20 Art Collectors Decided World’s Best Contemporary Artists / 2024 ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS
20 international art collectors were sent online images to score in drawing, painting, sculpture, digital and photography for the first annual ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS. Artists from 62 countries competed. The 300+ winning works, 1st to 6th Place (and ties) in all 50 categories, will be featured in an upcoming movie and 75 articles.
The six cash prizes go to fine artists in Japan, Germany, South Africa, USA, Trinidad and Tobago, winning in oil, acrylic, graphite, digital and photography.
Winners of the 6 cash prizes are:
MOST WINS — 16 WINS — goes to Japan’s TERESA BOLEN for realistic portraits of people and animals in graphite, oil or digital. https://teresabolen.com
The MASTERPIECE cash prize goes to HAYDEN GEEAWAN of Trinidad and Tobago for her lively acrylic portrait of “Elvis” onstage in his prime, which scored in 5 categories.
BEST OF SHOW / Highest Score goes to EUGENE KUPERMAN of USA for his realistic large oil “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” depicting a suffering man curled up on Hollywood’s walk of fame, ignored by tourists. http://www.kuperart.com
2nd HIGHEST SCORE IN CONTEST goes to DAVID A PETERSON of USA for his surreal photograph “Bridge In The Fog.”
3RD HIGHEST SCORE IN CONTEST goes to ROELOF ROSSOUW of SOUTH AFRICA for his moody colorful impressionistic oil “Last Train To London.” https://www.roelofrossouwart.com/
4th HIGHEST SCORE IN CONTEST goes to SUSANNE RESKE of GERMANY for her mixed-media pop ingenue titled “Series: Bathing Women IX- Deepness.” https://www.atelier-kunst-fluss.de
Art collectors can see the hundreds of winning images and corresponding contact info to all the artists here: https://americanartawards.com/portfolio/2024-acca-winning-art-contacts/
In 2024, ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS had submissions from these 62 countries: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Denmark, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tobago, Togo, Trinidad, Turkey, United Arabian Emirates, UK, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
The 20 international art collectors asked to score art:
Andrew Cameron & Marcus Hamilton — Australia
Jason Stuckless — Toronto, Ontario
Floyd M. Elwell, III — Rancho Mirage, California
Jan Gold — Roseville, California
Michael Gregg Michaud — Los Angeles, California
Judi Evans — Los Angeles, California
Alec Wilder — Los Angeles / Las Vegas / New Orleans
Eddie Dyer — Los Angeles / Las Vegas / New Orleans
Michelle Foglesong Wilson — Las Vegas
Thomas Zora — Las Vegas
Paul Iacono — Chicago
Ron Lundin — Naples, Florida / Chicago, Illinois / Vail, Colorado
Jay H. Brewer — Orlando, Florida
Celeste Miller — St. Petersburg, Florida
Alan McMullen — Fannettsburg, Philadelphia
Brian Townley — Waco, Texas
Blaine L. Richards-Miller — Wichita Falls, Texas
Aimee Unakis — Georgetown, Illinois
Karen Valentine — Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mitchell Antesky — Toledo Ohio
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