Draft:Locus Award for Best Artist


The Locus Award for Best Artist is one of a number of Locus Awards given out each year by Locus magazine. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year.

The first award in this category was presented in 1974. The category was introduced in 1974 as Best Professional Artist, and has been called Best Artist since 1976.

Michael Whelan has the most wins with 22, John Picacio and Charles Vess have 5 wins each, Frank Kelly Freas, Rick Sternbach, Bob Eggleton, Shaun Tan and Julie Dillon have 2 wins each, and Boris Vallejo has only one win (1979).

Winners

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Locus Award for Best Artist winners, 1974–2024 [1]
Year Best Artist
1974 Frank Kelly Freas
1975 Frank Kelly Freas
1976 Rick Sternbach
1977 Rick Sternbach
1979 Boris Vallejo
1980 Michael Whelan
1981 Michael Whelan
1982 Michael Whelan
1983 Michael Whelan
1984 Michael Whelan
1985 Michael Whelan
1986 Michael Whelan
1987 Michael Whelan
1988 Michael Whelan
1989 Michael Whelan
1990 Michael Whelan
1991 Michael Whelan
1992 Michael Whelan
1993 Michael Whelan
1994 Michael Whelan
1995 Michael Whelan
1996 Michael Whelan
1997 Michael Whelan
1998 Michael Whelan
1999 Michael Whelan
2000 Michael Whelan
2001 Bob Eggleton
2002 Michael Whelan
2003 Bob Eggleton
2004 Michael Whelan
2005 Michael Whelan
2006 Michael Whelan
2007 John Picacio
2008 Charles Vess
2009 Michael Whelan
2010 Michael Whelan
2011 Shaun Tan
2012 Shaun Tan
2013 Michael Whelan
2014 Michael Whelan
2015 John Picacio
2016 Michael Whelan
2017 Julie Dillon
2018 Julie Dillon
2019 Charles Vess
2020 John Picacio
2021 John Picacio
2022 Charles Vess
2023 Charles Vess
2024 John Picacio

References

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  1. ^ "sfadb : Locus Awards Winners By Category". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2024-12-03.