WORLD ART AWARDS Winners In Self-Portrait: PARAMESWARAN, WOLF, DUTEMPS, DEGROAT, LEE, KIM, WU, SCHAEFER, SIMOV, PAK & URAKOV

6 min readJun 29, 2023

The WORLD ART AWARDS winners in CATEGORY 39: SELF-PORTRAIT live in INDIA, USA, FRANCE, BULGARIA & UZBEKISTAN.

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: RAJASEKHARAN PARAMESWARAN

Rajasekharan is holding two individual Guinness World Records.

“The Guinness World Records ‘LARGEST EASEL’ was made by Rajasekharan — Parameswaran. It is 56.5 ft tall and 31 ft wide and holds the painting of EMS of size 50 ft width and 25 ft height and was measured on 19thApril 2008.”

“The Guinness World Records ‘LARGEST DEVIL’S KNOT (EDAKOODAM)’ measured with each piece of the puzzle 7.30 m long, 0.60 m wide and 0.60 m high, and was achieved by Rajasekharan Parameswaran, at the Raviz, Kollam, Kerala, India on 27 December 2017. This is the second successful attempt at setting this record.”

Born in Vilavancode Taluk in Kanyakumari, Rajasekharan is a self-taught artist with many accolades for his work. Inspired by the works of Peter Paul Rubens and Rambrant, he started recreating his own world of realist portraits. His portraits of the celebrities are highly praised and features in many celebrated private collections now. www.rajasekharan.in

BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER: SHANE WOLF

Shane Wolf is a direct heir of the Italian Renaissance: the
representation of the human body in all its realism and glory.

There is something magical that gives life and such striking resemblance
to Shane’s works of art: they no longer appear to be just a simple
representation, but part of a unique reality placed within our grasp.
This realism is epitomized by the fact that Shane only works from live
models — a millennia-long tradition that has become very rare amongst
contemporary artists.

In his own words, “Working from Life should be priority number one.
Everything else flows from there.” www.Shane-Wolf.com

ART COLLECTORS — CONTACT THE WINNERS HERE:

CATEGORY 39. SELF-PORTRAIT

1ST PLACE — TIE RAJASEKHARAN PARAMESWARAN INDIA www.rajasekharan.in “Self Portrait” 24x36" Oil on canvas.

1ST PLACE — TIE SHANE WOLF USA www.Shane-Wolf.com “Miletus” 126x94cm Oil on canvas.

2ND PLACE MATHIEU DUTEMPS FRANCE “New Day” 72x55cm Graphite & charcoal pencil on paper.

3RD PLACE — TIE GREGORY DEGROAT USA https://www.degroatartanddesign.com/ “Self Portrait” 12x16" Watercolor on paper.

3RD PLACE — TIE ANGELA LEE USA “Self-Portrait” 18x24” Acrylic on canvas.

3RD PLACE — TIE ALLYSON KIM USA “Self-Diagnosis” 16x20” Oil on canvas.

4TH PLACE RACHELLE WU USA “All Eyes On Me” 20x40” Oil on canvas.

5TH PLACE — TIE CARMEN SCHAEFER USA www.carmenschaeferart.com 32x24" “Self Portrait In Studio” Graphite on paper.

5TH PLACE — TIE ALEKSANDAR LYUBOMIROV SIMOV BULGARIA https://simovarch.wixsite.com/mysite “In Search Of The Lost Notes” 38x46cm Acrylic on canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE ASHLEY PAK USA “Self-Portrait” 30x20” Charcoal and acrylic on illustration board.

6TH PLACE — TIE BAKHTIYAR URAKOV UZBEKISTAN https://nikolaurakov592.wixsite.com/artnikk “Self-Portrait” 70x60cm Oil on canvas.

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

2023 Winning Artists WORLD ART AWARDS — World Art Awards & American Art Awards

ART COLLECTORS, SEE 2023 WORLD ART AWARDS WINNING IMAGES & CONTACTS: Categories 1–10 Categories 11–20 Categories 21–30…

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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.