Art Show

Photo by Cat Trzaskowski

Here's a list of the Artists who would have been in the Arisia 2022 Art Show.

p>Located in the Harbor II/III ballroom the Arisia 2023 Art Show featured work by 65 artists including our Artist Guest of Honor Reiko Murakami hung salon style on 500 linear feet of portable wall space and 126 linear feet of table space for 3D works. Subject matter included science fiction, fantasy, space, and other speculative subjects, in a wide variety of media.

At Arisia 2023, we had 1294 for-sale and 13 not-for-sale originals, and 2100 copies of 478 prints, on 120 panels and 22 tables. Of these, we sold 254 originals and 414 copies of 205 prints to 302 different buyers for a total of $24,278.31 plus tax. Out of 65 artists with work for sale, 56 sold work.

Art Show Hours

Friday            6pm—9pm Open

                 10pm—12am Art Show Reception

Saturday       10am—6pm Open

                 7pm—8pm Mobility aid users & pals only

                 8pm—10pm Open

Sunday         10am—6pm Open

                 5pm—8pm Previously purchased art pick-up only

Monday         10am—1pm Previously purchased art pick-up only

The Arisia 2023 Art show was curated by our Guest of Honor, Reiko Murakami and others.

The application period for space in the Art Show is closed.

There is a small hanging fee, but no commission is charged on sales. Unlike most other science fiction convention art shows, sales at Arisia are at fixed price only. More information is available on the rules and fees page.

More information about the Art Show, including sales statistics, are available on last year's website.

2021 Art Show Winners

Best in Show:

Atlas by Kaysha Siemens

Popular Choice 2D:

Entrance by Sarah Morrison

Popular Choice 3D:

Sea Change by Sandra Van Vooren

Artist Guest of Honor award:

Persephone in the Garden of Hades by Kaysha Siemens

Writer Guest of Honor award:

Reanimated Ammonite by Sandra Van Vooren

Con Chair award:

Procession by I.S. Kallick

Art Show Director's award:

Ice Fishing by Ryan Klemek

Art Show Director's award:

Jettycat #5 Catscratch Fever (cover) by Hannibal King

Fan Guest of Honor award:

Hard Landing, the Sequel byJohnna Klukas