World’s Best Art Brut: ONAH, CHASOV, KAPLAN, VEGA, WU-PENG, OH, SCHMALZ, TOKHTAMAN VALETOVA & PROMINSKA / 2024 WORLD ART AWARDS

Thom Bierdz
5 min readJun 26, 2024

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Artists from 61 countries competed in the 2024 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. The 300+ winning works, 1st to 6th Place (and ties) in all 50 categories, will be revealed in this column one category at a time, and also an upcoming movie.

The WINNERS in CATEGORY 8. ART BRUT and or TORMENT represent
NIGERIA, RUSSIA, GERMANY, USA, TAIWAN & POLAND.

ART COLLECTORS — CONTACT THE WINNERS HERE: CATEGORY 8. ART BRUT and or TORMENT

1st Place AUSTIN ONAH NIGERIA austinonah93@gmail.com 24x36” “No Stranger To Grief” Charcoal, graphite, coffee, cardboard, glaze.

2nd Place — Tie YOURI CHASOV RUSSIA chasoffart@gmail.com “Cry-10c” 36x28cm Paper, digital painting.

2nd Place — Tie RUDOLF KAPLAN GERMANY contact@studio-beverast.de “680 — Detonation!” 40x40cm Oil.

3rd Place — Tie MERCEDES VEGA USA https://mercedesvega327.wixsite.com/mercedes-vega/blank-1 “Untitled 6” Digital(Procreate).

3rd Place — Tie RUDOLF KAPLAN GERMANY contact@studio-beverast.de “532 — Die Flucht / Getaway” 40x50cm Oil.

4th Place — Tie HUANG WU-PENG TAIWAN edwin921027@gmail.com “Di-656” 165x156cm Ink and acrylic on hemp paper.

4th Place — Tie RYAN OH USA ryannoooo11@gmail.com “Pressured” 12x8” Digital art.

5th Place — Tie SARAH SCHMALZ USA sschmalz300398@nsula.edu “Dark Night Of The Soul” 20x16" Acrylic on canvas.

5th Place — Tie HUANG WU-PENG TAIWAN edwin921027@gmail.com “Di-662” 156x155cm Ink and acrylic on hemp paper.

6th Place — Tie NINA TOKHTAMAN VALETOVA USA https://www.artvaletova.com “Evil Holyday” 87x65cm Oil on canvas.

6th Place — Tie MARTA PROMINSKA POLAND www.martaprominska.com “Bride” 40x80cm Oil on canvas.

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

In 2024, WORLD ART AWARDS had submissions from these 61 countries: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Denmark, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, UK, Ukraine, USA, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia.

The World Art Awards 20 Best Galleries & Museums for 2024 who were asked to score art: (in alphabetical order by country):

Best in Australia: Bungendore Wood Works Gallery

Best in Chile: Isabel Aninat Gallery

Best in Columbia: Beatriz Esguerra Art

Best in Czech Republic: Knupp Gallery

Best in Georgia: UGallery

Best in Israel: Corridor Contemporary

Best in Japan: Nanzuka Underground

Best in Latvia: Galerija Romas Darzs

Best in Malaysia: Gallery des Artistes / Gallery@Tropicana

Best in Morocco: Comptoir des Mines Galerie

Best in Myanmar: New Treasure Art Gallery

Best in Portugal: Underdogs

Best in Taiwan: 1839 Contemporary Gallery

Best in United Kingdom: Miart Gallery London

Best in USA / Alabama: Alabama Contemporary Art Center

Best in USA / Arizona: Exposures International Gallery Of Fine Art

Best in USA / Iowa: Moberg Gallery

Best in USA / Nebraska: Kiechel Fine Art

Best in USA / South Dakota: South Dakota Art Museum

Best in USA / Utah: Ogden Contemporary Arts

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Thom Bierdz
Thom Bierdz

Written by 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.

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