World’s Best Art Brut/Torment Artists: HALEY, KUKOVEROV, KUPERMAN, OWCZAREK, ZUBAIR, SALENGA, MATIAS, VITUZ, TIRED & PENG/ 2024 Art Collectors Choice Awards
Artists from 62 countries competed in the 2024 ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS. 20 international art collectors scored 50 categories of online images covering drawing, painting, sculpture, digital and photography.
The winning works will be revealed in this column one category at a time.
The ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS winners in CATEGORY 8. ART BRUT and or TORMENT represents USA, RUSSIA, POLAND, NIGERIA, PHILIPPINES, NORWAY, PARAGUAY & TAIWAN.
BIO ON 1ST PLACE WINNER: DAVID HALEY
Haley is a self-taught artist who became interested in art when, as a child, his mother gave him a paint-by-number set. He has worked as a healthcare executive all his life and is presently retired. It was at this stage in life, when he had abundant available time, that he started his art career with earnest. His outlook on life and his artistic creations have undoubtedly been influenced by a career of working in hospitals and hospice, with many experiences surrounding end-of-life care. His works have been exhibited at the South Bend Indiana Art Museum, the Walter Reed National Medical Center, a regional gallery in Plymouth, Indiana, the Parkland, Florida Library, and a pop-up gallery in the Chicago area. He has won numerous awards in national and international juried art competitions. His paintings are part of many private collections across the United States. www.facebook.com/DavidHaley.Art/
WINNER WEBSITES: CATEGORY 8. ART BRUT and or TORMENT
1st Place DAVID HALEY USA www.facebook.com/DavidHaley.Art/ “After The Storm” 18x24” Acrylic on canvas.
2nd Place ALEXANDER KUKOVEROV RUSSIA Oil on canvas. https://www.instagram.com/mr.kukss/ “Emotion, Horror” 90x80cm
3rd Place — Tie EUGENE KUPERMAN USA http://www.kuperart.com “Rwanda” 30x40” Oil on linen.
3rd Place — Tie LUKASZ OWCZAREK POLAND https://www.instagram.com/zletorobisz/ “WTF#S” 61x91” Oil on board.
4th Place — Tie ISMAIL ZUBAIR NIGERIA “Defender” 120x150cm Acrylic and newsprint on canvas.
4th Place — Tie EMERLITO SALENGA PHILIPPINES Acrylic on canvas. https://www.instagram.com/elsalenga/?hl=en “Nemesis” 18x24”
5th Place — Tie ALEXANDER KUKOVEROV RUSSIA https://www.instagram.com/mr.kukss/ “Fear” 90x80cm Oil on canvas.
5th Place — Tie SANTO MATIAS USA www.abstractmynd.com “The Poltergeist” 24x18” Oil on canvas.
5th Place — Tie TELLUS VITUZ NORWAY www.tellusvituz.com “Escape” 200x200cm Spray-paint on polycarbonate.
6th Place — Tie FRANKLY TIRED PARAGUAY Digital Paint. https://www.artmajeur.com/frankly-tired “Delection Coacta” 70x100cm
6th Place — Tie HUANG WU PENG TAIWAN www.facebook.com/Stormingheart.in.the.cityof.DiJun “Di 647” 144x153cm Ink and acrylic on hemp paper.
ART COLLECTORS can see the hundreds of winning images and corresponding contact info to all the artists here::
CATEGORY
In 2024, ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS had submissions from these 62 countries: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Denmark, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tobago, Togo, Trinidad, Turkey, United Arabian Emirates, UK, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
20 international art collectors asked to score art:
Andrew Cameron & Marcus Hamilton — Australia
Jason Stuckless — Toronto, Ontario
Floyd M. Elwell, III — Rancho Mirage, California
Jan Gold — Roseville, California
Michael Gregg Michaud — Los Angeles, California
Judi Evans — Los Angeles, California
Alec Wilder — Los Angeles / Las Vegas / New Orleans
Eddie Dyer — Los Angeles / Las Vegas / New Orleans
Michelle Foglesong Wilson — Las Vegas
Thomas Zora — Las Vegas
Paul Iacono — Chicago
Ron Lundin — Naples, Florida / Chicago, Illinois / Vail, Colorado
Jay H. Brewer — Orlando, Florida
Celeste Miller — St. Petersburg, Florida
Alan McMullen — Fannettsburg, Philadelphia
Brian Townley — Waco, Texas
Blaine L. Richards-Miller — Wichita Falls, Texas
Aimee Unakis — Georgetown, Illinois
Karen Valentine — Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mitchell Antesky — Toledo Ohio
