Death of Polar Bear
Brain Storm
Adela Li
Advertising
Lacheer Packaging
Jiami Liang
Student
Bai Gujing
Sha Wujing
Lia Liao
Student
Remains of the day
Ren Lindroos
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Gemini
Autumn
Summer
Zoe Liu
Editorial
Creating Sense of Self
Xinyu Li
Student
Mr Tumnus Lullaby
Yilin Li
Student
Dark
Can Long
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Your Hidden Silence
Nick Lopez
Student
Little Violin
Tatum Lorway
Student
Yellow Wallpaper
Susie Lu
Student
Gezelligheid
Samantha MacDonald
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Time Capsule
Fangyu “Matu” Ma
Student
The Rubics Cube
The chess game
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
The room-chessboard
Nadzeya Makeyeva
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
The Constellation Setter
Sandman I
Sandman II
Michael Marsicano
Editorial
Loving This Church, Not That One
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
The Truth Is Just Like This
Miriam Martincic
HONORABLE MENTION: Institutional Philanthropy
Institutional
Casa di Langa
Parma Calcio
Editorial
Many Large Investors
Add Safety
Misunderstand
Underestimate
Vaccines Break the Pattern of Transmission
Big Bird
Tip Anxiety
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Red Light. Black Room.
Jorge Mascarenhas
BRONZE AWARD: Gallery “To The Sabbath”
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
“.M” Cover
Braden Maxwell
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
The Bird Is Devoured
Oliver Meinerding
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Antikamnia Skull Devil
Bia Melo
Student
The Dream Book
The Ants Museum: Gummy Bear Idol
Gabrielle Meyer
Student
Listen
Hanyu Mu
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Good Morning #1
Night on the Galactic Railroad Spread #1
Student
Its in the signs
Traffic Lights
Greg Newbold
SILVER AWARD: Entertainment/Visual Development Human Overboard
Editorial
Harvard Dawn
Dannie Niu
GOLD AWARD and Phillip Hays “I love it. I think it’s terrific.” $1000 Scholarship: Student My dreams died in that summer night
Student
Among the Stars
Living in a dream
Editorial
City Project
Nancy Ohanian
GOLD AWARD: Cartoons Missing the Mark
Felipe Ortiz
Student
Butterfly Cottage
Alejandro Pacheco
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Healing Breath
Marco Palena
Advertising
Aria/Air
Kaylie Pendleton
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Don’t Keep the Sirens Waiting
Oliver Perry
Student
Bored and Drunk
Sofia Pfanner
SILVER AWARD and Elin Waite & Dick Oden $750 Scholarship: Student Knives Out
Student
The Crow
Natalie Popper
Student
Sledding
Sight
Guy Porfirio
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Sir Elmsworth Walkington of Cobble Hill
Andy Potts
Editorial
The Great Moon Rush
The People Worth Watching
Javier Medellin Puyou
SILVER AWARD: AdvertisingThe Batman
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
S.O.S. to my fantasy
Megan Qualley
Student
The Great Silence
Fatinha Ramos
Book
The Boy Who Liked To Draw Cats and Other Stories
Kiuyan Ran
Entertainment/Visual Development
Harvest
Book
Bird Catcher
Institutional
And Then There Were None
Liliya Rattari
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Subdued
Rebecca Harrison Reed
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Fox Charmer
Nicole Roberts
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Rubik’s Heart
Laura Salafia
BRONZE AWARD: Institutional Women Leading Working Communities Forward
Nicholas Salt
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
KnowItAll
Esteban Sanchez
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Y Empezaron a Tocar
Jose Sanchez
Entertainment/Visual Development
ART DE SHOW! CASTLE
Cheryl Savala
Book
Hannibal – Mirrors in Your Mind
Leah Sayles
Student
John Lewis – A Georgia Stamp
Alexandra Schmitz
Student
Starstruck
Ruei Shah
Student
The Chronicles of Narnia
Chris Sheban
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Gas I pass on the way to work
Ella (Hongyu) Shi
Student
Cover of the Invisible Man
The Eyes
Dreaming
Daniele Simonelli
Editorial
Nature Conservancy Magazine – Beaver’s Blueprint
Anushua Sinha
Student
Paperboat Juice
Mark Smith
Editorial
Rocket Man
The Age Of Uncertainty
Evel Knievel, Astronaut 3 of 4
She Has a Name (1 of 4)
Phivi Spyridonos
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Birth of a Familiar
Susanne Straßer
HONORABLE MENTION: Children’s MarketIf God was a Cake
Daniel Sulzberg
Editorial
L.A. Times – Where to Take Out of Town Visitors You Love
Carissa Susilo
BRONZE AWARD: Unpublished/Self-PromotionalZhao Yun
Deanna Swanson
Student
Study Break
Nate Sweitzer
Editorial
Vin Scully
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Novak Djokovic
Steven Tabbutt
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Wavelength
Evelyn Tan
Student
Typhoon
Zhiwen Tang
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
City Chaos
Clark Benson Tate
Editorial
Amber n’ Johnny
Alana Tedmon https://alanatedmonillustration.com/
Student
Harpy Interrogation
Isabella “Tokki” Thermes
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Dreaming in LA
Chuck Todd
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Portrait of Ringo Starr by Chuck Todd
Jim Tsinganos
BRONZE AWARD: Editorial Proto Magazine – Medical misinformation- Inside Spread
Christophe Vacher
Gallery
Island Creatures
Adolfo Valle
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Louis and Ella
Steven Van Hasten
Gallery
Labyrinth
Music Lyrics
Arden von Haeger
GOLD AWARD: Institutional Yellowstone
Institutional
Black Beauty
Jinke Wang
Gallery
aurora
summer nap
Jinning Wang
BRONZE AWARD and Bill Tara $500 Scholarship: Student Chocolate Bar
Student
Chocolate Bar
Wenjia Wang
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
unreachable itchiness
Samuel Washburn
Editorial
The End of River Styx RFT Cover
Chinatsu Washikita
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Their Daily Workplace
Lai Wei
Student
The New Yorker Cover
Azra Wheeler
Student
In the Fire
Dali Wu
Book
Outside of Outside of Outside 2
Chiara Xie
Student
Interstellar Movie
Nanxi Xie
Student
404 Not Found (02)
Fai Xu
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
A Feast for Badb
Tianxing Xu
Student
The Day Patrol
Xiangzi Xu
Student
Zodiac-Pig
Tania Yakunova
SILVER AWARD: Gallery Scissors
Hyunjung Yi
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Summer Reading
Zhiyu You
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Steamer Hell
Hotpot!
Franco Zacha
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
The Moments We Share With the City
Yixin Zeng
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
White Horse
Yuhui Zheng
Student
Greeting Cards
Jun Zhou
BRONZE AWARD: Children’s Market a tiger’s day
Book
fly with me
fly with me 2
Tianyi Zhou
Student
Rainy Night, Kiss
Park at Night
Get Home Safe
Xuandong Zhou
Student
September Rooster
Zia Zhu
Student
Cancer
Pisces
Denis Zilber
Unpublished/Self-Promotional
Gargoyle
Sara Zion
Student
Sara Zion
Jesse Zuo
Student
Green
Jesse Zuo
Student
Cyber World