2020’S BEST MINIMALISTS NAMED BY 25 GALLERIES:

Thom Bierdz
5 min readOct 20, 2020

--

CHRISTOPHER EILENBALULU, LENA SKUGINNA, MILA AKOPOVA, JINGTAO WANG, BINGLING LIU, ARIANNA ESPOSITO, BYRDINA NATALIA, HILARY WINFIELD, YAROSLAVA LISEEVA, JENNIFER HANNIGAN-GREEN

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 Nigeria, Germany, USA, China, Ukraine 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 25. MINIMALISM

1ST PLACE CHRISTOPHER EILENBALULU NIGERIA www.Instagram.com/chris__draws “Identity” 20x24" Charcoal, graphite on paper.

2ND PLACE LENA SKUGINNA GERMANY lena.skuginna@gmail.com
“Young Girl” 70x100cm Acrylic on canvas.

3RD PLACE MILA AKOPOVA USA milaakopova@gmail.com
“Yin And Yang. Planets” 22x15" Watercolor on 140lb paper.

4TH PLACE-TIE JINGTAO WANG CHINA wjt075@163.com
“Shadow” 61x122cm Oil on linen.

4TH PLACE-TIE BINGLING LIU CHINA 44578898@qq.com
“Enlightenment” 14.7x22cm Silk, paraffin wax, acrylic on board.

4TH PLACE-TIE ARIANNA ESPOSITO USA Caliandroesposito@live.com
“V For Victory” 36x24” Oil on canvas.

5TH PLACE-TIE BYRDINA NATALIA UKRAINE https://www.instagram.com/nbyrdina/ “Wave of Change” 181x58cm x6 parts Wood, alcoholic ink, epoxy resin.

5TH PLACE-TIE HILARY WINFIELD USA www.hilarywinfield.com
“Modern Industrial 47” 24x36″ Acrylic on canvas.

6TH PLACE-TIE YAROSLAVA LISEEVA RUSSIA www.yarlis.org
“Emptiness. Solitude. The Way” 70x100cm Oil on canvas.

6TH PLACE-TIE JENNIFER HANNIGAN-GREEN USA https://www.artpal.com/jmhgreen “Disconnected… From The World” 24x24" Acrylic 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

--

--

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.