World’s Best Abstract Digital Artists Named By America’s 25 Best Galleries: BARULINS, STECKER, CORRADO, HENRIKSSON, LAVENDAR, BALAN, KUINDZHI & MASLOVA / 2021 AMERICAN ART AWARDS

6 min readOct 4, 2021

Each May the American Art Awards organization selects the 25 Best Galleries and Museums in America, then in autumn these revered art institutions vote on online art to decide the world’s best contemporary artists.

The 25 Best GALLERIES + MUSEUMS In America, 2021 — American Art AwardsAmerican Art Awards

The AAA board chooses only one gallery or museum per state per year. Among other criteria, selections are based on…

www.americanartawards.com

America’s Best Galleries & Museums scored almost 2,000 works in 50 categories from 64 countries.

Winners in Category 48 are from LATVIA, USA, ITALY, SWEDEN & RUSSIA.

BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER: Igors Barulins. Born in 1959 in Latvia, he lives and works in its capital city — Riga. He began to practice photography at the age of ten and later received a five-year academic education.

Igors Barulins has collected his experience for decades as an independent artist, as well as professional photographer in publishing and advertising businesses.

Following his vision in traditional photography, he has experimented with different technical and technological approach of creating photos as a piece of art. As the result — several of exhibitions in Riga, Moscow, and London. His works are proudly presented by some private collectors worldwide.

An indefatigable passion for further diversity, as well as the digitalization of photography, led Igor to use the possibilities of computer processing. New chapter with almost endless possibilities of artistic creativity has started.

Huge creative variety of works is demonstrating the wide range of Igor’s taste and artist maturity. An acknowledgment of his artistic level is reflected in multiple winning of American Art Awards in different categories in 2018–2021. www.barulins.art

ARTIST CONTACTS FOR ART COLLECTORS:

Category 48. DIGITAL ART — NON-REPRESENTATIONAL

1st Place IGORS BARULINS LATVIA www.barulins.art “Prevision” 80x107cm Digital.

2nd Place-Tie ALAN STECKER USA www.alanstecker.artspan.com “Roman Soldiers” 24x36" Digital painting, 12 ink inkjet print on canvas.

2nd Place-Tie VINCENZO CORRADO ITALY vinnycorry@gmail.com
“Radio Source” 10863x10863px Digital.

3rd Place-Tie IGORS BARULINS LATVIA www.barulins.art “Harley Quinn” 90x114cm Digital photography.

3rd Place-Tie MARGARITA HENRIKSSON SWEDEN www.infinityofart.com “Speed -1” Size any. Digital art, mixed media.

4th Place DIAMANTE LAVENDAR USA www.diamante-lavendar.pixels.com “Evening Reflections” Various sizes available. Mixed media digital art.

5th Place-Tie LEE BALAN USA www.leebalanarts.wixsite.com/mysite “Color Abstract” 16x24” Digital art printed on metal.

5th Place-Tie IVAN KUINDZHI RUSSIA https://kuindji.com “Look Out Down Below" 37x27cm Digital print.

5th Place-Tie DIAMANTE LAVENDAR USA www.diamante-lavendar.pixels.com “Cosmic Daisies” Various sizes available. Mixed media digital art.

6th Place-Tie ALAN STECKER USA www.alanstecker.artspan.com “Bubble” 24x36" Digital painting, 12 ink inkjet print on canvas.

6th Place-Tie YULIIA MASLOVA RUSSIA albapistris@gmail.com
“My Blue” 101x56cm Digital art.

6th Place-Tie COOLBYRON KEENER USA coolbyrondesigner@yahoo.com “Aerial Horizon 2021” 60x30” Latex, encausto, pigment, acrylic, digital, canvas.

Click below to see the relaxing hour-long movie revealing 2021’s hundreds of winning artworks:

Artworks from 59 countries won among the 50 categories: paintings, drawings, photography, digital and sculpture. (Americans won more because Americans entered more since the competition is better known here.)

Number of winners per country: Argentina 1, Australia 12, Belarus 2, Belgium 2, Brazil 3, Bulgaria 2, Canada 30, China 85, Croatia 2, Cyprus 1, Denmark 2, England 2, Finland 1, France 7, Georgia 3, Germany 18, Ghana 1, Greece 3, Hungary 2, Japan 1, India 10, Iran 1, Ireland 1, Israel 1, Italy 14, Kazakhstan 1, Kuwait 2, Latvia 6, Lithuania 27, Macedonia 5, Malaysia 2, Mexico 2, Moldova 1, Morocco 1, Netherlands 3, New Zealand 1, Nigeria 8, Norway 1, Oman 1, Pakistan 1, Philippines 5, Poland 8, Republic Of Korea 12, Romania 2, Russia 45, Serbia 1, South Africa 8, Spain 11, Sweden 3, Taiwan 7, Thailand 1, Turkey 3, Uganda 1, UK 10, Ukraine 5, USA 264, Uzbekistan 1, Zambia 1, Zimbabwe 2.