2020’S BEST SCI-FI ARTISTS NAMED BY 25 GALLERIES:

Thom Bierdz
5 min readOct 13, 2020

YOUNG SUH CHOI, KESTUTIS STUKAS, ELENA LEONTEVA, MARGARITA HENRIKSSON, YIXUAN LI, EKATERINA KUZMINA, RICKEY MARTINS, YANA ANDRE, ELENA LEONTEVA, DIVNA PESIC GROZDANOV, JAMAUL JOHNSON

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, Lithuania, Russia, Sweden, USA and Macedonia.

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 18. FUTURISM / FUTURISTIC / SCI-FI

1ST PLACE YOUNG SUH CHOI SOUTH KOREA youngseo1147715@gmail.com “Lucid Dream” 12x24" Acrylic on board.

2ND PLACE-TIE KESTUTIS STUKAS LITHUANIA kenstukas@gmail.com
“Saturn & Venus” 80x80cm Oil on canvas.

2ND PLACE-TIE ELENA LEONTEVA RUSSIA https://www.instagram.com/elena_leonteva_artist/?r=nametag “Bonding” 130x100cm Acrylic, canvas.

3RD PLACE-TIE MARGARITA HENRIKSSON SWEDEN www.infinityofart.com “The Future Repeats The Tragedy Of Atlantis” Triptych 200x100cm Acrylic on canvas, soft pastel and composite materials.

3RD PLACE-TIE YIXUAN LI CHINA liyixuan1@i.pkuschool.edu.cn
“The Tree Of Heart” 45x30x50cm Wire structure, wool-felt.

4TH PLACE-TIE EKATERINA KUZMINA RUSSIA www.instagram.com/katlovepaint “Yellow Staircase Up” 1х1m Oil and tempera on canvas.

4TH PLACE-TIE RICKEY MARTINS USA https://www.rickeymartinstheoriginal.com/ “Auto-Radica” 36x24" Watercolor on board.

4TH PLACE-TIE YANA ANDRE RUSSIA https://www.artavita.com/artists/18141-yana-andre “Fantasy” 60x80cm Acrylic on canvas board.

5TH PLACE-TIE ELENA LEONTEVA RUSSIA https://www.instagram.com/elena_leonteva_artist/?r=nametag “Synthesis” 50x60cm Acrylic, canvas.

5TH PLACE-TIE DIVNA PESIC GROZDANOV MACEDONIA/USA www.divnapesic.com “Visitor From The Outer Space” 12x9" Oil.

6TH PLACE JAMAUL JOHNSON USA johnsonjamaul1@gmail.com
“Social Distancing” 16x25" Acrylic paint + Prisma color 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

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