AMERICAN ART AWARDS Selects 6 Cash Winners: TUBIANA, ROL, ZHOU, PARAMASIVA DEVAR, SHIM & BATBAATAR
Artists from 64 countries competed in the 2024 AMERICAN ART AWARDS where 20 of the most revered galleries in the USA were sent online images to score in drawing, painting, sculpture, digital and photography. The 300+ winning works, 1st to 6th Place (and ties) in all 50 categories, will be featured in an upcoming movie and 75 articles.
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Art collectors can see the hundreds of winning artworks and corresponding contact info to the best contemporary artists in the world here: https://americanartawards.com/2024-winning-artists-american-art-awards/
This year’s six cash prizes go to fine artists in USA, France, India and the Republic Of Korea, winning in oil, acrylic and digital.
Winners of the 6 cash prizes:
BIO of Maurits Rol: “I grew up in Virginia and my father who was an amateur sculptor was a major influence in my love of art. I took a few art classes in college, but at that time the university had one mainframe computer and there was no such thing as a personal computer. I became enchanted by the wide open spaces and colors of the Southwest and moved to New Mexico in 1988. I became aware of the possibility of making art on the computer in 1993, but it was the late 1990s when digital art became my passion and has been ever since. My day job as a psychiatrist is demanding but my art is on my mind every day. Music, especially heavily rythmic music (e.g. Mickey Hart), helps me get into a trance-like state exploring color, form, light, texture, and composition to bring to life my version of beauty.” https://shivafool.com/
BIO of Angela Zhou, a high school junior. I started taking drawing lessons when I was 5 years old and am passionate about art to this day. I fell in love with oil painting about 5 years ago and thoroughly enjoy expressing myself through this medium. I have also illustrated several children’s books. Besides painting, I also love to crochet and own a small business selling handmade crochet goods.
This painting “Laboratory Study” was created out of inspiration for my mother. She is a chemistry professor so I painted her in her natural element. I wanted to convey a feeling of peace amidst the cluttered environment, using several chemistry equipment as props for the setting. Though this painting took a while to complete, I have enjoyed painting every component of the piece.
BIO of Marion Tubiana: “Animal portraits that are strikingly lifelike. This is how one could describe the paintings and drawings of Marion Tubiana. It is from photographs that this artist, who is also a wildlife photographer, works. These are snapshots taken by her or other photographers, which she transforms onto canvas or paper, where she expresses the emotions and deep nature of these creatures, the only beings capable of giving her “this particular sense of calm and well-being that only they can transmit.”
“Through the powdery and velvety texture of pastel, she brings to life on the medium images of a unique tenderness and fleetingness. Drawings she leaves unfinished to better give us the impression of witnessing the ephemeral appearance of animality transfigured by the artist. A sensation reminiscent of the evanescence of this medium, which, before being fixed, can be erased with a single stroke of the hand and dispersed with the slightest gust of wind. As for painting, Marion Tubiana sees it as “more intentional in terms of expression,” this time conveying the grandeur and power of these animals to which she feels so close.
“Mastering both techniques, Marion Tubiana becomes the artist of the anima, this breath that animates us as much as the animals, whose portraits reveal the soul of nature, inviting us to reconnect with it. “ quote from Bertrand Naivin
MARION’S SITE: http://www.mariontubiana.com/
BIO of Murugan Paramasiva Devar (PM)
I am a multidisciplinary artist and curator specializing in scientific concept-based abstract art, with a deep expertise in AI-generated works, contemporary art, and modern wall decor. Drawing from my extensive experience in science and technology — particularly my background in the Physical Lab at ISRO — I create art that bridges the worlds of science and creativity, offering visually engaging interpretations of complex scientific themes. As a data-driven curator, I leverage analytics and insights to curate collections that reflect emerging trends in both traditional and modern art.
Curatorial Expertise:
- Curator & Data-Driven Curator: Skilled in analyzing and curating art using both traditional judgment and data-driven insights, ensuring collections are aligned with artistic trends and audience engagement.
- Artistic Themes: Infinity, relativity, Einstein’s theories, spacetime curves, quantum entanglement, astronomy, and the mathematicians of the 15th century.
With expertise in calligraphy, abstract, and contemporary art, I bring an innovative perspective to both the creation and curation of art, capable of judging a wide range of artistic expressions, from traditional to modern.
As a passionate artist and curator, my work is grounded in the exploration of scientific phenomena through art, making complex ideas accessible and enjoyable for both art and science enthusiasts.
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BIO: Byambaa Batbaatar was born 1986, in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. In 2010, he graduated from the University of Culture and Arts of Mongolia with a degree in “Monumental Art Artist” and studied at the “Painting” class of the National University of Tainan, Taiwan.In 2013, he came to Mongolia. In 2013, he started working as an art teacher at an orphanage in Mongolia. He opened a and training center and worked as a freelance artist. He is a famous Mongolian art teacher, and his works are not confined to any one direction. He is a freelance artist and teacher who can work on all levels, and his works work freely on all kinds of painting materials, such as watercolor, pen, oil color pencil, oil color acrylic, chalk pastels, oil pastels, etc.. Each work is a skillful artist who uses his pure talent and artistic imagination to create his work and is characterized by drawing all kinds of colors with the 3 main colors — red, yellow, blue, and color combinations. His international art certificates and awards from drawing competitions: In 2019, Art Olympia International Open Art Competition Honorable Mention In 2019, Bijutsukan oil painting work was published in Japanese magazine /Start of World/.Certificate of Artistic Achievement from the Luxembourg Art Prize in 2020 and 2023.
2024 AMERICAN ART AWARDS: 4TH HIGHEST SCORE IN ENTIRE CONTEST “The Herdsman” 120x140cm oil on canvas.
Category 14: Fantasy Landscape5th Place: Tie “The Origin” 120x140cm oil on canvas.
Category 18. FUTURISM or FUTURISTIC6th Place: Tie “Last Migration” 120x160cm oil on canvas.
Category 40: Surrealists3rd Place: Tie “New World” 120x140cm oil on canvas.B. Byambaa’s Facebook page address is Artist B. Byambaa. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100059135545220&locale=af_ZA
In 2024, AMERICAN ART AWARDS had submissions from these 64 countries: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, China, Congo Democratic Republic, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea (Republic, South), Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tobago, Togo, Trinidad, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vietnam, USA, Zambia.
Galleries selected hundreds of winning artworks, 1st to 6th Place, in all 50 categories. Here are the 1st Place winners:
CATEGORY 1. OIL — FIGURE 1st Place FRANK BRENNAN UK “The Brazilian”
CATEGORY 2. ACRYLIC — FIGURE 1st Place HAN SHUAI CHINA “The Outside World Is Wonderful”
CATEGORY 3. WATERCOLOR — FIGURE 1st Place TOM GONZALEZ USA “Staring At Clouds”
CATEGORY 4. CHARCOAL/INK/GRAPHITE — FIGURE 1st Place OLUWATOSIN ADEPOJU NIGERIA “Gazes I”
CATEGORY 5. PASTEL — FIGURE 1st Place FABIO STEFANINI ITALY “Howard And Me”
CATEGORY 6. ABSTRACT 1st Place IGA KONARSKA POLAND “No Title”
CATEGORY 7. ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM 1st Place DIVNA PESIC GROZDANOV MACEDONIA/USA “Divine Sublimity”
CATEGORY 8. ART BRUT and or TORMENT 1st Place EMILY LEE USA “Ashes Of Her Ambitions”
CATEGORY 9. CUBISM/CUBIC 1st Place BABATUNDE OGUNLADE NIGERIA “Side Attractions”
CATEGORY 10. EROTIC — MALE 1st Place E. DALE ERICKSON USA “Bernard In Gold 2023”
CATEGORY 11. EROTIC — FEMALE 1st Place PETER GOODHALL UK “Liberty”
CATEGORY 12. EXPRESSIONISM — HUMAN FIGURE 1st Place CELINE HONG USA “Leave Me Alone”
CATEGORY 13. EXPRESSIONISM — OTHER 1st Place IRENE KIM USA “Watch What You Eat”
CATEGORY 14. FANTASY LANDSCAPE 1st Place THERESA POALUCCI USA “Desert Scene”
CATEGORY 15. FASHION 1st Place MADISON KIM USA “Attention”
CATEGORY 16. FLORAL — NOT REALISTIC 1st Place PAKAN PENN USA “Enchanted Poppy
CATEGORY 17. FLORAL — REALISM 1st Place XIONG YANTENG USA “Pink Flowers”
CATEGORY 18. FUTURISM/FUTURISTIC 1st Place RAMÓN RIVAS SPAIN “Expo-Park Of Experiential Art”
CATEGORY 19. HUMOR/WIT 1st Place KATRIN ZWERCH ITALY “Bird”
CATEGORY 20. IMPRESSIONISM — ANIMAL 1st Place LENA RIVO PORTUGAL “Cat In The Snow”
CATEGORY 21. IMPRESSIONISM — FIGURE 1st Place ROELOF ROSSOUW SOUTH AFRICA ‘’It Was A Perfect Day’’
CATEGORY 22. IMPRESSIONISM — LANDSCAPE 1st Place RICKY MONTILLA USA “Marina Sunset”
CATEGORY 23. IMPRESSIONISM — STILL LIFE 1st Place GREGORY LEWIS USA “Copper & Ginger”
CATEGORY 24. INNOVATIVE 1st Place GOHAR PAPIKYAN ARMENIA “Corner of Armenia”
CATEGORY 25. MINIMALISM 1st Place HANNAH LEE USA “Silenced”
CATEGORY 26. NAÏVE ART — HUMAN FIGURE 1st Place SEOYEON SOHN USA “Lucid Dream”
CATEGORY 27. NAIVE ART — OTHER 1st Place TOMAS GILVONAUSKAS LITHUANIA “A Vision From Nightdream”
CATEGORY 28. ORIENTALISM or ASIAN SUBJECT 1st Place BYAMBAA BATBAATAR MONGOLIA “The Herdsman”
CATEGORY 29. POLITICAL COMMENTARY 1st Place WOOJIN SA REPUBLIC OF KOREA “A Messenger Of Peace”
CATEGORY 30. POP ART 1st Place JAY SHIM REPUBLIC OF KOREA “Portrait 1”
CATEGORY 31. PORTRAIT OF SOMEONE FAMOUS 1st Place PATRICK DODDE NETHERLANDS “James Bond”
CATEGORY 32. PORTRAIT OF SOMEONE NOT FAMOUS 1st Place TOM GONZALEZ USA “Campesino And His Cohiba”
CATEGORY 33. REALISM — ANIMAL 1st Place MARION TUBIANA FRANCE “Néméan”
CATEGORY 34. REALISM — FIGURE 1st Place GENE BOSHKAYKIN CANADA “Native Elder”
CATEGORY 35. REALISM — LANDSCAPE 1st Place PETER GOODHALL UK “Waterdance”
CATEGORY 36. REALISM OR IMPRESSIONISM — LANDSCAPE WITH LIFE 1st Place CHER PRUYS CANADA “Taxi Ride”
CATEGORY 37. REALISM — STILL LIFE 1st Place CHER PRUYS CANADA “Ultra Ltd.”
CATEGORY 38. RELIGIOUS OR SPIRITUAL 1st Place HICHAM TAKACHE LEBANON “Leading to Heavens”
CATEGORY 39. SELF-PORTRAIT 1st Place ANGELA LEE USA “Self-Portrait”
CATEGORY 40. SURREALISM 1st Place MURUGAN PARAMASIVA DEVAR INDIA “AI Driven Harmony”
CATEGORY 41. PHOTOGRAPHY — ANIMAL 1st Place JACK PUHL USA “Chickie”
CATEGORY 42. PHOTOGRAPHY — HUMAN 1st Place MANZAR HUSSAIN PAKISTAN “Child”
CATEGORY 43. PHOTOGRAPHY — LANDSCAPE 1st Place AARON MOON USA “Frozen Peak”
CATEGORY 44. PHOTOGRAPHY — STILL LIFE 1st Place RENATA DRYGAS POLAND “Sculptures In The Church In Legnica, Poland”
CATEGORY 45. MANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY — HUMAN OR ANIMAL 1st Place CHEN CHIN LUNG TAIWAN “Jiangnan Style Painting”
CATEGORY 46. MANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY — LANDSCAPE OR STILL LIFE 1st Place STEVE JOHNSON CANADA “Beach Trip”
CATEGORY 47. DIGITAL ART — REPRESENTATIONAL 1st Place MURUGAN PARAMASIVA DEVAR INDIA “Quantum Entanglement Of Human Minds”
CATEGORY 48. DIGITAL ART — NON-REPRESENTATIONAL 1st Place IGORS BARULINS LATVIA “Forgotten Dreams”
CATEGORY 49. SCULPTURE — REPRESENTATIONAL 1st Place YANG CHUN CHINA “The Twelve Holy Heads”
CATEGORY 50. SCULPTURE — NON-REPRESENTATIONAL 1st Place ROBERT OBIER USA “XL Limited — Iteration #2”
Art collectors can see the hundreds of winning artworks and corresponding contact info to the best contemporary artists in the world here: https://americanartawards.com/2024-winning-artists-american-art-awards/
American Art Awards 20 Best Galleries & Museums for 2024 (in alphabetical order by state) asked to score art:
BEST IN ARIZONA: Exposures International Gallery Of Fine Art
BEST IN COLORADO: Mirada Fine Art
BEST IN CONNECTICUT: Fairfield University Art Museum (FUAM)
BEST IN FLORIDA: MAC Art Galleries
BEST IN IDAHO: Capitol Contemporary Gallery
BEST IN ILLINOIS: Jackson Junge Gallery
BEST IN INDIANA: Kuaba Gallery
BEST IN KANSAS: 2010 Gallery
BEST IN LOUISIANA: GRYDER
BEST IN MINNESOTA: Kolman & Reeb Gallery
BEST IN MISSOURI: The Museum of Art and Archaeology
BEST IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Candita Clayton Gallery
BEST IN NEW JERSEY: Evalyn Dunn Gallery
BEST IN NEW MEXICO: Thornwood Gallery
BEST IN NORTH CAROLINA: Ambleside Gallery
BEST IN PENNSYLVANIA: Morton Contemporary Art Gallery
BEST IN SOUTH CAROLINA: Mary Martin Galleries Of Fine Art
BEST IN UTAH: Modern West
BEST IN VERMONT: The Current
BEST IN WASHINGTON: ArtX Contemporary
American Art Awards https://www.americanartawards.com/ annually awards 20 museums and/or galleries, who agree to score art and award nearly 300+ deserving contemporary artists from 60+ countries: painters, photographers, sculptors and digital artists.
