2023 AMERICAN ART AWARDS Submissions (Part 27): Sketch, Futurism, Auto, Phone, Dragon, Desire, Introspection, Mood, Nonchalance, More

Thom Bierdz
7 min readSep 4, 2023

If you chase beauty like I do, you’ll love these dozens of articles showing you the beautiful and diverse art entered so far from around the globe in the 2023 American Art Awards, scored soon by 20 of the best galleries in the USA, seen here:

Any sketcher, painter, digital artist, sculptor or photographer can enter online images by [extended deadline September 10]. There will be over 300 winners in 50 categories, who will receive great press. The 6 highest scores will receive cash prizes as well.

Online art images will be placed in the category where they have the best chance to win: oil, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal, pastel, various photography, sculpture, digital, realism, impressionism, naïve, abstract, expressionism, human figure, animal, landscape, fantasy, surrealism, pop, portrait, self-portrait, political, erotic, cubism, floral, humor, spiritual, etc..

ART COLLECTORS: Below are submissions from talented artists around the world. Feel free to browse their sites or contact them if interested in buying their work, which may turn out to be an American Art Awards winner in late October.

JEONG-WON NAMGUNG USA “If Only” 35.6x43.2cm Acrylic on paper. surreal

JUNSEONG KIM USA “Photo With My Art Work” Pencil on paper and mixed with digital.

IVAN BUBENTCOV RUSSIA / USA https://www.instagram.com/gayart_bubentcov “Man On Pink” 42x29cm Watercolor.

PAKAN PENN USA www.pakanpenn.com “Efflorescence” 48x48” Oil on canvas.

YEJIN SUNG USA “Flight Lesson 101” 24x24x24" Sculpture. NON-REPR

EMILY LEE USA “A New World” 20x37" Acrylic on board.

DAEUN CHUNG SOUTH KOREA “Self Ticket” 6x4” Mixed media.

HEYON CHOI USA “Their Possible Future” 16x28” Digital.

YUNSU YI SOUTH KOREA “Expression” 6x4” Pencil on paper.

EMILY LEE USA “Metacognition” 18x24" Acrylic on board.

DAEUN CHUNG SOUTH KOREA “Call” 6x4” Mixed media.

HAEUN JUNG USA “Overtime” 20x16” Oil on canvas.

DAEUN CHUNG SOUTH KOREA “Dive” 6x4” Color pencil.

YOOLIM KIM SOUTH KOREA “Road” 6x4” Photography.

YOOLIM KIM SOUTH KOREA “Tower” 6x4” Photography.

JEONG-WON NAMGUNG USA “A Magical Restoration” 25x35cm Acrylic on paper.

YUNSU YI SOUTH KOREA “Rainbow” 6x4” Oil pastel.

YUNSU YI SOUTH KOREA “Sit and Sketch” 6x4” Charcoal on paper.

YUNSU YI SOUTH KOREA “Fruitful Expression” 6x4” Oil pastel.

YUNSU YI SOUTH KOREA “Boston” 6x4” Oil pastel.

YUNSU YI SOUTH KOREA “Lines” 6x4” Photography.

YEJIN SUNG USA “Folding Under the Spotlight” 12x24" Acrylic on board.

YEJIN SUNG USA “In the Eyes of the Bee-holder” 15x24" Acrylic on board.

YUNSU YI SOUTH KOREA “Smoke” 8x4” Photography.

JUNSEONG KIM USA “Lazy Sunday Morning” 18x12” Charcoal on paper.

YEJIN SUNG USA “Thousand-fold Lounge” 20x12x6" Sculpture. NON-REPR

JUNSEONG KIM USA “The Machine That Goes Back To Memories” 9x12" Pencil on paper.

JUNSEONG KIM USA “Kim’s Auto Show” Digital on iPad.

JUNSEONG KIM USA “The Beginning Of A Long Journey” 24x18" Pencil on paper.

HEYON CHOI USA “We Live Here” 16x28” Digital.

EMILY LEE USA “A Better Plant Pot” 18x24" Acrylic on board.

CHRISTINA HUR USA “Rooted In Fear” 18x24” Acrylic on board.

KYEONGSEO KIM SOUTH KOREA “The Corner Store” 46x60cm Acrylic. Realism Landscape

KYEONGSEO KIM SOUTH KOREA “The Butterfly Dream” 43x60cm Acrylic. Orientalism/Asian Subject

KYEONGSEO KIM SOUTH KOREA “Stellar” 38x51cm Acrylic. Portrait of someone not famous

SUNGMIN PARK USA “Defiance” 18x24” Oil on canvas.

KYEONGSEO KIM SOUTH KOREA “Umbilical” 23x30cm Acrylic. Innovative

SUNGMIN PARK USA “Offensive Beauty” 18x18” Acrylic on board.

SUNGMIN PARK USA “Eternity” 12x24” Acrylic on board.

SUNGMIN PARK USA “Rebirth” 12x24” Acrylic on board.

SUNGMIN PARK USA “Memory In Red” 20.5x25” Acrylic on canvas.

SUNGMIN PARK USA “Shattered Minds” 18x24” Acrylic on board.

HAEUN JUNG USA “Introspection” 20x16” Acrylic on canvas.

YEJIN SUNG USA “The Giving Sapling” 15x15x20" Sculpture. NON-REP

YUNSU YI SOUTH KOREA “Patterns” 6x4” Pencil on paper & charcoal.

YEJIN SUNG USA “Beautiful Thoughts” 12x12x6" Sculpture. NON-REPR

ISABELLA HUR USA “The Mood” 18x24” Acrylic on board.

ISABELLA HUR USA “Dangers Of Hybrids” 10.6x18” Acrylic on board.

JUNSEONG KIM USA “Game Characters To The Reality” 18x12" Pencil on paper.

EMILY LEE USA “A New Friend” 18x24" Acrylic on board.

EMILY LEE USA “A Lucky Ride” 18x24" Acrylic on board.

EMILY LEE USA “A Nonchalant Day” 18x24" Acrylic on board.

ALEX AYJ USA “To the Light” 61x61cm Oil on canvas.

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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.