World’s Best Contemporary Pastel Artists: BROGI, LIBO, QINGSHENG, FABANG, ZHAI, PANIS, TESSITORE, CHANG, CLARK, SCHMIDT, LIANG, CORBETT/ 2022 AMERICAN ART AWARDS Winners

Thom Bierdz
6 min readSep 24, 2022

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 5, PASTEL — FIGURE.

1st Place Bio: RONNIE BROGI was born in Poppi, a town in central Italy. Approaching art only in old age, struck by the great masters of the 17th century, he discovers a talent that makes him capable of expressing himself through the technique of self-taught hyperrealism without masters ..the technique he uses is exclusively that of dry pastel. He has participated and won various competitions, including the Lazio biennial, American Art Awards 1st Place in Pastel/Figure 2021 and 2022, and entered the final at the figurativas 21 of the Meam Museum in Barcelona, ​​etc. .

1st Place Bio: ZHU LIBO

OTHER AWARDS: Wasteyard selected as one of the best exhibits in the Second Customs and Scenery National Oil Painting Exhibition

Drawing•Iaa Award International Achievement Awards 2022 Finalist Award

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:

Parallel.Horizon Chinese Oil Painters with European Peers Exchange Exhibition Paris France

Chinese and Russian Artists Drawing Exchange Exhibition Vladivostok Russia

Drawing.IAA Award International Achievement Awards 2022 Finalist Award

2022 Annual International Representational Exhibition

NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:

The Fifth National Youth Artists Fine Art Works Exhibition

China Art Museum Shanghai

The Ninth National Sports&Fine Art Works Exhibition

Tianjin Art Museum Tianjin

The “Art Phoenix” Oil Painting Exhibition of Contemporary Youth

The National Art Museum of China Beijing

The Second Customs and Scenery National Oil Painting Exhibition

Gangtai Art Museum Shanghai

The 7th Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting and Sculpture in west China

Shaanxi Province Art Museum Xi’an

Visible poems The Second Sketch Oil Painting Exhibition

Guozijian Oil Painting Museum Beijing

COLLECTED:

Wasteyard collected by Gangtai Art Museum

Flower 1 & Flower 2 collected by Shangyuan Art Museum

CONTACTS — — — — — CATEGORY 5. PASTEL / FIGURE

1ST PLACE — TIE RONNIE BROGI ITALY ronniebr79@gmail.com
“In Lumine Video” 70x80cm Dry pastels on cardboard.

1ST PLACE — TIE ZHU LIBO CHINA 1376278976@qq.com
“Portrait Of A Homeless №2” 50x140cm Soft pastel on paper.

2ND PLACE WU QINGSHENG CHINA 1452511788@qq.com
“Scavenger” 36x52cm Soft pastel on paper.

3RD PLACE — TIE PEI FABANG CHINA 1429941749@qq.com
“Old Shepherd” 76x70cm Soft pastel on paper.

3RD PLACE — TIE YANQI ZHAI CHINA www.yqzart.com “Forgotten Angel” 28x40cm Pastel.

4TH PLACE — TIE MARIO PANIS PHILIPPINES https://www.facebook.com/people/Mario-Panis-Visual-Artist/100063618854586/ “Girl By The Window” 25”x19.5″ Pastel on Mi-Teintes paper.

4TH PLACE — TIE SERENA TESSITORE ITALY https://tessitoreserena.wixsite.com/ “The Color Of Memories” 20x30” Soft pastel.

5TH PLACE — TIE YULI CHANG TAIWAN www.yulichang.com “Chubby Hands” 54x39cm Pastel on paper.

5TH PLACE — TIE M CLARK USA fete96@aol.com
“Ridin’ With Russ” 8.5x11” Pastel on paper.

6TH PLACE — TIE SILVIA SCHMIDT GERMANY www.silvia-schmidt-farbreisen.de “Nature” 40x30cm Pastel on paper.

6TH PLACE — TIE HUI-LAN LIANG TAIWAN www.instagram.com/leslie_l_art/ “I Like You” 24x32cm Pastel.

6TH PLACE — TIE ANNETTE CORBETT USA https://www.instagram.com/annette_corbett_art/ “Sweet As Sugar” 10.5x13.5” Pastel.

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.