WORLD ART AWARDS Winners In Political Commentary: KIM, SHIM, FRAZER, XILING, MCMULLAN, BARNES, LEE, COLEZ, ASSANOV, GOUGH & TANDAFA

Thom Bierdz
5 min readJun 28, 2023

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The WORLD ART AWARDS winners in CATEGORY 29: POLITICAL COMMENTARY live in USA, CHINA, SYRIA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UK, ITALY, KAZAKHSTAN, NEW ZEALAND & LITHUANIA.

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 29. POLITICAL COMMENTARY

1ST PLACE — TIE ISABELLE KIM USA “Game Against Humanity” 18x24” Acrylic on board.

1ST PLACE — TIE BORAM SHIM USA “We Are Next” 18x24” Oil on gesso board.

2ND PLACE — TIE SPENCER FRAZER USA https://www.spencerfrazer.com/gallery “Fight Or Flight” 24x30" Oil on linen.

2ND PLACE — TIE MA XILING CHINA “Youthfulness” 42x29.7cm Watercolor on paper.

3RD PLACE — TIE OMAR ALAKHRAS SYRIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES https://www.facebook.com/groups/oakhras/ “Untitled” 6x3m Acrylic on wall.

3RD PLACE — TIE GARY MCMULLAN UK www.garymcmullanartist.com “Broken Justice” 50x60cm Oil on canvas.

4TH PLACE — TIE PHILIP BARNES ITALY “A Call For Action / Acknowledging The Truth About School Shootings” 60x80cm Oil on linen.

4TH PLACE — TIE JENNA LEE USA “Pollution Blindness” 18x24” Acrylic on canvas.

5TH PLACE AVADKA COLEZ USA www.avadkacolez.com “Next Level Nuke” 40x30" Acrylic on board.

6TH PLACE — TIE PARMAN ASSANOV KAZAKHSTAN “The War In Ukraine” 80x100cm Acrylic and oil, canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE PAULINE GOUGH NEW ZEALAND www.paulinegough.com “Hear Our Voices” 50x40cm Acylic on canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE CHEYI LEE USA “Black Oil” 16x20” Acrylic on canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE TANDAFA LITHUANIA www.tandafa.com “Find Out A Future Rebel” 42x59.4cm Watercolor on paper.

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
Thom Bierdz

Written by 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.

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