WORLD ART AWARDS Winners In Digital Representational: STECKER, MORPHEUS, PAUL, SAFAR, CHUNG, USVITSKY, DI USVITSKY, UNIARA & GRACE

Thom Bierdz
6 min readJun 30, 2023

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The WORLD ART AWARDS winners in CATEGORY 47. DIGITAL ART — REPRESENTATIONAL are below.

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: ALAN STECKER

I received my B.A. degree in Fine Art/ Painting from Florida State University (1963)and my M.F.A. degree in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design (1965). For 45 years I worked in the television news and motion picture industry as an editor and photojournalist (NBC News) and as a Director/Director of Photography (ASV Productions). My experience is both national and international, working on an amazing spectrum of breaking news events and in-depth feature stories: national and international politics, civil rights, natural disasters, human conflict, combat, etc., for the Today Show, Nightly News, and the NBC Magazine Shows. My stories were awarded Emmy’s, the Edward R. Morrow Award, and a Peabody Award. My last five years before retirement I taught motion picture and news production at the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism. I have exhibited my art throughout the United States in both solo and group exhibitions. My paintings are included in High Museum of Art, the Atlanta Arts Alliance, and MOCAGA, David Golden Collection, Mead Packaging Corporation, as well as numerous private collections throughout the U.S.

My art is not about me. It is about us. Therefore, my purpose was to design an image that reflects the feeling of Light and Intelligence. I worked to create a mirror, which reflects our human drama and condition, my goal being to transform media into images and stories, which speak to who we are and why we are. My process has always been experimental and abstract. I like to say, “I partner with the paint.” https://alanstecker.artspan.com/

ART COLLECTORS — CONTACT THE WINNERS HERE:

CATEGORY 47. DIGITAL ART — REPRESENTATIONAL

1ST PLACE ALAN STECKER. USA https://alanstecker.artspan.com/ “Morning Coffee” 20x16" Digital, 12 ink, inkjet print on canvas.

2ND PLACE — TIE MATTHEW MORPHEUS (SERHII MATVEICHENKO) UKRAINE https://mrmatthewmorpheus.crevado.com “New Gods” Digital art.

2ND PLACE — TIE RITA PAUL INDIA “The Model” 30x30cm Digital painting.

3RD PLACE — TIE MATHIEU SAFAR FRANCE https://www.artmajeur.com/mathieu-safar “Milky Way — Eden” 142x147cm Digital art.

3RD PLACE — TIE HANA CHUNG USA “Happiest Girl” 50x70” Digital art.

3RD PLACE — TIE ALEX USVITSKY USA www.alexusvitsky.com “Objects Of Inspiration #14” 24x24” Digital on paper.

4TH PLACE — TIE ALAN STECKER. USA https://alanstecker.artspan.com/ “Conversation In Blue: No One Listens” 24x18" Digital, 12 ink, inkjet print on canvas.

4TH PLACE — TIE DIGITAL DI CYPRUS https://instagram.com/digital_di_art “Believe You, Honestly” 40x50" Digital art.

4TH PLACE — TIE ALEX USVITSKY USA www.alexusvitsky.com “Objects Of Inspiration #3” 24x24” Digital on paper.

4TH PLACE — TIE MATTHEW MORPHEUS (SERHII MATVEICHENKO) UKRAINE https://mrmatthewmorpheus.crevado.com matthew_morpheus@yahoo.com5TH PLACE ALEX USVITSKY USA www.alexusvitsky.com “Objects Of Inspiration #29” 24x24” Digital on paper.

6TH PLACE — TIE UNIARA SWEDEN “Plastic Paradise” Digital art.

6TH PLACE — TIE ERIN GRACE USA https://ring-of-fire-fine-art.myshopify.com/ “Winter Fantasy” 11x17” Digital art.

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

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.

The World Art Awards 20 Best Galleries & Museums for 2023 who were asked to score art:

BEST IN ITALY: LE GALLERIE DEGLI UFFIZI

BEST IN FRANCE: THE MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE LYON

BEST IN CANADA: VANCOUVER ART GALLERY

BEST IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY

BEST IN HUNGARY: KOLLER GALLERIA

BEST IN ISRAEL: CHELOUCHE GALLERY FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

BEST IN LATVIA: GALERIJA ROMAS DARZS

BEST IN CHINA & HONG KONG: DE SARTHE GALLERY

BEST IN SWEDEN: WETTERLING GALLERY

BEST IN ARMENIA: EDVARD ISABEKYAN GALLERY

BEST IN GHANA: THE SAVANNAH CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

BEST IN ZAMBIA: THE HENRY TAYALI ART GALLERY

BEST IN DENMARK: GALLERY POULSEN

BEST IN BELGIUM: SHOOBIL GALLERY

BEST IN USA: CODA

BEST IN TAIWAN: 1839 CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

BEST IN SPAIN: GALERIA AZUR

BEST IN THAILAND: LA LANTA FINE ART

BEST IN PORTUGAL: BALCONY CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY

BEST IN AUSTRIA: GALERIE BRUNNHOFER

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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.