World’s Best Digital Artists: POWELL, GLANDARIUS, MOCKE, VARDARO, KARAMPALASIS, BYARD, VIRWANI, KIM, MURPHY, LAVENDAR, LI / 2022 AMERICAN ART AWARDS Winners
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 47, DIGITAL — REPRESENTATIONAL
1st Place Bio: GARRULUS GLANDARIUS
I have been painting and drawing since my childhood, but the materials have changed over the years: Paints, brushes, paper and canvases have given way to a camera and numerous image editing and rendering programs. With a variety of different digital working techniques and with great attention to detail, I create surrealistic fantasy worlds from my own photographs, digital painting and self-created renderings of 3D fractals. Documenting reality in all its facets has never been my goal, because reality already exists. Instead, I would like to supplement and enrich it with new and unimagined dimensions. Since 2018 I have been working as a freelance artist and designer. Since then I have published numerous calendars and puzzles at “Calvendo Verlag”, as well as some small picture books at the self- publisher “BoD”. In addition, in the same year I started to offer my pictures for sale on various marketplaces on the internet and since 2021 I also run my own online shop.
Exhibitions:
2019 Virtual Exhibition “Birds, Critters and Fractals”
2022 Art Nou Milleni Gallery Barcelona “I love Italy”
2022 Video Exhibition 59. Biennale Venice “HIPNOS tra sogno e realtà“
2022 Swiss Art Expo Zürich ARTBOX.PROJECTS
and in October 2022 ARTBOX.PROJECT Palma in Spain
1st Place Bio: PETER POWELL
My name is Peter Powell, 74, retired graphic designer living in South Australia ,for many years have created works of art in my favourite medium digital art I use to use oils and water colour but age has taken its toll so the computer has been my main source of expression. The piece I submitted called “life is a chess game” was in reaction to the many race difficulties the world is experiencing over the past few years with certain groups acting like clowns and others exhibiting forced respectability, time will heal all wounds with the peace dove healing the process and showing the way. I have Parkinson’s so life has its challenges but the two passions I have Art and music will sustain me till the end, hope you like my work and look forward to hearing from you love to you all.
CONTACTS — — — — — CATEGORY 47. DIGITAL ART / REPRESENTATIONAL
1ST PLACE — TIE PETER POWELL AUSTRALIA Dadagrafik@outlook.com “Life Is A Chess Game” Digital.
1ST PLACE — TIE GARRULUS GLANDARIUS GERMANY www.garrulus-glandarius.de “Brainstorming” 24x36” Digital print on canvas.
2ND PLACE — TIE DAWIE MOCKE SOUTH AFRICA www.facebook.com/dawiesouthafrica “Elders 2” Digital painting.
2ND PLACE — TIE JESSE VARDARO USA Jessevardaro_art@instagram.com “Downward Spiral” 12x18” Digital.
2ND PLACE — TIE SAVVAS KARAMPALASIS GREECE https://www.artstation.com/savvas_karampalasis “Parallax Reality Portal” Digital art.
3RD PLACE — TIE MICHAEL BYARD UK byardmusic@btinternet.com “Icons” Digital.
3RD PLACE — TIE VIBHAS VIRWANI INDIA www.vibhasvirwani.com “Dr. Thought And His Music-Therapy Clinic” 18x31″ Digital painting / Adobe Photoshop & Wacom Bamboo pen tablet.
4TH PLACE — TIE MICHAEL KIM USA artistbonkoo@gmail.com “Life and Death” Digital art.
4TH PLACE — TIE EARLE MURPHY III USA http://earle-murphy.pixels.com “Bye Bye World” Various sizes available. Digital art.
5TH PLACE DIAMANTE LAVENDAR USA http://www.diamante-lavendar.pixels.com “Lucidity” Various sizes available Mixed media digital art.
6TH PLACE — TIE KATE KIM USA kimkated4@gmail.com “Global Warming” 12x18” Photoshop.
6TH PLACE — TIE JIAJING LI CHINA shellyliapply@gmail.com “Sensation” 1000x2000px Pencil and digital collage.
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/
