World’s Best Contemporary Acrylic Paintings: HAN, MU, USAI, PRUYS, IRWIN, HALEY, MACGILLIVRAY, GROCHOLSKA-JANCZRA/ 2022 AMERICAN ART AWARDS Winners

Thom Bierdz
5 min readSep 23, 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 2, ACRYLIC — FIGURE.

1st Place Bio: Shuai Han

Graduated from the Art Department of East China Normal University in 1993. From 1994 to 2000 served as creative director of Guangdong Apollo Advertising Company. Founded and operated Polish Design Studio from 2001 to 2009. Began working as a freelance artist in 2010.

My works are collected by the U.S. Consulate General in China, U.S., U.K., Taiwan, China and other institutions and individuals. I have been a member of the Portrait Society of America since 2017. I’ve been painting for 12 years.

Website https://www.clatia.com/artist/index/225-1

CONTACTS — — — — — CATEGORY 2. ACRYLIC / FIGURE

1ST PLACE HAN SHUAI CHINA polish998@126.com “Waitting Wind” 180x120cm Acrylic on linen.

2ND PLACE — TIE HAN SHUAI CHINA polish998@126.com “Flower Language” 180x120cm Acrylic on linen.

2ND PLACE — TIE LIBING MU CHINA 932087574@qq.com “Formerly” 50x50cm Acrylic on board.

3RD PLACE — TIE RAFFAELLA USAI ITALY www.raffaellausai.com “Shodai Soke Adriano Busa” 50x75cm Acrylic on canvas.

3RD PLACE — TIE RAFFAELLA USAI ITALY www.raffaellausai.com “Exploring The Surface Of The Abyss” 70x50cm Acrylic on canvas.

3RD PLACE — TIE RAFFAELLA USAI ITALY www.raffaellausai.com “Indian beauty” 50x70cm Acrylic on canvas.

4TH PLACE — TIE CHER PRUYS CANADA www.artbycher.ca “In Retrospect” 12x8” Acrylic on 300lb hot press paper.

4TH PLACE — TIE LINDA IRWIN CANADA www.lindairwinartist.com “Wild Heart” 14x11” Acrylic on board.

5TH PLACE — TIE DAVID HALEY USA https://www.facebook.com/DavidHaley.Art/ “Thirst For Freedom” 25x36” Acrylic on canvas.

5TH PLACE — TIE SANDRA MACGILLIVRAY CANADA semacgillivray@gmail.com “The Catch Of The Day” 30x48” Acrylic

6TH PLACE JOLANTA GROCHOLSKA-JANCZRA POLAND jolantagrocholska1@wp.pl “Spring” 60x80cm 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.