Rocky Mountain Bonsai Society:
Bob Kataoka Artist of the Year
Subalpine Fir (Abies bifolia) by Mike Britten, 2023 RMBS Artist of the Year; Photo credit: Mike Greene
2023: Mike Britten
2022: Dan Wiederrecht
2021: Dusty Kraft
2020: Jim Lantis
2019: Adam Johnson
2018: Les Siroky
2017: Mark Mills
2016: Tom Anglewicz
2015: Don Willis
2014: Mike Horine
2013: Will Kerns
2012: Larry Jackel
2011: Walter Buck
2010: Todd Schlafer
2009: Allan Hills
2008: Steve Goodwin
2007: Paul Gilbert
2006: Darrell Whitley
2005: Les Siroky
2004: Charlie Sisk
2003:Hal Sasaki
2002: Darrel Havaner
2001: Bert Rhodes
2000: Larry Jackel
1999: Lou Deherrera
1998: Dennis Zier
1997: Jim Robinson
1996: Mary Kataoka
1995: Kai Kawahara
1994: Bert Rhodes
1993: Malcom Correll*
1992: Larry Jackel
1991: Allan Hills
1990: Hal Sasaki
1989: Jim Robinson
1988: Bob Krueger
1987: Kai Kawahara
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*Malcom Correll was chosen AOTY for 1993 but passed away prior to the exhibition