Illustration West 62 Judging Has Finished! Here Are The Accepted Artists –

Jan 13, 2024 | Exhibitions, News

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We received over 1,200 entries from over 441 artists (covering over 30 countires: Australia, Austria, Bangkok, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, England, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong Sar China, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Taiwan (R.O.C.), The Netherlands, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, United States) this year giving our judging panel (Jennifer Bruce, Ted (Slampyak) Kinyak, Jorge Mascarenhas, Mark Smith and Tetiana “Tania” Yakunova) much to consider.

And they have spoken – 254 terrific pieces of art representing 153 entrants are ready to be known as Illustration West 62.
The Website Exhibition will launch in March.

GRACE ALDRICH
Gallery
Plague

SONIA ALINS
SILVER AWARD
Institutional
The Universe of Fruit

SCOTT ANDERSON
Editorial
Howard Schultz

GINA ANZURES
Student
Map of My Life

ALEKSANDRA ARTYMOWSKA
Children’s Market
The Infinite Maze

SCOTT BAKAL
Editorial
Women and Church History
Social Media Time Waste
Gallery
Dim Stars: Waterfall Float
As Luck Would Have It

MARK BENDER
SILVER AWARD
Advertising
The Standard is the Standard
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
The Savior

VALENTINA BERDEGUE
Student
Modern Geisha

ANNEKE BETH
Student
Kitty Tea Party

MARK BORGIONS
SILVER AWARD
Entertainment/Visual Development
Joystick Jazz

JOHN BRADLEY
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
The Balconeers

ERNEST BRANTS
Student
Millions

ABNER CARDONA
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Guahayona & Abatey

ROBERT CARTER
GOLD AWARD
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Netanyahu
Institutional
First Place Poster

PETER S. CASSELL
Student
Now and Then
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Malcolm X
Father of the Bomb

TYLER CHARLTON
Book
The Wave

WUJYUN CHENG
Advertising
Pottery Fair

KREMENA CHIPILOVA
BRONZE AWARD
Gallery
Grimalkin

HILARY CLARCQ
BRONZE AWARD
Book
Dune: Messiah Cover

EMMA CLOVE
Advertising
Book Sale

DAVID COOPER
Editorial
Only Young Once

CHRISTOPHER CRUZ
Student
Clarence
Assisted-Living Homes are Rejecting Medicaid and Evicting Seniors

DOUG DABBS
GOLD AWARD
Graphic Novels/Comic Books
Klik Klik Boom, Issue 2 Cover
HONORABLE MENTION
Graphic Novels/Comic Books
Klik Klik Boom, Issue 5, Page 9

FRANK DAENEN
Children’s Market
An Ode to Friendship

MATTHEW DALEY
SILVER AWARD
Cartoons
Found at the Fjord
HONORABLE MENTION
Advertising
JAC Condos Hoarding
Entertainment/Visual Development
The Revue Cinema 1912-2022

CHIARA DATTOLA
Editorial
The metamorphoses of friendship – Can friendly relationship survive dissent?

JOÃO DE CARVALHO
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Cane

FLORE DEMAN
SILVER AWARD
Editorial
Teenagers in the street
Editorial
Harassment

KRING DEMETRIO
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Cornucopia

PETER DIAMOND
Gallery
The Empress In Black

ROSIE DINSMORE
Student
Flower Picker
Strawberry Foragers

OLIVER DOMINGUEZ
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Apprentice

ASHLEIGH DONG
Student
Lurking Creature

CHAD EWANIC
BRONZE AWARD
Entertainment/Visual Development
Alejandro

LISA FALKENSTERN
HONORABLE MENTION
Gallery
Relaxing
Gallery
Trapped

VIKTOR FARRO
Student
Dante’s Inferno
Frances McDormand in Women Talking
Jeffrey Catherine Jones
Richard Diebenkorn
Lamar Johnson

WEI FENG
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Mommy Is Also A Baby

BARRY FITZGERALD
Gallery
Cosmic Grove
Institutional
Sneaking Out

EDWARD FLYNN
GOLD AWARD
Cartoons
Barkegaard – 1 Page Comic

GIANLUCA FOLI
BRONZE AWARD
Editorial
Cook
Editorial
Il foglio REVIEW

MARTIN FRENCH
GOLD AWARD
Institutional
Wes 100
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Osprey

TIAN GAN
Entertainment/Visual Development
Dragon Island
Home & Mom

CARLY GLEDHILL
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Calm Water

AAD GOUDAPPEL
HONORABLE MENTION
Editorial
Who let the dog out
Editorial
E-Comerce after Covid

ADDISON GREEN
Editorial
The Last Warriors

PETER GREENWOOD
PATRICK NAGEL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
The Engine inside

GRANT GRIFFIN
Book
The Fall of Light

WENQING GU
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Reviving the Feminine Soul
The Eternal Embrace of Nature

STEPHEN HARRINGTON
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Fokker Triplane

JESS HEBERTSON
Student
Head Above Water
Outgrown

TERI HENDRICH
Gallery
Reunion

ZHIJUN HE
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Come into bloom

PAT HIGGINS
SILVER AWARD
Graphic Novels/Comic Books
Pulp Bytes – Cancelled – p48

CLEONIQUE HILSACA
Student
Tampopo

MICHAEL HIRSHON
Institutional
Too Big to Sail

DAVID HOHN
HONORABLE MENTION
Children’s Market
The River That Wolves Moved
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
A Sacred Place

BRAD HOLLAND
Book
Hanging Tree
Hanging Day
Whisperers
Voodoo Doll
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Character Trumps Intelligence

XIN HUANG
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Daily

YUJIE HUANG
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
The Taste of Nature

PRIMARY HUGHES
BRONZE AWARD
Graphic Novels/Comic Books
Swarm

TE “FORD” HU
HONORABLE MENTION
Graphic Novels/Comic Books
reborn
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
golden Diffusion

SHAUN IVIE
HONORABLE MENTION
Cartoons
Inspiration

ROUXI JIANG
Student
Dollhouse

REBECCA J. JONES
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
HEY!!!

LUISA JUNG
HONORABLE MENTION
Institutional
Annual Report
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Crowded

EDWARD KINSELLA III
JOSEPH MORGAN HENNINGER AWARD – BEST OF SHOW
Pet Sematary, Pleasantview Cemetery
HONORABLE MENTION
Book
Jud Crandall
Book
Pet Sematary, Victor Pascow
Pet Sematary, Church Returns
Pet Sematary, Church
Editorial
Using Investigative Genetic Genealogy to Solve a 42 Year Old Cold Case
Gallery
As the Snow Began to Fall, It Moved
The Ghost in You

BARTOSZ KOSOWSKI
Editorial
Nassim Taleb – The Black Swan — Private

KEITH ALEXANDER LEE
Institutional
Joy in Growth
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
CO2W
Monday Blues
Daily Inconvenience of a Mummy

LUCAS LEON
Gallery
Before judgement

CADENCE LEWIS
Student
Interrupted Study
Artifact Discovery

REN LINDROOS
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Bathwater

JESSIE LIN
Editorial
City views
Modern Life
Disability is Diversity

ZIHAN LIN
Student
House of Rabbits

XINYI LIU
Student
Til The Cows Come Home

YANGYU LI
Student
The Flea Market Wonderland

LINZIYU LU
Student
Birds Chocolate Packaging
Memphis Minnie

CHRIS LYONS
Advertising
Love & War, Concert Poster

FANGYU “MATU” MA
Editorial
Coco for coconuts

NADZEYA MAKEYEVA
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
The Chimera

GREGORY MANCHESS
Book
The Sun Also Rises — Paris Cafe
The Sun Also Rises — Running of the Bulls 2

MIRIAM MARTINCIC
GOLD AWARD
Editorial
Caregiver
SILVER AWARD
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Unrequited
HONORABLE MENTION
Editorial
Barcelona (E)
Editorial
Tuberculosis in Brazil
Grow Strength
Evolving Ecosystem
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Asymmetry
Streamline

Sarah Matuszewski
Editorial
Political prediction markets

SARAH MATUSZEWSKI
HONORABLE MENTION
Advertising
Heat Waves

BILL MAYER
GOLD AWARD
Gallery
Black Goldfish at the Cliffs
SILVER AWARD
Gallery
Bird-Woman
HONORABLE MENTION
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Neptune
Book
Le Dauphin de Rana
Queen of Flies
Editorial
The Honey Pot
The End Is Coming
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
The Black Swan
Call of the Beetle (When Insects Rule The World)

DAVID W. MEIKLE
Entertainment/Visual Development
Asteroid City Teaser Poster

MARISSA MELE
GOLD AWARD & Phillip Hays “I love it. I think it’s terrific.” $1000 Scholarship
Student
Brushing Teeth
Student
Bruins

NESMA MOHARAM
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Mind Runner

GARRETT MORLAN
Entertainment/Visual Development
blink-182 Vancouver, BC – Gig Poster
Tropical Pils

JOSEPH M. MURPHY
Institutional
Tolley Administration Building

CONNOR NGUYEN
Gallery
Red Rabbit

RIC NING
Student
My cat and I

DANNIE NIU
SILVER AWARD
Book
Carnival

NANCY OHANIAN
BRONZE AWARD
Cartoons
Elon Musk: All Atwitter
Cartoons
Ron DeSanctimonious

SAMANTHA OUELLETTE
Student
Desserts

DUAIRAK PADUNGVICHEAN
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Summer Heat

ZOE PETERSEN
Student
You Have Time to Try Again
Pink Puddle Problems
Acts of Bravery

EGLE PLYTNIKAITE
Institutional
Fungarium

JAVIER MEDELLIN PUYOU
Entertainment/Visual Development
Earth

ZOEY QU
Student
Depression
Gender Dysphoria (2)
ADHD (2)

PAUL RIVOCHE
GOLD AWARD
Book
The Illustrated Nineteen Eighty-Four Page 93
Book
The Illustrated Nineteen Eighty-Four Page 263
The Illustrated Nineteen Eighty-Four Page 279

LAURA SALAFIA
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
The French Dispatch: Bill Murray
Be a Goldfish: Ted Lasso

JONATHAN SCHEELE
Advertising
Los Angeles Union Station Trainfest 2023

EMILY SCHWARTZ
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
A Delicate Ecosystem

ERIC SEABURG
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Alien Abduction

RICK SEALOCK
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
You’re the Devil in Disguise

MINGHUI SHEN
Student
Beer Label

HUINING SHI
GOLD AWARD
Entertainment/Visual Development
Mischievous Child

ANUSHUA SINHA
BRONZE AWARD
Advertising
Tadoba

MARK SMITH
Editorial
Navigating US Healthcare
Dementia and the Judicial System
The Perception of Burdens
We The Repo
fornia’s Next Great Flood
California’s Next Great Flood

OWEN SMITH
Book
Mos In Noctua
Corvus 2
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Tytonidae

SU YUN SONG
Student
A Box to Hide In
Absolut Me!
The Fall of Rome and US Politics

SONJA STANGL
BRONZE AWARD
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Crowded

GINA STAVROU
Student
The Jumblies
The Jumblies Cover

SARA STEFANINI
Editorial
Peace

DALE STEPHANOS
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
James Baldwin
New Yorker, 1955
Lynch

TZENKO STOYANOV
GOLD AWARD
Advertising
Badass Bakery
Editorial
Lessons from TV

DANIEL SULZBERG
Advertising
Happy Hanukkah Knotwrap for Lush Beauty Products

JINGJING SUN
Student
The Master

XIAOYAN SUN
BRONZE AWARD
Children’s Market
The Storyteller

JIERU TANG
Student
Alice in Wonderland

ZHIWEN TANG
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Tsunami and City
Bubble Bath

CHUCK TODD
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Spellbound

JAY TORRES
Book
Horns

RYLEE TURNER
Student
Miles

JONATHAN TWINGLEY
Gallery
Floater

ADOLFO VALLE
Editorial
Resisting Critical Race Theory Laws
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Kali Uchis
Tyre Nichols

STEVEN VAN HASTEN
Editorial
Harmony in diversity: a musical tapestry
Digital detox: clearing your mind with tech
Alice’s spooky wonderland: A halloween adventure

HALEY VAUGHN
Student
The New Yorker

CHIARA VERCESI
Advertising
Genius Loci – Silk scarf by Montemora

JOSHUA VIDAL
Student
The Way of The Samurai

SAV VIVANCO
Student
The Beatles: Throughout the Years

ARDEN VON HAEGER
BRONZE AWARD
Institutional
Everglades National Park
Institutional
Badlands National Park
Badlands National Park

CARA WANG
Student
The Haves and Have-Nots

HUANAN WANG
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Red umbrella

SOPHIA WANG
Student
Witches

SAMUEL WASHBURN
Editorial
Batter Up!
Institutional
WHY HR Pyramid 1/5

LAI WEI
Student
Tea Time
Betrayal – Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid Cover

WESTON WEI
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
The Human Mermaid

JONATHAN WILCOX
Editorial
Queen of Cats
Entertainment/Visual Development
Dirty Heads – Cleveland, Ohio
Student
Sufjan Stevens

JIME WIMMER
GOLD AWARD
Children’s Market
The Tornado

HUIXI WU
Student
Salvation of civilization

DONGYAN XU
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
The Fool

NUO YAN
Student
“The Train with Whistle” Spreadpage 3

JADE YOUNG
SILVER AWARD & Elin Waite & Dick Oden $750 Scholarship
Student
Eyes without a face

CHENGHAO YU
Student
Nature’s Empathy

PEISHAN YU
Student
Nature Lab is home to the taxidermies

ZHENBANG ZHANG
Student
Life Journey

CARINA ZHANG
Student
One Afternoon in New York
What, of this Goldfish, Would You Wish?

JIAYI ZHANG
Student
Who Dunnit?

XINGZI ZHAN
BRONZE AWARD & Bill Tara $500 Scholarship
Student
Sweet Sweet Death

JUN ZHOU
SILVER AWARD
Children’s Market
Paper Mom
Editorial
The End of the English Major

LUCY ZHOU
Student
Hey Tea!
Hey Tea!

TIANYI ZHOU
Unpublished & Self-Promotional
Farewell at Night