Frank Kelly Freas
7933 Quimby Avenue
West Hills, CA 91304-4444

Phone:  (818) 992-1252
E-mail:  ao891@lafn.org


Frank Kelly Freas is universally recognized as one of the most prolific and popular science fiction and 
fantasy artists in the world.  His distinguished career spans more than forty years, from painting covers for 
ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION and PLANET STORIES in the 1950s to visualizing the most 
current concepts in science fiction, gaming, and motion picture concepts.  This is evidenced by his 
winning the readers' poll award from ANALOG MAGAZINE for Best Cover of the Year for 1991.

Over the years, Freas' art has graced the covers of hundreds of science fiction books and magazines.  His 
art has illustrated works by such writers as famous and diverse as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert 
A. Heinlein, Poul Anderson, Dean R. Koontz, Ursula K. LeGuin, Frederik Pohl, and A.E. Van Vogt.  He 
also contributed covers to MAD MAGAZINE from 1955 to 1962, as well as numerous other commercial 
illustrations, such as the record jacket for Queen's best-selling album, NEWS OF THE WORLD, and the 
cover of the 1992 STAR TREK ANNUAL.  An official NASA artist, Freas' space posters hang in the 
Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC.  He was also commissioned by the Skylab 1 astronauts to 
design their crew patch.

Dubbed the "most popular sf artist in the history of the field" by the highly respected ENCYCLOPEDIA 
OF SCIENCE FICTION, Frank Kelly Freas was the first artist to have won ten Hugo Awards.  These 
awards are given at the annual World Science Fiction Convention and are the highest recognition granted 
to a science fiction artist.  He has been nominated for that award an all-time record of twenty times.  He 
has also won numerous other genre awards, including the NATTS's Hall of Fame in 1991.  In 1994, 
STARLOG magazine included him in their prestigious list of The 200 Most Important People in Science 
Fiction and Fantasy.

Freas' original paintings hang in museums, universities, and private collections.  His work has been the 
subject of three best-selling collections:  THE ASTOUNDING FIFTIES, FRANK KELLY FREAS:  THE 
ART OF SCIENCE FICTION, and A SEPARATE STAR.  No other artist in science fiction has 
consistently matched his astounding record.  His smooth and luminous images, amiable aliens, and sexy 
women have become part of today's science fiction landscape.