Concept Art Awards
The annual Concept Art Awards are judged by a panel of industry experts and recognize excellence in character, creature, vehicle/prop, environment, keyframe, color keys, and visual development. The 2023 Concept Art Awards will be held on Saturday, October 28th at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium during LightBox Expo and celebrates professional, independent, and student work, along with a Rising Star, LBX Luminary, Community Icon, and Lifetime Achievement Awards. You need a LightBox Expo badge to attend the show. Get one here.
2023
Concept Art Awards
Attend the Awards Show with any LightBox Expo 2023 Badge. Get the badges here.
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Every year, the CAA Awards also honors the pioneers of the concept art world in recognition of their contributions to the craft, and how they paved the way for future generations of artists.
Past winners include:
2019
Syd Mead
Ralph McQuarrie
Jean “Moebius” Giraud
Hans Ruedi Giger
Ron Cobb
2020
Brian Froud
Hayao Miyazaki
2021
Craig Mullins
Iain McCaig
2022
Mary Blair
Katsuhiro Otomo
LBX Luminary Awards
This award shines the spotlight on a person from the concept art community who has made an indelible impact with their artwork in the past year.
The LightBox Expo Luminary Awards have been awarded to the following artists:
2019
Stuart Ng of Stuart Ng Books
2020
Christian Alzmann for his work on The Child in Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2021
Andy Park for his contributions to the Marvel Cinematic Universe that year.
2022
Domee Shi for Turning Red
Rising Star Awards
Celebrates an artist in the community that is either a recent grad or has less than five years industry experience and demonstrates exceptional skills and a unique career journey.
2021
Artstation. Airi Pan
2022
Artstation. Pedro Krüger
Community Impact Awards
Celebrating an individual who is making the community a better, more inclusive space.
2021
Adobe. Abelle Hayford
2022
Wacom. 9B Collective
Highlights 2022
Nominees from twenty five categories were celebrated across Animation, Live-Action, and Gaming from professional, independent, and student artists.
Winners received a trophy from Legacy Effects, a One-Year ArtStation Pro upgrade, $100 ArtStation gift card (Student Categories only), a One-Year subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud, Lifetime Concept Art Association membership, their artwork featured in ImagineFX Magazine, and more.
Previous Years
Wayne Haag, Apple TV
Jackson Sze, Marvel Studios
Nutchapol Thitinunthakorn, True Axion Interactive
Neeraj Menon