WORLD ART AWARDS Winners In Sculpture Representational: EREN, WARD, PAOLINO, JIE, MCAVOY, ORTIZ, AKANDE, ŠETER, EL-ABBOUD, PAK, LEIMKUELLER, ORTIZ & XIAOLIN

Thom Bierdz
5 min readJun 30, 2023

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The WORLD ART AWARDS winners in CATEGORY 49. SCULPTURE -REPRESENTATIONAL live in TURKEY, CANADA, USA, CHINA, NIGERIA, SERBIA, SYRIA, GERMANY & AUSTRIA.

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: Cengiz Eren (b. 1984) is a composer and a wood sculptor whose interests cover areas such surrealism, mysticism, psychoacoustics, electroacoustic music and Turkish folk music, to name just a few. As a composer, he has had the opportunity to work with renowned soloists and ensembles throughout the world, such as Garth Knox, Juliet Fraser, Ensemble Schallfeld, Meitar Ensemble, Ensemble Modern, and as a wood sculptor there have been a number of occasions in which his works were displayed in installation projects, accompanied with his own music. https://www.hakkicengizerencomposer.com/

ART COLLECTORS — CONTACT THE WINNERS HERE:

CATEGORY 49. SCULPTURE — REPRESENTATIONAL

1ST PLACE HAKKI CENGIZ EREN TURKEY https://www.hakkicengizerencomposer.com/ ‘’The Unlucky Ones I’’ 42x33cm Hand carved on basswood.

2ND PLACE — TIE BLAKE WARD CANADA www.BlakeWard.com “A Fragment / Butterfly” 47x35x34cm Bronze.

2ND PLACE — TIE ANDREA PAOLINO USA https://www.studiopaolino.com/ “Lui Ed Ella” 19x27x8" Bronze.

3RD PLACE — TIE LIU JIE CHINA “Portrait Of An Old Friend” 68x35x35cm Bronze sculpture.

3RD PLACE — TIE SHAWN MCAVOY USA http://smcavoy.com/ “Against The Wind” 23x13x14" Bronze.

4TH PLACE — TIE LOLLIE ORTIZ USA www.lollieortizartgallery.com “Night City” 20x18x20" Assorted blue, black & clear acrylic cubes on checkerboard black & metallic wood base design.

4TH PLACE — TIE FEMI OLAJIRE AKANDE USA/NIGERIA “I Offer You My Life” 72x24" Ceramic sculpture.

4TH PLACE — TIEIGOR ŠETER SERBIA www.art-igor.com “Greyhound 2022” 130x82X32cm Stone-resin.

4ND PLACE — TIE SUZANN EL-ABBOUD SYRIA/GERMANY “Sculpture” 116x38x70cm Polyester.

5TH PLACE — TIE ASHLEY PAK USA “Dream Of Icarus” 26x42x12” Mixed media.

5TH PLACE — TIE TATIANA LEIMKUELLER AUSTRIA http://mysculpture.tilda.ws/ “Transparent Portrait With Burning Candle Inside” 20x35x20cm Epoxy resin transparent, foam, wax.

6TH PLACE — TIE LOLLIE ORTIZ USA www.lollieortizartgallery.com “Emerald City” 20x20” Stand Alone Acrylic plastic, metal, gemstone & wood.

6TH PLACE — TIE LI XIAOLIN CHINA “Arabian Horse-Whinnied” 40x13.5x50cm Bronze.

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.