WORLD ART AWARDS Winners In Humor: BLYTHE, HONG, SCHMIDT, SIMONS, PETER, VON TORNADO, JUNG, KIM, JERUSALEM, ZYKOV, GERALD & WALKER

Thom Bierdz
5 min readJun 27, 2023

The WORLD ART AWARDS winners in CATEGORY 19: HUMOR / WIT live in ENGLAND, USA, GERMANY, CANADA & RUSSIA.

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: GARY BLYTHE

A multi award winning artist with a career spanning close to four decades, his work has been published and exhibited widely, and can be found in private collections in the UK and US. https://garyblythe.com/

BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER: coming

ART COLLECTORS — CONTACT THE WINNERS HERE:

CATEGORY 19. HUMOR / WIT

1ST PLACE — TIE GARY BLYTHE ENGLAND https://garyblythe.com/ “Modern Man” 61x92cm Acrylic on canvas.

1ST PLACE — TIE CELINE HONG USA “Daily Meal” 16x20" Oil and colored pencil on canvas.

2ND PLACE — TIE SILVIA SCHMIDT GERMANY www.silvia-schmidt-farbreisen.de “Famous Stripes” 24x18cm Pastel.

2ND PLACE — TIE BRIAN SIMONS CANADA www.briansimons.com Acrylic on canvas. “Bull In The China Shop” 24x30"

3RD PLACE — TIE UTAELLAMARIE PETER GERMANY www.blinzelstrich.de 90x120cm “Shepherd Dogs” Acrylic on canvas.

3RD PLACE — TIE KRYS VON TORNADO USA http://www.krysvontornado.com “Now, What?” 20x16” Oil on canvas.

4TH PLACE — TIE LYDIA JUNG USA “Night Of Trash” 16x20” Oil on canvas.

4TH PLACE — TIE MADELINE KIM USA “Overconsumption” 14x24” Acrylic on wood board.

4TH PLACE — TIE MR. JERUSALEM ENGLAND www.Mr-jerusalem.com “Muhammad Ali Having Dinner With Mona Lisa- D3” 109x61cm Digital.

5TH PLACE EVGENY ZYKOV RUSSIA https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001505138316 “At The Bottom Of The Ocean” 40x50cm Oil on canvas on cardboard.

6TH PLACE — TIE UTAELLAMARIE PETER GERMANY www.blinzelstrich.de “Benedetto” 100x80cm Oil on canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE DEBRA GERALD USA “Birdie’s Bar” 16x20” Oil on canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE RONALD C. WALKER USA “Unhinged” 11x14" Gouache on board.

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

https://www.americanartawards.com/2023-winning-artists-world-art-awards/

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.