Aurora Award for Best Artist

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.

In 2023 the Category was renamed to Best Cover Art/Interior Illustration

Jean-Pierre Normand has the most titles at 6 awards.

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)	[1]
1992	Martin Springett*	Cover of On Spec (Autumn '91) Cover of Strandia by Susan Lynne Reynolds	[2]
1993	Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk*	MSZ	[3]
1994	Robert Pasternak*	Unspecified	[4]
	Jean-Pierre Normand	Unspecified	[4]
	Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk	Unspecified	[4]
	Tim Hammell	Unspecified	[4]
	Kenneth Scott	Unspecified	[4]
	Mike Jackson	Unspecified	[4]
1995	Tim Hammell*	Cover of On Spec (Autumn '94) Cover of Science Fiction Chronicle (Unspecified Issue)	[5]
	Robert Pasternak	Unspecified	[5]
	Henry van der Linde	Unspecified	[5]
	Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk	Unspecified	[5]
	Jean-Pierre Normand	Unspecified	[5]
1996	Jean-Pierre Normand*	Unspecified	[6]
	Dale L. Sproule	Unspecified	[6]
	Henry van der Linde	Unspecified	[6]
	Steve Fahnestalk	Unspecified	[6]
	Robert Pasternak	Unspecified	[6]
1997	Jean-Pierre Normand*	Cover of Imagine... (#74) Various other covers	[7]
	Stephanie Ann Johanson	Sculpture (Unspecified)	[7]
	Jeff Kuipers	Cover of TransVersions (#5)	[7]
	Ronn Sutton	Song of the Sirens (#1): Spinnerette from Parsec (Unspecified Issue)	[7]
	Kenneth Scott	Cover of Writers of the Future (Vol. XII) Covers of On Spec (Summer '96) & (Autumn '96)	[7]
1998	Jean-Pierre Normand*	Unspecified	[8]
	Yves Crepeau	Unspecified	[8]
	Janet L. Hetherington	Unspecified	[8]
	Larry Stewart	Unspecified	[8]
	Ronn Sutton	Unspecified	[8]
	Edward Charpentier	Unspecified	[8]
	James Beveridge	Unspecified	[8]
1999	Jean-Pierre Normand*	Unspecified	[9]
	James Beveridge	Unspecified	[9]
	Dale L. Sproule	Unspecified	[9]
	Larry Stewart	Unspecified	[9]
	Ronn Sutton	Unspecified	[9]
	Janet L. Hetherington	Unspecified	[9]
2000	Larry Stewart*	Unspecified	[10]
	Jean-Pierre Normand	Unspecified	[10]
	Dale L. Sproule	Unspecified	[10]
	Ronn Sutton	Unspecified	[10]
	Bernard Reischl	Unspecified	[10]
	James Beveridge	Unspecified	[10]
	Terry Pallot	Unspecified	[10]
2001	Jean-Pierre Normand*	Unspecified	[11]
	James Beveridge	Unspecified	[11]
	Glenn Grant	Unspecified	[11]
	Mike Jackson	Unspecified	[11]
	Robert Pasternak	Unspecified	[11]
	Ronn Sutton	Unspecified	[11]
	Adrian Kleinbergen	Unspecified	[11]
2002	James Beveridge*	Unspecified	[12]
	Jean-Pierre Normand	Unspecified	[12]
	Scott Patri	Unspecified	[12]
	Martin Springett	Unspecified	[12]
	Larry Stewart	Unspecified	[12]
	Ronn Sutton	Unspecified	[12]
	Lar deSouza	Unspecified	[12]
2003	Mel Vavaroutsos*	Unspecified	[13]
	Michèle Laframboise	Unspecified	[13]
	Ronn Sutton	Unspecified	[13]
	James Beveridge	Unspecified	[13]
	Andrew Barr	Unspecified	[13]
	Lar deSouza	Unspecified	[13]
	Jean-Pierre Normand	Unspecified	[13]
2004	Jean-Pierre Normand*	Unspecified	[14]
	Mel Vavaroutsos	Unspecified	[14]
	Ronn Sutton	Unspecified	[14]
	James Beveridge	Unspecified	[14]
	Lar deSouza	Unspecified	[14]
	Michèle Laframboise	Unspecified	[14]
	Stephanie Ann Johanson	Unspecified	[14]
	Martin Springett	Unspecified	[14]
2005	Martin Springett*	Unspecified	[15]
	Lar deSouza	Unspecified	[15]
	Stephanie Ann Johanson	Unspecified	[15]
	Jean-Pierre Normand	Unspecified	[15]
	Ronn Sutton	Unspecified	[15]
2006	Lar deSouza*	Unspecified	[16]
	Stephanie Ann Johanson	Unspecified	[16]
	Jean-Pierre Normand	Unspecified	[16]
	Martin Springett	Unspecified	[16]
	Ronn Sutton	Unspecified	[16]
	Elaine Chen	Unspecified	[16]
2007	Martin Springett*	Unspecified	[17]
	Kenn Brown	Unspecified	[17]
	Janet Hetherington	Unspecified	[17]
	Jean-Pierre Normand	Unspecified	[17]
	Ronn Sutton	Unspecified	[17]
	Lar deSouza	Unspecified	[17]
2008	Lar deSouza*	Cover of On Spec (Winter '07) Covers of Parsec (Spring '07) & (Summer '07)	[18]
	Jean-Pierre Normand	Unspecified	[18]
	Stephanie Ann Johanson	Interior Illustrations for Neo-opsis (#11, Mar '07)	[18]
	Ronn Sutton	Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (comics) (#165) & (#166)	[18]
	Martin Springett	Unspecified	[18]
2009	Lar deSouza*	Looking for Group	[19]
	Michèle Laframboise	Imagination from Imagination contre les pigeons spammers	[19]
	Ronn Sutton	Fear Agent (#22)	[19]
	David Willicome	Cover of JEMMA7729	[19]
	Stephanie Ann Johanson	Cover of Neo-opsis (#14)	[19]
2010	Dan O'Driscoll*	Cover of Steel Whispers	[20]
	Kari-Ann Anderson	Cover of Nina Kimberly the Merciless	[20]
	Tarol Hunt	Goblins	[20]
	Lar deSouza	Looking for Group	[20]
	James Beveridge	Xenobiology 101: Field Trip from Neo-opsis (#16)	[20]
2011	Erik Mohr*	Cover of ChiZine Publications (Unspecified)	[21]
	Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk	Brekky, Cover of On Spec (Autumn '10)	[21]
	Christina Molendyk	Girl of Geekdom Calender	[21]
	Aaron Paquette	A New Season from On Spec (Spring '10)	[21]
	Dan O'Driscoll	Stealing Home	[21]
2012	Dan O'Driscoll*	Unspecified	[22]
	Martin Springett	Unspecified	[22]
	Erik Mohr	Unspecified	[22]
	Janice Blaine	Unspecified	[22]
	Costi Gurgu	Unspecified	[22]
2013	Erik Mohr*	Cover of ChiZine Publications (Unspecified)	[23]
	Richard Bartrop	Illustrations of fiction on Reality Skimming (Unspecified)	[23]
	G. M. B. Chomichuk	Raygun Gothic	[23]
	Costi Gurgu	Cover of Inner Diverse	[23]
	Michelle Milburn	Cover of Gathering Storm Cover of Healer's Sword	[23]
2014	Erik Mohr*	Unspecified	[24]
	Melissa Mary Duncan	Unspecified	[24]
	Tanya Montini	Unspecified	[24]
	Dan O'Driscoll	Unspecified	[24]
	Apis Teicher	Unspecified	[24]
2015	Dan O'Driscoll*	Unspecified	[25]
	James Beveridge	Unspecified	[25]
	Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk & Steve Fahnestalk	Unspecified	[25]
	Erik Mohr	Unspecified	[25]
	Derek Newman-Stille	Unspecified	[25]
2016	Erik Mohr*	Unspecified	[26]
	James Beveridge	Unspecified	[26]
	Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk	Unspecified	[26]
	Jeff Minkevics	Unspecified	[26]
	Dan O'Driscoll	Unspecified	[26]
2017	Samantha M. Beiko*	Unspecified	[27]
	James Beveridge	Unspecified	[27]
	Melissa Mary Duncan	Unspecified	[27]
	Erik Mohr	Unspecified	[27]
	Dan O'Driscoll	Unspecified	[27]
2018	Dan O'Driscoll*	Bundoran Press (unspecified)	[28]
	Samantha M. Beiko	covers for Laksa Media (unspecified)	[28]
	Ann Crowe	cover of Avians by Timothy Gwyn	[28]
	Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk	A Rivet of Robots: Body of Work	[28]
	Fiona Staples	Saga	[28]
2019	Samantha M. Beiko*	covers for Laksa Media	[29]
	Lily Author	cover art for Polar Borealis (#8)	[29]
	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*	covers for Bundoran Press cover for On Spec (#110)	[30]
	Samantha M. Beiko	cover for Bursts of Fire by Susan Forest	[30]
	James Beveridge	cover for Fata Morgana by Thomas J. Radford cover for On Spec (#112)
	Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk	“A River of Robots” in On Spec cartoons in Amazing Stories
	Nathan Fréchette	covers for Renaissance Press
2021	Samantha M. Beiko*	cover for Flights of the Marigold by Susan Forest	[31]
	Lorna Antoniazzi	covers for Augur (#3.1 and 3.2)	[31]
	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 M. Beiko*	cover for Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories, ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law	[32]
	James Beveridge	cover for On Spec (#116) CD cover for Distant Past’s album The Final Stage	[32]
	Swati Chavda	covers for Polar Starlight (#1) covers for Polar Borealis (#18 and #20)
	Dan O'Driscoll	cover for On Spec (#117) cover for Star Song
	Veronica Park	cover for The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed
2023	Rachel Yu Lobbenberg*	cover for Arboreality, Stelliform Press	[33]
	Kayla Kowalyk	cover for The Astronaut Always Rings Twice, Tyche Books	[33]
	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 forAugur Magazine, Issue 6.1	[34]
	Marco Marin	Endless Library – Fantasy, interior art, Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume One, Ansible Press	[34]
	Chief Lady Bird	Green Fuse Burning cover art, Stelliform Press	[34]
	Brent Nichols	The Machines That Make Us, cover art, Tyche Books	[34]
	Kayla Kowalyk	The Passion of Ivan Rodriguez, cover art, Tyche Books	[34]
	Jade Zhang	Tales & Feathers Magazine, Issue 1, cover art	[34]
2025	Lorna Antoniazzi	Augur 7.3 cover art	[35]
	James Beveridge	Captains of Black and Brass, On Spec 9/24	[35]
	Martine Nguyen	Augur 7.1 cover art	[35]
	Frances Philip	Augur 7.2 cover art	[35]

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)	[36]
2012	Valérie Bédard*	Unspecified	[36]
2013	Ève Chabot*	Unspecified	[36]
2014	Émilie Léger*	Unspecified	[36]
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	[36]
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	[36]
2017	Émilie Léger*	Illustrations inside Solaris (#198) & (#199) Cover of Les Cendres de Sedna (The Ashes of Sedna)	[37]
	Pascal Blanché	Cover of Brins d’éternité (#45)	[37]
	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)	[37]
	Mary Khaos	Cover of Brins d’éternité (#43)	[37]
	Laurine Spehne	Illustrations inside Solaris (#197), (#199) & (#200)	[37]
2018	Denis Villeneuve*	Blade Runner 2049	[38]
	Émilie Léger	Cover of Horrificorama	[38]
	Sybiline	Cover of Brins d’éternité (#46)	[38]
	Tomislav Tikulin	Illustrations inside Solaris (#201) & (#202)	[38]