World’s Best Abstracts: PILAITIE, TOUARASS, KOTOS, BRUZGULIENE, PESIC GROZDANOV, JEFFERY, KEVICH, WINFIELD, ATTILI, GOTZENS, COLEZ/ 2022 AMERICAN ART AWARDS Winners

Thom Bierdz
5 min readSep 24, 2022

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20 of USA’s Best Galleries & Museums vote in the AMERICAN ART AWARDS, arguably the most prestigious online art competition. In 2022, painters, sketchers, digital artists, photographers and sculptors from 69 countries submitted JPEGs for the 50 categories — to win gallery affiliation, career launch, high scores, great press and/or $5,000 in prizes.

Here are the winners in CATEGORY 6, ABSTRACT.

CONTACTS — — — — — CATEGORY 6. ABSTRACT

1ST PLACE VILMA PILAITIE NE LITHUANIA vilmantina@yahoo.com
“Green Gold” 27.5x27.5” Acrylic on cardboard (no pearls).

2ND PLACE HICHAM TOUARASS MOROCCO www.touarassart.com “Inspiration” 150x100cm Acrylic on canvas.

3RD PLACE — TIE HICHAM TOUARASS MOROCCO www.touarassart.com “Freedom” 100x100cm Acrylic on canvas.

3RD PLACE — TIE JOHN KOTOS USA https://jtkpaints.com/ “Equation II” 30x40” Acrylic, scraper, canvas.

3RD PLACE — TIE DEIMANTE BRUZGULIENE UK http://www.dbartist.co.uk “Jellyfish” 30x20” Fluid acrylic on canvas.

4TH PLACE — TIE DIVNA PESIC GROZDANOV MACEDONIA www.divnapesic.com “Rebellion” 40x30” Oil on canvas.

4TH PLACE — TIE DIVNA PESIC GROZDANOV MACEDONIA www.divnapesic.com “Path To Success” 24x36” Oil on canvas.

5TH PLACE — TIE MICHAEL JEFFERY AUSTRALIA www.michaeljeffery.com.au “Twin Flames” 100x135cm Acrylic paint skins and spray enamel on canvas.

5TH PLACE — TIE DIVNA PESIC GROZDANOV MACEDONIA www.divnapesic.com “Battle Against Evil” 40x30” Oil on canvas.

5TH PLACE — TIE ANASTACIA KEVICH RUSSIA https://linktr.ee/kevich “Newham” 20x20cm Acrylic on canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE HILARY WINFIELD USA www.hilarywinfield.com “Liquid Energy 35” 24x24″ Acrylic on canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE MANJU ATTILI USA www.manjuattili.com
“Roses” 36×48″ Acrylic on canvas.

6DETLEF GOTZENS CANADA www.degoarts.com “After Easter Excavations” 68x54” Acrylic, charcoal, marker, oil, spray paint, canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE AVADKA COLEZ USA www.avadkacolez.com “Volcano” 55x55” Acrylic on canvas.

More winners from USA because more entered from USA.

100 ARTICLES on the 50 CATEGORIES of the 2022 AMERICAN ART AWARDS WINNING ARTISTS will be here: https://www.americanartawards.com/2022-press-on-artists/

COLLECTORS wanting to acquire these pieces or contact the artists can get direct links here: https://www.americanartawards.com/2022-winning-artists/

This is the 14th anniversary for the American Art Awards organization which selects the 20 Best Galleries and Museums each May, who decide the world’s best artists in Autumn.

American Art Awards 20 Best Galleries & Museums for 2022, in alphabetical order of state, who were asked to vote on art submissions:

BEST IN ARIZONA — Exposures International Gallery Of Fine Art

BEST IN ARKANSAS — Fort Smith Regional Art Museum

BEST IN CALIFORNIA — Exclusive Collections Galleries

BEST IN COLORADO — Mirada Fine Art

BEST IN DELAWARE — The Delaware Contemporary

BEST IN FLORIDA — MAC Art Galleries

BEST IN GEORGIA — Westobou Gallery

BEST IN HAWAII — Sunshine Arts

BEST IN INDIANA — Lubeznik Center for the Arts

BEST IN LOUISIANA — Arthur Roger Gallery

BEST IN MICHIGAN — LaFontsee Galleries

BEST IN MISSOURI — Hilliard Gallery

BEST IN NEBRASKA — Kiechel Fine Art

BEST IN NEW HAMPSHIRE — Rochester Museum of Fine Arts

BEST IN NEW MEXICO — Blue Rain Gallery

BEST IN NEW YORK — Center for Exploratory & Perceptual Arts

BEST IN OREGON — Bronze Coast Gallery

BEST IN SOUTH CAROLINA — Mary Martin Galleries Of Fine Art

BEST IN SOUTH DAKOTA — South Dakota Art Museum

BEST IN WEST VIRGINIA — West Virginia State Museum

Among other criteria, gallery & museum selections are based on years established, industry reputation, online interest, location, size, socially relevant exhibits, motivational and educational programs, represented artists as well as artist, client and visitor references.

Enter here: https://www.americanartawards.com/register-to-enter-3/

or get a gallery to rate and price your work: https://www.americanartawards.com/gallery-ratings/

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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.