WORLD ART AWARDS Winners In Naïve: RAMIREZ, PICKARD, COLEZ, SUPPLE, SIMONS, MOORE-PHILLIPS, WALKER, ALFASI & EUSEBIUS

Thom Bierdz
5 min readJun 28, 2023

The WORLD ART AWARDS winners in CATEGORY 27: NAÏVE ART / OTHER live in COSTA RICA, UK, USA, CANADA, ISRAEL & NIGERIA.

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.

ART COLLECTORS — CONTACT THE WINNERS HERE:

CATEGORY 27. NAIVE ART — OTHER

1ST PLACE — TIE JUAN CASTILLO RAMIREZ COSTA RICA https://www.facebook.com/juan.castilloramirez.750/ “El Vendedor De Leche (The Milk Seller)” 30x40cm Acrylic on canvas.

1ST PLACE — TIE JUAN CASTILLO RAMIREZ COSTA RICA https://www.facebook.com/juan.castilloramirez.750/ “Descargando Mercaderia (Downloading Merchandise)” 30x40cm Acrylic on canvas.

2ND PLACE — TIENANCY PICKARD UK “Ark” 120x100cm Acrylic on canvas.

2ND PLACE — TIE AVADKA COLEZ USA www.avadkacolez.com “Think To Hope” 17x16" Acrylic on board.

3RD PLACE — TIE GREGORY SUPPLE USA www.fineartamerica.com/profiles/gregory-supple “Homeward Bound Too” 18x13" Watercolor on paper.

3RD PLACE — TIE BRIAN SIMONS CANADA www.briansimons.com “Roundup” 36x36" Acrylic on canvas.

4TH PLACE — TIE COLLEEN MOORE-PHILLIPS USA “Skunks” 13.5x10.5" Mixed media on paper.

4TH PLACE — TIE RONALD C. WALKER USA “Era Of The End” 11x14" Gouache on board.

5TH PLACE — TIE GREGORY SUPPLE USA www.fineartamerica.com/profiles/gregory-supple “Madison Avenue Blues” 16x13" Watercolor on paper.

5TH PLACE — TIE COLLEEN MOORE-PHILLIPS USA “Sheep On Wheels” 14x14.5" Mixed media.

6TH PLACE — TIE EDITH ALFASI ISRAEL www.edithalfsiart.com “Two Cows In The Pasture” 60x40cm Acrylic on canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE STELLA EUSEBIUS NIGERIA “Individuality” 24x24” Acrylic on canvas.

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.