WORLD ART AWARDS Winners In Celebrity Portraits: DUTEMPS, PARAMESWARAN, MUNEKU, MATSUMOTO, RESKE, CAIRNS, CHASOV, GEORGIEVA, GISCHER & ELUDO

5 min readJun 29, 2023

The WORLD ART AWARDS winners in CATEGORY 31: PORTRAIT OF SOMEONE FAMOUS live in INDIA, FRANCE, ZAMBIA, USA, GERMANY, UK, RUSSIA, BULGARIA & PHILIPPINES.

Artists from 79 countries competed in the 2023 WORLD ART AWARDS where 20 of the most revered galleries in the world were sent online images to score in drawing, painting, sculpture, digital and photography.

BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER: RAJASEKHARAN PARAMESWARAN

Rajasekharan is holding two individual Guinness World Records.

“The Guinness World Records ‘LARGEST EASEL’ was made by Rajasekharan — Parameswaran. It is 56.5 ft tall and 31 ft wide and holds the painting of EMS of size 50 ft width and 25 ft height and was measured on 19thApril 2008.”

“The Guinness World Records ‘LARGEST DEVIL’S KNOT (EDAKOODAM)’ measured with each piece of the puzzle 7.30 m long, 0.60 m wide and 0.60 m high, and was achieved by Rajasekharan Parameswaran, at the Raviz, Kollam, Kerala, India on 27 December 2017. This is the second successful attempt at setting this record.”

Born in Vilavancode Taluk in Kanyakumari, Rajasekharan is a self-taught artist with many accolades for his work. Inspired by the works of Peter Paul Rubens and Rambrant, he started recreating his own world of realist portraits. His portraits of the celebrities are highly praised and features in many celebrated private collections now. www.rajasekharan.in

ART COLLECTORS — CONTACT THE WINNERS HERE:

CATEGORY 31. PORTRAIT OF SOMEONE FAMOUS

1ST PLACE RAJASEKHARAN PARAMESWARAN INDIA www.rajasekharan.in “King Charles” 30x40" Oil on canvas.

2ND PLACE — TIE MATHIEU DUTEMPS FRANCE “Rihanna” 60x58cm Graphite & charcoal pencil on paper.

2ND PLACE — TIE MAKENA KENA MUNEKU ZAMBIA “The Perfect Stare (Zambia’s Presidential Photographer)” 22x30” Eggshells, broom sticks, concealer, paint.

3RD PLACE — TIE MATHIEU DUTEMPS FRANCE “Zendaya” 70x55cm Graphite & charcoal pencil on paper.

3RD PLACE — TIE EDI MATSUMOTO USA www.edimatsumoto.com edi@edimatsumoto.com “Liz” 40x40” Acrylic on canvas.

3RD PLACE — TIE SUSANNE RESKE GERMANY https://www.atelier-kunst-fluss.de “Frida (Kahlo) I” 32x32" Mixed media on canvas (acrylic, graphite, paper, tissue paper, plastic masses).

4TH PLACE — TIE MATTHEW WILLIAM CAIRNS UK https://www.artpal.com/mattcairns “Way Of The Dragon” 12x16" Oil on canvas.

4TH PLACE — TIE YOURI CHASOV RUSSIA https://www.saatchiart.com/chasoffart “E.Isymbaeva-6” 11x14” Digital painting on paper.

5TH PLACE RUMJANA GEORGIEVA BULGARIA “Satisfaction — Mick Jagger” 70x70cm Acrylic on canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE JOLIE GISCHER USA www.instagram.com/jggallerie/ “Johnny Depp As Edward Scissorhands” 12.5x8.5” Charcoal on newsprint.

6TH PLACE — TIE RUMJANA GEORGIEVA BULGARIA “My Frida” 80x60cm Acrylic on canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE DONG GA ELUDO PHILIPPINES https://www.facebook.com/lorelito.eludo “Edie Garcia Filipino Actor” 8x11" Watercolor.

Art collectors can see hundreds of winning images and contact info to all 50 CATEGORIES of winning artworks:

2023 Winning Artists WORLD ART AWARDS — World Art Awards & American Art Awards

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In 2023, WORLD ART AWARDS had submissions from these 79 countries: Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chili, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tobago, Trinidad, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, USA, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe.