2020’S BEST POLITICAL COMMENTARY ARTISTS NAMED BY 25 GALLERIES:

Thom Bierdz
5 min readOct 24, 2020

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VERONIKA AKOPYAN, ALEXANDER KUKOVEROV, SINISHA S. KASHAWELSKI, ZUOCUN HOU, JX QIU, NATHAN YANG, NADIN SERGEENKOVA, ASHLEY PARK, JULIE SONG, RUDOLF KAPLAN, PRANNA (ANNA MALAI), GEORGE STUART

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 Russia, Macedonia, China, USA and Germany.

BIO OF FIRST PLACE WINNER: Veronika Akopyan

is a 21 year old illustrator based in Moscow, Russia. Fifth year student of Moscow Stroganov art and industry academy. Participant of exhibitions in Moscow and other cities of 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 29. POLITICAL COMMENTARY

1ST PLACE VERONIKA AKOPYAN RUSSIA doniedrk@mail.ru “Isolation” 22.5x30cm Digital art.

2ND PLACE-TIE ALEXANDER KUKOVEROV RUSSIA mr.kukss@mail.ru
“Digitalization” 100x80cm Oil on canvas.

2ND PLACE-TIE SINISHA S. KASHAWELSKI MACEDONIA https://www.kashawelski.co/ “Crunch Time” 146x92cm Oil on canvas.

3RD PLACE-TIE ZUOCUN HOU CHINA hzc9999999@163.com
“Dawn” 160x120cm Oil on linen.

3RD PLACE-TIE JX QIU CHINA jingxuan.qiu@gmail.com
“Under” 60x90cm Oil on canvas.

4TH PLACE-TIE NATHAN YANG USA nathanyang@lhsla.org
“Toxic Splash” 18x24" Acrylic on drawing paper.

4TH PLACE-TIE NADIN SERGEENKOVA RUSSIA nosergeenkova@gmail.com
“Lost At Sea Of Plastic” 62x47cm Soft pastel on paper.

4TH PLACE-TIE ASHLEY PARK USA ashleypark924@gmail.com
“I Can’t Breathe” 18x24" Acrylic on board.

5TH PLACE-TIE JULIE SONG USA juliesong03@gmail.com
“The Melting Pot” 15x22" Colored pencil.

5TH PLACE-TIE RUDOLF KAPLAN GERMANY www.studio-beverast.de “Caution! Dictatorship Is Hard To Drop!” 112x38cm Oil, cardboard.

6TH PLACE-TIE PRANNA (ANNA MALAI) RUSSIA https://www.pranna.art/artist “Social Distance. Offer #1” 150x150cm Recycled plastic, resin, silicone.

6TH PLACE-TIE GEORGE STUART USA georgestuart03@gmail.com
“Dementia” 16x20” Watercolor on paper.

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.