The Awards for Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art were presented Saturday night, March 30 at the Folly Theater in Kansas City, MO. This year Spectrum teamed up with KC’s largest pop culture show, Planet Comicon, which hosted a “Spectrum Fantastic Art Pavillion” featuring 80 artists in the center of the exhibit floor. The awards gala featured a broad cross-section of presenters, a memorial video, entertainment by “stand-up magician” Derek Hughes, and lively banter by the evening’s Masters of Ceremony Lauren Panepinto and Bob Self. All of the nominees and winners will be featured in Spectrum 26, edited by John Fleskes and scheduled to be published by Flesk Publications in November. Join me in applauding all of this year’s honorees!

ADVERTISING CATEGORY

Gold Award
Greg Ruth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver Award
Valentin Kopetzki

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOOK CATEGORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold Award
Francis Vallejo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver Award
Chase Stone

COMIC CATEGORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold Award
Alex Alice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver Award
Jeffrey Alan Love

CONCEPT ART CATEGORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold Award
Abe Taraky

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver Award
Danny Moll

DIMENSIONAL CATEGORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold Award
Patrick Masson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver Award
Paul Komoda

EDITORIAL CATEGORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold Award
Qiuxin Mao

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver Award
Leonardo Santamaria

INSTITUTIONAL CATEGORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold Award
Jesper Ejsing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver Award
John Jude Palencar

UNPUBLISHED CATEGORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold Award
Konstantin Kostadinov

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver Award
Annie Stegg Gerard

SPECTRUM RISING STAR (Presented by Kristine & Colin Poole)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gawki

2019 GRAND MASTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donato Giancola