World’s Best Erotic-Male Artists: SHOU, SAFAR, BOLEN, YATES, KOPENHAFER, DESKA, FILICHKIN, GEEAWAN & CJAY / 2024 Art Collectors Choice Awards

Thom Bierdz
5 min readMar 29, 2024

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 10. EROTIC — MALE represent USA, FRANCE, JAPAN, UK, POLAND, NIGERIA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO.

WINNER WEBSITES: CATEGORY 10. EROTIC — MALE

1st Place KOU SHOU USA https://koushouart.wordpress.com “Presence” 19x27” Pastel on paper.

2nd Place — Tie MATHIEU SAFAR FRANCE Digital art. https://www.artmajeur.com/mathieu-safar “Sandstorm — Malek” 76x134cm

2nd Place — Tie TERESA BOLEN JAPAN https://teresabolen.com “Come Join Me” 11.7x16.5" Graphite pencil on paper.

3rd Place — Tie TIMOTHY YATES UK www.timofengland.co.uk “Craig” 40x50cm Ink fine liner & graphite pencil on paper.

3rd Place — Tie CINDY KOPENHAFER USA Sanguine chalk on paper. https://www.cindykopenhafer.com “Male Study” 28x20”

3rd Place — Tie PAWEŁ DESKA POLAND “Collage” 100x70cm Photos on paper.

4th Place MATHIEU SAFAR FRANCE https://www.artmajeur.com/mathieu-safar “Cyberdream — Merak” 83x121cm Digital art.

5th Place — Tie TANYA FILICHKIN USA https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-tanya-filichkin.html “Misty Blue And The Lilic Too — Jimi Hendrix” 22x28” Acrylic on canvas.

5th Place — Tie HAYDEN GEEAWAN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO “Elvis” 30x40" Acrylic on canvas.

6th Place — Tie KENNETH CJAY NIGERIA 36x48” Charcoal, pastel. https://www.instagram.com/cjays_art/?hl=en “If They Only Knew 2”

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

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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.