Join us for the 16th annual
Main Show
The Main Show is the heart and soul of IX, featuring over 90 of the finest imaginative artists in the world – all working in traditional media – over the full five day course of the event.
Congratulations to the 2023 IX Main Show artists!
2023 Main Show Hours:
10.18.23
Main Show
6:00pm – 9:00pm
10.19.23
Main Show
10:00am – 5:00pm
10.20.23
Main Show
10:00am – 5:00pm
10.21.23
Main Show
10:00am – 5:00pm
10.22.23
Main Show
10:00am – 5:00pm
Overview:
The Main Show is a juried, traditional media exhibition, featuring over 90 artists showing their work across 18,000 square feet and three floors of the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts.
The Main Show is the heart of the IX experience. Artists are selected from submissions each year by a rotating panel of judges – in the past, our judges have been drawn from the Brandywine, Allentown, and Delaware museums, Sotheby’s London, Beautiful Bizarre. Fine Art Connoisseur and Juxtapoz magazines, as well as major galleries, ateliers, and realist art organizations.
These artists set up and display their work at the show for a full five days, hanging in galleries covering 18,000 square feet on three floors of the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts. Artist space sizes vary, ranging from 8 linear feet to over 20 linear feet, with an average size of around 13 linear feet. Many artists choose to sketch or paint at their spaces during the show, adding impromptu demonstrations to the gallery floors.








2023 Main Show Artists
With over 90 artists selected for the Main Show, the amount of artwork on display – and for sale – each year is immense. In the past, individual artwork sales have ranged from under $100 to over $20,000, presenting work for every taste and every budget.

Daria Aksenova

Rob Alexander

Fian Arroyo

Joanna Barnum

Julie Bell

Ed Binkley

Chris Casciano

Dan Cohen

Grant Cooley

Rain Delmar

Olivia Di Gregorio

Allen Douglas

Jeff Echevarria

Bob Eggleton

Lisa Falkenstern

Jody Fallon

Teresa Fischer

Scott Fischer

Marc Fishman

Tom Fleming

Justin Gerard

Donato Giancola

Leo Gonzales

Chuck Grieb

Christine Griffin

Sam Guay

Michael C. Hayes

Kelley Hensing

Richard Hescox

Ralph Horsley

Jennifer Hrabota-Lesser

Kristin Kest

so klesen

Elliot Lang

Rhonda Libbey

Gary Lippincott

Gina Matarazzo

Eric Messinger

Jeff Miracola

Jason Mowry

Michelle Mrowka

Matt Mrowka

David Palumbo

Alessandra Pisano

Alan Pollack
Booth #123
Mark Poole

Marc Potts

Kelly Potts-Martinez

Omar Rayyan

Christopher Remmers

Rob Rey

Natalie Ruiz

Dave Seeley

Jon Sideriadis

Kaysha Siemens

Matt Stawicki

Annie Stegg Gerard

Matthew Stewart

Justin Sweet

Erika Taguchi-Newton

Bryan Mark Taylor

Daria Theodora

Jarel Threat

Drew Tucker

Christophe Vacher

Boris Vallejo

Alexandra Verhoven

David Wenzel

Jeremy Wilson

Rebecca Yanovskaya

Mark Zug
“I’ve shown my art at every single IX since it started in 2008. It’s a gathering I look forward to every year, a chance to get together with fellow artists and collectors. What started as a small group of fantasy art loving friends has bloomed into the largest curated show of fantasy art in the world.”
JULIE BELL
IX Main Show Artist
“The arts are one of the most intensely competitive professions that exist, and yet I have found the community that surrounds IX to be amongst the most genuinely supportive and generous groups out there. It is always the highlight of my year, both professionally and personally, and I consider it to be an essential experience for any artist working in the imaginative realism field.”
MICHAEL C. HAYES
Evening Showcase Artist

Browse the Artists
showcase Artists
The 130 Showcase artists exhibit their work on Friday and Saturday evenings during the event at the 12,000 square foot Doubletree Hotel ballroom.