World’s Best Contemporary Artists Named By America’s 25 Best Galleries: Bechman, Pruys, Galicano, Haotian, Chen & Simoneau Take Cash Prizes / 2021 AMERICAN ART AWARDS
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.
America’s 25 Best Galleries scored almost 2,000 works in 50 categories from 64 countries.
$ 1,000.00 CASH PRIZE BEST OF SHOW. Highest score for one submission. Teddy Bechman, Zambia. “Innocence” 61x87cm Charcoal. teddymshauko08@gmail.com
$ 1,000.00 CASH PRIZE MOST WINS for the artist who entered pieces in many categories and received the most wins. Cher Pruys, Canada. 9 WINS www.artbycher.ca
$ 1,000.00 CASH PRIZE MASTERPIECE for the one piece winning in most categories with most cumulative votes. Romulo Galicano, Philippines. “The Sleeping Model” 35x45" Oil on canvas. www.romulogalicano.com
$ 800.00 CASH PRIZE 2ND HIGHEST SCORE for the piece entered in one category that received the second most gallery votes. Liu Haotian, China. “Sunset In The Afternoon” 89x200cm Oil on canvas. https://mobile.clatia.com//ArtGallery/ArtistIndex/209
$ 700.00 CASH PRIZE 3RD HIGHEST SCORE for the piece entered in one category that received the third most gallery votes. Ziyi Chen, China. “The Temperature Of Memory” 108x68cm Watercolor on paper. 1109018@qq.com
$ 500.00 CASH PRIZE 4TH HIGHEST SCORE for the piece entered in one category that received the fourth most gallery votes. Dan Simoneau, USA. “Time Traveler” 30x40” Acrylic on canvas. www.dsimoneau.com
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.
Click below to see the relaxing hour-long movie revealing 2021’s hundreds of winning artworks:
ART COLLECTORS: all winning images and corresponding contact info of all the artists will soon be uploaded to this page:
This year’s 25 Best Galleries & Museums asked to vote on art were:
BEST IN ARIZONA: Exposures International Gallery of Fine Art
BEST IN CALIFORNIA: Revolver Gallery
BEST IN COLORADO: Mirada Fine Art
BEST IN FLORIDA: Art Fusion Galleries
BEST IN HAWAII: Sunshine Arts
BEST IN ILLINOIS: Trickster Cultural Center
BEST IN IOWA: Moberg Gallery
BEST IN KANSAS: Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery
BEST IN KENTUCKY: E&S Gallery
BEST IN LOUISIANA: Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
BEST IN MASSACHUSETTS: Boston Sculptors Gallery
BEST IN MISSOURI: Hilliard Gallery
BEST IN MONTANA: Dana Gallery
BEST IN NEBRASKA: Kiechel Fine Art
BEST IN NEVADA: Metropolitan Gallery Las Vegas Art Museum
BEST IN NEW JERSEY: Evalyn Dunn Gallery
BEST IN NEW YORK: LIK SOHO
BEST IN NEW MEXICO: GF Contemporary
BEST IN NORTH CAROLINA: The Arts Council of Fayetteville| Cumberland County
BEST IN SOUTH CAROLINA: Mary Martin Galleries Of Fine Art
BEST IN SOUTH DAKOTA: South Dakota Art Museum
BEST IN TENNESSEE: Stanford Fine Art
BEST IN TEXAS: Ao5
BEST IN WASHINGTON: Maryhill Museum of Art
BEST IN WEST VIRGINIA: Parkersburg Art Center
