2020’S BEST ART BRUT PAINTERS NAMED BY 25 GALLERIES:

Thom Bierdz
5 min readOct 3, 2020

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VANIA SCOTT, ANNA KINDZERSKI, YANA ANDRE, RF PANGBORN, FRANK FORRESTALL, FELICITY MAWSON, EKATERINA ONISHCHENKO, MARINO NAKANO, YOUNG SUH CHOI, PETER SEELIG, VIKTOR GONCHAROV

Painters, photographers, sculptors and digital artists from 62 countries competed in the most prestigious online art call, AMERICAN ART AWARDS, https://www.americanartawards.com/, where America’s 25 best galleries and museums score art in 50 categories. In this column, I’ll reveal the world’s best contemporary artists of 2020 one category at a time.

Category 8 winners are from England, Israel, Russia, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Austria and Qatar.

BIO OF FIRST PLACE WINNER:

My name is Vania Scott, I am a South African that has been living in England for the past few years. I have always loved art since being a child but in May 2019, I decided to try painting for the first time and loved it. I have not had any training so unsure about anything technical but I practice daily and like any skill, the more you practice, the better you become. I still have so much to learn. Art and music are my passion so it made sense to me to paint on a vintage music sheet.

Each May the American Art Awards organization selects the 25 Best Galleries and Museums in America, then in autumn these revered art institutions vote on online art to decide the world’s best contemporary artists.

Last month America’s 25 Best Galleries scored almost 2,000 works in 50 categories from 62 countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic Of Korea, Romania, Russia, South Korea, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, UK, Ukraine, USA, Venezuela, Zimbabwe.

COLLECTORS wanting to acquire these pieces or contact the artists can get direct links here: https://www.americanartawards.com/2020-winning-art/

Enter here: https://www.americanartawards.com/register-to-enter-3/

CONTACTS FOR CATEGORY 8. ART BRUT

1ST PLACE VANIA SCOTT ENGLAND https://www.facebook.com/vania.scott.18 “Shout It Out” 7x12" Acrylic on sheet music.

2ND PLACE-TIE ANNA KINDZERSKI ISRAEL annkindzerskaya@gmail.com
“Brink Of Insanity” 80x100cm Acrylic on canvas.

2ND PLACE-TIE YANA ANDRE RUSSIA https://www.artavita.com/artists/18141-yana-andre “Wooden Wolf (Based On Internet Art)” 50x75cm Airbrush on paper.

3RD PLACE-TIE RF PANGBORN USA https://www.facebook.com/rf.pangborn “They Can Tell” 8x10" Oil on wood.

3RD PLACE-TIE FRANK FORRESTALL CANADA www.frankforrestall.com “Chimerical Beast” 49x32" Acrylic on board.

4TH PLACE-TIE FRANK FORRESTALL CANADA www.frankforrestall.com “Stylite’s Dream” 49x36" Acrylic on board.

4TH PLACE-TIE RF PANGBORN USA www.facebook.com/rf.pangborn
“You’re So Funny” 11x14" Oil on canvas panel.

4TH PLACE-TIE FELICITY MAWSON AUSTRALIA felicitymawson@gmail.com “Emergence” 100x60cm Silicone on canvas.

5TH PLACE-TIE EKATERINA ONISHCHENKO RUSSIA ekaon@yandex.ru
“All-Consuming” 80x100cm Oil on canvas.

5TH PLACE-TIE MARINO NAKANO JAPAN http://marinonakano.com/ “Disillusion" 21.4x15.5” Pen on paper.

5TH PLACE-TIE YOUNG SUH CHOI SOUTH KOREA youngseo1147715@gmail.com “Museum Of Chaos” 18x24" Mix media on board.

6TH PLACE-TIE PETER SEELIG AUSTRIA http://www.peterseelig.com/ “Le Sirene Del Lago” 70x70cm Acrylic on canvas.

6TH PLACE-TIE VIKTOR GONCHAROV RUSSIA / QATAR vicgoncharoff@gmail.com “Shaman” 25x35cm Oil on canvas.

100 ARTICLES and 50 VIDEOS on the 50 CATEGORIES of the 2020 AMERICAN ART AWARDS WINNING ARTISTS will be at this link: https://www.americanartawards.com/press-on-2020-artists/

American Art Awards 25 Best Galleries & Museums for 2020, in alphabetical order of state, who were asked to vote on this year’s art submissions:

Arizona / EXPOSURES INTERNATIONAL GALLERY OF FINE ART

California / CODA GALLERY

Colorado / CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM

Delaware / THE DELAWARE CONTEMPORARY

Florida / MAC ART GALLERIES

Georgia / WESTOBOU GALLERY

Illinois / KOMECHAK ART GALLERY

Louisiana / ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY

Kansas / EVA REYNOLDS FINE ARTS

Maine / PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART

Massachusetts / QUIDLEY & COMPANY

Missouri / KEMPER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

Nebraska / KIECHEL FINE ART

New Hampshire / ROCHESTER MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

New Jersey / EVALYN DUNN GALLERY

New Mexico / ANDERSON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

Ohio / DAYTON ART SOLUTIONS

Oregon / ROGER YOST BAY STREET GALLERY

Philadelphia / PHILAMOCA

South Carolina / MARY MARTIN GALLERIES OF FINE ART

South Dakota / SOUTH DAKOTA ART MUSEUM

Utah / LOGAN FINE ART GALLERY

Virginia / LAZARE GALLERY

West Virginia / PARKERSBURG ART CENTER

Wisconsin / THE MADISON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

MORE INFO ON THIS YEAR’S WINNERS

HOW TO ENTER

OR GET AN OFFICIAL GALLERY RATING: www.AmericanArtAwards.com

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Thom Bierdz
Thom Bierdz

Written by Thom Bierdz

One of Medium’s TOP ART CONTRIBUTORS, award-winning author, actor, film-maker, painter. 12 books: 6 on art. President of WAA & AAA & ACCA.

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