2020’S BEST DIGITAL ARTISTS NAMED BY 25 GALLERIES:

5 min readNov 13, 2020

IGORS BARULINS, ENES BASKAN, ALEXANDR RAZDOLYANSKIY, DAVID GEORGE PEARSON, SHU YU, DIAMANTE LAVENDAR, DAVE ACTON, CHALDA MALOFF, GRAHAM EDWARD RHODES, ALAN STECKER, QI HENG, STEVE GILDEA, SUMIN JI

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.

Winners in this category are from South Korea. Latvia, USA, Russia, China, Canada and UK.

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 47. DIGITAL ART — REPRESENTATIONAL

1ST PLACE (deleted)

2ND PLACE-TIE IGORS BARULINS LATVIA www.barulins.art “Poppies Before Sunset” 130x128cm Digital arts.

2ND PLACE-TIE ENES BASKAN USA https://www.instagram.com/ebasqan/
“Morad Jasim” 6000x6000px Digital painting on ProCreate.

2ND PLACE-TIE ALEXANDR RAZDOLYANSKIY RUSSIA fourpelican@gmail.com “Space Awaits Us” 16.54x23.39" Digital art.

3RD PLACE-TIE DAVID GEORGE PEARSON USA davidgpearson@me.com
“Portrait Of No One” 8x10” Electronic finger-paint.

3RD PLACE-TIE SHU YU CHINA https://www.instagram.com/rambow7d/ “Ah Ah Ah” 160x150cm Digital painting.

3RD PLACE-TIE DIAMANTE LAVENDAR USA www.diamante-lavendar.pixels.com “Self Acceptance” Various sizes available. Mixed media digital.

4TH PLACE-TIE DAVE ACTON CANADA www.acton4photography.com
“Kate” 2000x3000px Digital art.

4TH PLACE-TIE CHALDA MALOFF USA www.chalda.com “Worldling” 30x30″ Digital painting, printed with pigment inks on paper, face-mounted to acrylic sheet.

5TH PLACE-TIE SHU YU CHINA https://www.instagram.com/rambow7d/ “2020 In Your Eyes” 255x150cm Digital painting.

5TH PLACE-TIE GRAHAM EDWARD RHODES UK https://www.saatchiart.com/grahamrhodes “Dreamed Of The Sea” Mixed media acrylic on canvas digital manipulation.

5TH PLACE-TIE ALAN STECKER USA https://alanstecker.artspan.com/home “In Search Of…” 24x24" Digital painting.

6TH PLACE-TIE QI HENG CHINA 13766856001@163.com “Morning Of Shanghai” Variable size. Digital art.

6TH PLACE-TIE STEVE GILDEA USA http://suite3d.com “Mandelshtam Clock” Acrylics on 3D print.

6TH PLACE-TIE SUMIN JI USA jijisoomin@gmail.com “Coco Bag” Digital art.

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/