Aurora Award for Best Artist
| Aurora Award for Best Artist | |
|---|---|
| Description | Best artistic achievement in Canadian science fiction and fantasy |
| Country | Canada |
| Presented by | Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) |
The Aurora Awards are granted annually by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association and SFSF Boreal Inc. The Award for Best Artist was first awarded in 1991 as the Award for Best Artistic Achievement, and changed to its current name in 2012. Whilst the award is open to both English and French language participants, Francophone artists are usually included in the Best Artistic Audiovisual Work category since 2011 when the Aurora and Boreal awards were combined.[1][2][3]
In 2023 the Category was renamed to Best Cover Art/Interior Illustration.[4]
Jean-Pierre Normand has the most titles at 6 awards.[5]
Best Artist
Winners and nominees
* Winners and joint winners
| Year | Artist(s) | Work(s) (if specified) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk* | Cover of On Spec (Autumn '90) | [6] |
| 1992 | Martin Springett* | Cover of On Spec (Autumn '91) Cover of Strandia by Susan Lynne Reynolds |
[7] |
| 1993 | Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk* | MSZ | [8] |
| 1994 | Robert Pasternak* | Unspecified | [9] |
| Jean-Pierre Normand | Unspecified | [9] | |
| Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk | Unspecified | [9] | |
| Tim Hammell | Unspecified | [9] | |
| Kenneth Scott | Unspecified | [9] | |
| Mike Jackson | Unspecified | [9] | |
| 1995 | Tim Hammell* | Cover of On Spec (Autumn '94) Cover of Science Fiction Chronicle (Unspecified Issue) |
[10] |
| Robert Pasternak | Unspecified | [10] | |
| Henry van der Linde | Unspecified | [10] | |
| Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk | Unspecified | [10] | |
| Jean-Pierre Normand | Unspecified | [10] | |
| 1996 | Jean-Pierre Normand* | Unspecified | [11] |
| Dale L. Sproule | Unspecified | [11] | |
| Henry van der Linde | Unspecified | [11] | |
| Steve Fahnestalk | Unspecified | [11] | |
| Robert Pasternak | Unspecified | [11] | |
| 1997 | Jean-Pierre Normand* | Cover of Imagine... (#74) Various other covers |
[12] |
| Stephanie Ann Johanson | Sculpture (Unspecified) | [12] | |
| Jeff Kuipers | Cover of TransVersions (#5) | [12] | |
| Ronn Sutton | Song of the Sirens (#1): Spinnerette from Parsec (Unspecified Issue) | [12] | |
| Kenneth Scott | Cover of Writers of the Future (Vol. XII) Covers of On Spec (Summer '96) & (Autumn '96) |
[12] | |
| 1998 | Jean-Pierre Normand* | Unspecified | [13] |
| Yves Crepeau | Unspecified | [13] | |
| Janet L. Hetherington | Unspecified | [13] | |
| Larry Stewart | Unspecified | [13] | |
| Ronn Sutton | Unspecified | [13] | |
| Edward Charpentier | Unspecified | [13] | |
| James Beveridge | Unspecified | [13] | |
| 1999 | Jean-Pierre Normand* | Unspecified | [14] |
| James Beveridge | Unspecified | [14] | |
| Dale L. Sproule | Unspecified | [14] | |
| Larry Stewart | Unspecified | [14] | |
| Ronn Sutton | Unspecified | [14] | |
| Janet L. Hetherington | Unspecified | [14] | |
| 2000 | Larry Stewart* | Unspecified | [15] |
| Jean-Pierre Normand | Unspecified | [15] | |
| Dale L. Sproule | Unspecified | [15] | |
| Ronn Sutton | Unspecified | [15] | |
| Bernard Reischl | Unspecified | [15] | |
| James Beveridge | Unspecified | [15] | |
| Terry Pallot | Unspecified | [15] | |
| 2001 | Jean-Pierre Normand* | Unspecified | [16] |
| James Beveridge | Unspecified | [16] | |
| Glenn Grant | Unspecified | [16] | |
| Mike Jackson | Unspecified | [16] | |
| Robert Pasternak | Unspecified | [16] | |
| Ronn Sutton | Unspecified | [16] | |
| Adrian Kleinbergen | Unspecified | [16] | |
| 2002 | James Beveridge* | Unspecified | [17] |
| Jean-Pierre Normand | Unspecified | [17] | |
| Scott Patri | Unspecified | [17] | |
| Martin Springett | Unspecified | [17] | |
| Larry Stewart | Unspecified | [17] | |
| Ronn Sutton | Unspecified | [17] | |
| Lar deSouza | Unspecified | [17] | |
| 2003 | Mel Vavaroutsos* | Unspecified | [18] |
| Michèle Laframboise | Unspecified | [18] | |
| Ronn Sutton | Unspecified | [18] | |
| James Beveridge | Unspecified | [18] | |
| Andrew Barr | Unspecified | [18] | |
| Lar deSouza | Unspecified | [18] | |
| Jean-Pierre Normand | Unspecified | [18] | |
| 2004 | Jean-Pierre Normand* | Unspecified | [19] |
| Mel Vavaroutsos | Unspecified | [19] | |
| Ronn Sutton | Unspecified | [19] | |
| James Beveridge | Unspecified | [19] | |
| Lar deSouza | Unspecified | [19] | |
| Michèle Laframboise | Unspecified | [19] | |
| Stephanie Ann Johanson | Unspecified | [19] | |
| Martin Springett | Unspecified | [19] | |
| 2005 | Martin Springett* | Unspecified | [20] |
| Lar deSouza | Unspecified | [20] | |
| Stephanie Ann Johanson | Unspecified | [20] | |
| Jean-Pierre Normand | Unspecified | [20] | |
| Ronn Sutton | Unspecified | [20] | |
| 2006 | Lar deSouza* | Unspecified | [21] |
| Stephanie Ann Johanson | Unspecified | [21] | |
| Jean-Pierre Normand | Unspecified | [21] | |
| Martin Springett | Unspecified | [21] | |
| Ronn Sutton | Unspecified | [21] | |
| Elaine Chen | Unspecified | [21] | |
| 2007 | Martin Springett* | Unspecified | [22] |
| Kenn Brown | Unspecified | [22] | |
| Janet Hetherington | Unspecified | [22] | |
| Jean-Pierre Normand | Unspecified | [22] | |
| Ronn Sutton | Unspecified | [22] | |
| Lar deSouza | Unspecified | [22] | |
| 2008 | Lar deSouza* | Cover of On Spec (Winter '07) Covers of Parsec (Spring '07) & (Summer '07) |
[23] |
| Jean-Pierre Normand | Unspecified | [23] | |
| Stephanie Ann Johanson | Interior Illustrations for Neo-opsis (#11, Mar '07) | [23] | |
| Ronn Sutton | Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (comics) (#165) & (#166) | [23] | |
| Martin Springett | Unspecified | [23] | |
| 2009 | Lar deSouza* | Looking for Group | [24] |
| Michèle Laframboise | Imagination from Imagination contre les pigeons spammers | [24] | |
| Ronn Sutton | Fear Agent (#22) | [24] | |
| David Willicome | Cover of JEMMA7729 | [24] | |
| Stephanie Ann Johanson | Cover of Neo-opsis (#14) | [24] | |
| 2010 | Dan O'Driscoll* | Cover of Steel Whispers | [25] |
| Kari-Ann Anderson | Cover of Nina Kimberly the Merciless | [25] | |
| Tarol Hunt | Goblins | [25] | |
| Lar deSouza | Looking for Group | [25] | |
| James Beveridge | Xenobiology 101: Field Trip from Neo-opsis (#16) | [25] | |
| 2011 | Erik Mohr* | Cover of ChiZine Publications (Unspecified) | [26] |
| Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk | Brekky, Cover of On Spec (Autumn '10) | [26] | |
| Christina Molendyk | Girl of Geekdom Calender | [26] | |
| Aaron Paquette | A New Season from On Spec (Spring '10) | [26] | |
| Dan O'Driscoll | Stealing Home | [26] | |
| 2012 | Dan O'Driscoll* | Unspecified | [27] |
| Martin Springett | Unspecified | [27] | |
| Erik Mohr | Unspecified | [27] | |
| Janice Blaine | Unspecified | [27] | |
| Costi Gurgu | Unspecified | [27] | |
| 2013 | Erik Mohr* | Cover of ChiZine Publications (Unspecified) | [28] |
| Richard Bartrop | Illustrations of fiction on Reality Skimming (Unspecified) | [28] | |
| G. M. B. Chomichuk | Raygun Gothic | [28] | |
| Costi Gurgu | Cover of Inner Diverse | [28] | |
| Michelle Milburn | Cover of Gathering Storm Cover of Healer's Sword |
[28] | |
| 2014 | Erik Mohr* | Unspecified | [29] |
| Melissa Mary Duncan | Unspecified | [29] | |
| Tanya Montini | Unspecified | [29] | |
| Dan O'Driscoll | Unspecified | [29] | |
| Apis Teicher | Unspecified | [29] | |
| 2015 | Dan O'Driscoll* | Unspecified | [30] |
| James Beveridge | Unspecified | [30] | |
| Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk & Steve Fahnestalk | Unspecified | [30] | |
| Erik Mohr | Unspecified | [30] | |
| Derek Newman-Stille | Unspecified | [30] | |
| 2016 | Erik Mohr* | Unspecified | [31] |
| James Beveridge | Unspecified | [31] | |
| Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk | Unspecified | [31] | |
| Jeff Minkevics | Unspecified | [31] | |
| Dan O'Driscoll | Unspecified | [31] | |
| 2017 | Samantha Beiko* | Unspecified | [32] |
| James Beveridge | Unspecified | [32] | |
| Melissa Mary Duncan | Unspecified | [32] | |
| Erik Mohr | Unspecified | [32] | |
| Dan O'Driscoll | Unspecified | [32] | |
| 2018 | Dan O'Driscoll* | Bundoran Press (unspecified) | [33] |
| Samantha Beiko | covers for Laksa Media (unspecified) | [33] | |
| Ann Crowe | cover of Avians by Timothy Gwyn | [33] | |
| Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk | A Rivet of Robots: Body of Work | [33] | |
| Fiona Staples | Saga | [33] | |
| 2019 | Samantha Beiko* | covers for Laksa Media | [34] |
| Lily Author | cover art for Polar Borealis (#8) | [34] | |
| James Beveridge | cover art for Tyche Books | ||
| Roger Czerneda | cover for Tales from Plexis, ed. Julie E. Czerneda | ||
| Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk | cartoons for Amazing Stories | ||
| Dan O'Driscoll | covers for Bundoran Press | ||
| 2020 | Dan O'Driscoll* |
|
[35] |
| Samantha Beiko | cover for Bursts of Fire by Susan Forest | [35] | |
| James Beveridge |
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| Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk |
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| Nathan Fréchette | covers for Renaissance Press | ||
| 2021 | Samantha Beiko* | cover for Flights of the Marigold by Susan Forest | [36] |
| Lorna Antoniazzi | covers for Augur (#3.1 and 3.2) | [36] | |
| Swati Chavda | art, maps, and covers for multiple publications | ||
| Maia Kondla-Wolf | cover for Prairie Gothic, ed. Stacey Kondla | ||
| Dan O'Driscoll | cover for Corona Burning by Ryan T. McFadden | ||
| 2022 | Samantha Beiko* | cover for Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories, ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law | [37] |
| James Beveridge |
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[37] | |
| Swati Chavda |
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| Dan O'Driscoll |
| ||
| Veronica Park | cover for The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed | ||
| 2023 | Rachel Yu Lobbenberg* | cover for Arboreality, Stelliform Press | [38] |
| Kayla Kowalyk | cover for The Astronaut Always Rings Twice, Tyche Books | [38] | |
| Marco Marin | cover for Birthday of the Unicorn, TdotSpec | ||
| Julia Louise Pereira | cover for Weird Fishes, Stelliform Press | ||
| Swati Chavda | The World We Left Behind, On Spec Magazine, Issue 119 | ||
| 2024 | Lorna Antoniazzi* | cover for Augur Magazine, Issue 6.1 | [39] |
| Marco Marin | Endless Library – Fantasy, interior art, Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume One, Ansible Press | [39] | |
| Chief Lady Bird | Green Fuse Burning cover art, Stelliform Press | [39] | |
| Brent Nichols | The Machines That Make Us, cover art, Tyche Books | [39] | |
| Kayla Kowalyk | The Passion of Ivan Rodriguez, cover art, Tyche Books | [39] | |
| Jade Zhang | Tales & Feathers Magazine, Issue 1, cover art | [39] | |
| 2025 | Martine Nguyen | Augur 7.1 cover art | [40][41] |
| Lorna Antoniazzi | Augur 7.3 cover art | [42] | |
| James Beveridge | Captains of Black and Brass, On Spec 9/24 | [42] | |
| Frances Philip | Augur 7.2 cover art | [42] | |
| 2026 | Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe* | Listen to Me and I’ll tell You a Story, Uncanny Magazine, Issue Sixty-Six | [43] |
| Janice Blaine | Dancing With the Holly King, On Spec Magazine, Issue #134 | [43] | |
| Alice M | Seance, Heartlines Spec, Issue7 | ||
| Dan O’Driscoll | Lunar Base, On Spec Magazine, Issue #132 | ||
| Lorna Antoniazzi | Starship Librarians, Tyche Books Ltd |
Création artistique audiovisuelle
Winners and nominees
* Winners and joint winners
| Year | Artist(s) | Work(s) (if specified) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Sybiline * | Covers of Solaris (#173) & (#175) Cover of Brins d'éternité (#26) |
[44] |
| 2012 | Valérie Bédard* | Unspecified | [44] |
| 2013 | Ève Chabot* | Unspecified | [44] |
| 2014 | Émilie Léger* | Unspecified | [44] |
| 2015 | Émilie Léger* | Cover of 6, chalet des brumes (6, House of Mist) Cover of Dix ans d’éternité (10 Years of Eternity) Cover of Petits demons (Little Demons) Other unspecified works |
[44] |
| 2016 | Grégory Fromenteau* | Cover of Le Jeu du Démiurge (The Demiurge Game) Cover of Les Marches de la Lune morte (Steps of the Dead Moon) Other unspecified works |
[44] |
| 2017 | Émilie Léger* | Illustrations inside Solaris (#198) & (#199) Cover of Les Cendres de Sedna (The Ashes of Sedna) |
[45] |
| Pascal Blanché | Cover of Brins d’éternité (#45) | [45] | |
| Grégory Fromenteau | Cover of Les Monstres intérieurs (Indoor Monsters) Cover of Le Sang de Mirial (The Blood of Mirial) Cover of La Chute de Mirial (The Fall of Mirial) |
[45] | |
| Mary Khaos | Cover of Brins d’éternité (#43) | [45] | |
| Laurine Spehne | Illustrations inside Solaris (#197), (#199) & (#200) | [45] | |
| 2018 | Denis Villeneuve* | Blade Runner 2049 | [46] |
| Émilie Léger | Cover of Horrificorama | [46] | |
| Sybiline | Cover of Brins d’éternité (#46) | [46] | |
| Tomislav Tikulin | Illustrations inside Solaris (#201) & (#202) | [46] |
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