Artist Showcase

Participating Artists - Johnna Y. Klukas

After a ten-year career in the defense and high-tech industries, Johnna left the engineering world to become a full-time artist and woodworker. Her work has received two Chesley Awards for Best Three-Dimensional Work from the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists. She was commissioned to make the Hugo Award bases for Chicon in 2000 and Millennium Philcon in 2001, and was commissioned to create this year's Tiptree Award trophy. She is a member of the American Association of Woodturners, the Southern Maine Woodturners, and the Computer Society of the IEEE. She lives in Maine.

Note: Johnna Klukas will be exhibiting as a mail-in artist in the Renovation Art Show and will not be at the convention in person.

Credit: Photo of the Artist by Tom Kidd.

Visit Johnna Klukas at

  • Johnna's website, www.jykboxes.com

    Artwork: "Ready for Launch!" (2008) by Johnna Y. Klukas, from the collection of James Reynolds.