WORLD ART AWARDS Winners In Innovative: SANCHEZ, KETEVANI, DOOC, ROGERS, LATIFA, YU, BOJANKOV, CARR, PICHLER & USSHER

Thom Bierdz
5 min readJun 28, 2023

The WORLD ART AWARDS winners in CATEGORY 24: INNOVATIVE live in USA, GEORGIA, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH AFRICA, MOROCCO, CHINA, BULGARIA, AUSTRIA & FINLAND.

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:

ART COLLECTORS — CONTACT THE WINNERS HERE:

CATEGORY 24. INNOVATIVE

1ST PLACE 2ND HIGHEST SCORE IN CONTEST BRIAN SANCHEZ USA https://www.instagram.com/sanchezbrian.art/?igshid= “Photoreactive Decomposition” 51x51cm Acrylic & phosphorescent paint on wooden panel (looks different at night).

2ND PLACE — TIE NUN KETEVANI (NATIA LOMTADZE) GEORGIA https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063528415687 “Vase Of Flower” 14x9cm Micromosaic precious Venetian murano glass, smalti, millefiori, 24k gold.

2ND PLACE — TIE GIANCARLO D. DOOC PHILIPPINES https://642ad59f88f14.site123.me/ “Native” 12x16" Coconut shell on board.

3RD PLACE BRIAN ‘BR’ ROGERS SOUTH AFRICA www.brart.co.za “Hamilton Russel Vineyard” 20x35x12" Oil on curved canvas.

4TH PLACE — TIE BRIKADNAS LATIFA MOROCCO “Green March Morocco 1975” 36x46cm Stones & mixed media.

4TH PLACE — TIE SHU YU CHINA https://www.instagram.com/d7_element/ “Lying Flat” 210x150cm Mixed media on canvas.

4TH PLACE — TIE BRIAN ‘BR’ ROGERS SOUTH AFRICA www.brart.co.za “The Endangered ME 109/7” 47x20x12" Oil on canvas.

4TH PLACE — TIE STANISLAV BOJANKOV BULGARIA https://www.instagram.com/sbojankov/?hl=bg “A Large Heart Iconostasis-II” 840x240cm Painting, acrylic, collage, ready made objects, on canvas.

5TH PLACE GRETCHEN OLIVIA CARR USA 24x4x24" “Spliced Euphoria” Hand-built wooden box, house paint, acrylic yarn.

6TH PLACE — TIE MAIKE PICHLER AUSTRIA https://pimaart.weebly.com/ “Gans Im Klee” 30x40cm Stoneware and acrylics on paper and frame.

6TH PLACE — TIE BRIKADNAS LATIFA MOROCCO “The Sea Balcony” 36x46cm Stones & mixed media.

6TH PLACE — TIE SARA USSHER FINLAND “Sunflowers” 40x28x10cm Acrylic on a natural stone.

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.