J. Anthony Kosar

 

J. Anthony Kosar is the FACE OFF Season 4 Champion, winning on March 26th, 2013. FACE OFF, a reality-based competition on the Syfy Channel, is the biggest competition for Make-Up FX. Anthony won 6 of the 11 Spotlight Challenges, plus 1 of 4 Foundation Challenges, setting the record of most consecutive wins in a row and most wins by a single contestant on a single season. Anthony also appeared on FACE OFF: Judge Match during Season 7 where he was selected to be on judge Neville Page's team with Miranda Jory, and their team won. Anthony returned to FACE OFF Season 8 as a mentor, coaching a team of new contestants.  

 

Anthony is an award-winning artist who specializes in Fine Art, Illustration, Sculpture, Creature Design, Make-up FX, and Product Design through his company Kosart Effects Studios, LLC. In 2007, he interned at legendary Stan Winston Studio creating effects for INDIANA JONES 4 and James Cameron's AVATAR. Anthony designs and sculpts Halloween masks for Zagone Studios, one of the leading mask manufacturers in the world.  He creates special effects for theater, film, and commercials, and between projects, teaches the art of FX through teaches the art of FX through Kosart Atelier: School for Entertainment Arts in Westmont, IL. 

 

Anthony is also an internationally awarded fine artist, illustrator, and sculptor, having been awarded by the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, American Watercolor Society, Illinois Watercolor Society, and several others. He designs and sculpts prototypes for toys, collectibles and medical anatomical models, illustrates for novels and comic books, curates art gallery exhibitions, and creates fine art paintings and sculptures. See Anthony's work on his website: www.kosarteffects.com