2020’S BEST LANDSCAPE PHOTOGS NAMED BY 25 GALLERIES:

5 min readNov 9, 2020

DAVID SIECZKIEWICZ, MIKA-PEKKA MARKKANEN, SUSANNA PATRAS, YUXIAO LIANG, GALINA AGAFONOVA

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 USA, Finland, China and Russia.

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 43. NONMANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY — LANDSCAPE

1ST PLACE DAVID SIECZKIEWICZ USA www.skavichphoto.com “Radiance” 40x80" Photography print.

2ND PLACE-TIE MIKA-PEKKA MARKKANEN FINLAND www.mpmarkkanen.com “Green Winter Valley / Tromsø, Norway” Photo.

2ND PLACE-TIE MIKA-PEKKA MARKKANEN FINLAND www.mpmarkkanen.com “Glimpse Into The Past / Otways, Victoria, Australia 07/2019” Photo.

3RD PLACE-TIE SUSANNA PATRAS USA www.patrasphotography.com “Pacifica — Monoliths 01” 45x45cm Black and white photograph on museum quality fine art paper.

3RD PLACE-TIE MIKA-PEKKA MARKKANEN FINLAND www.mpmarkkanen.com “Mystery Creek Cave / Tasmania, Australia 04/2019”

4TH PLACE-TIE MIKA-PEKKA MARKKANEN FINLAND www.mpmarkkanen.com “Wonders Of Iceland / Vatnajökull, Iceland 03/2015” Photo.

4TH PLACE-TIE YUXIAO LIANG CHINA wise.liang@139.com
“Black And White” Photo.

4TH PLACE-TIE DAVID SIECZKIEWICZ USA www.skavichphoto.com “Transitions” 48x72" Photography print.

5TH PLACE DAVID SIECZKIEWICZ USA www.skavichphoto.com “Pinnacle” 40x80" Photography print.

6TH PLACE-TIE GALINA AGAFONOVA RUSSIA http://agafoto.ru/ sky5ster@gmail.com “Forest” Photo.

6TH PLACE-TIE GALINA AGAFONOVA RUSSIA http://agafoto.ru/ sky5ster@gmail.com “Spring Sky” Photo.

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/