WORLD ART AWARDS Winners In Surrealism: STAVEC LEÓN, LIU, YU, KRINER, GLANDARIUS, WOLF, PURUSHOTHAMAN, PESIC GROZDANOV, MOORE & LEE

6 min readJun 29, 2023

The WORLD ART AWARDS winners in CATEGORY 40: SURREALISM live in USA, CHILE, CHINA, GERMANY, POLAND, INDIA & MACEDONIA.

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: JOE STAVEC

Joe Stavec is an American born in 1957. He paints images in oils and sumi inks. Joe’s artistic influences include Rene’ Magritte, Odilon Redon, Max Ernst, Salvador Dali and Charles Burchfield. He takes inspiration from many things, not least of which is the written word. Authors such as Neil Gaiman and Jorge Luis Borges put him in a mindset to create images of a world that exists just behind the veil of what we perceive as our reality. World mythology is also a rich source of inspiration with its tales of fantastic creatures and heroic deeds. Joe paints in the traditional manner, with underpaintings and color glazes. He blends realistic settings with the unusual and unexpected like the flash memory of a dream or a place once visited but forgotten. Joe’s latest works are smaller in size which has enabled him to explore more images from his mind.

Joe is a 1980 graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Arts, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Lithography. He works daily in his studio with Sherlock, an African Grey parrot, at his side. Joe plays the electric bass (jazz & fusion & funk) and is a comic book reader and collector. He studied the martial art of Goshin Ju Jutsu, achieving the rank of San Dan, third degree black belt. Joe resides at Stavec Park in Walton Hills, Ohio, USA with his wife, Stephanie and lots of critters. https://saatchiart.com/joestavec

ART COLLECTORS — CONTACT THE WINNERS HERE:

CATEGORY 40. SURREALISM

1ST PLACE JOE STAVEC USA https://saatchiart.com/joestavec “The Departure” 48x48” Oil on canvas.

2ND PLACE — TIE LUCAS LEÓN CHILE www.lucasleon.art “Before Judgement” 70x50cm Graphite on paper & digital colors.

2ND PLACE — TIE KAYLEE LIU USA “Ocean City” 18x20” Acrylic on canvas.

3RD PLACE — TIE SHU YU CHINA https://www.instagram.com/d7_element/ “Lying Flat” 210x150cm Mixed media on canvas.

3RD PLACE — TIE EDUARD KRINER USA https://www.instagram.com/ed2edit/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= “The Game” Digital image.

4TH PLACE — TIE GARRULUS GLANDARIUS GERMANY www.garrulus-glandarius.de “Valentines Trip” 61x91cm Digital work. Giclée print on paper.

4TH PLACE — TIE MAJA WOLF POLAND www.majawolf.pl “Interrupted Sleep” 50x70cm Oil on canvas.

4TH PLACE — TIE CHAITALI.V. PURUSHOTHAMAN INDIA https://linktr.ee/11TimeWorldAwardee.vastu.astro “Shades Of Life Through Music High Frequency Vastu Positive Energizer Painting Created During Powerful Brahma Muhurta 3.30 To 5.30 AM” 24x24” Acrylic on canvas.

5TH PLACE DIVNA PESIC GROZDANOV MACEDONIA www.divnapesic.com 130x160cm “Finding The Right Move” Oil on canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE MASTERPIECE SUSAN MOORE USA https://www.foreverendeavor.us/ “Bowl Of Cherries” 30x40" Acrylic on canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE JOE STAVEC USA https://saatchiart.com/joestavec “The Die Was Cast” 12x12” Oil on panel.

6TH PLACE — TIE ANGELA LEE USA “Strange Encounter” 18x24” Acrylic on gesso board.

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.