World’s Best Figure Expressionists: FILICHKIN, KAZAN, CJAY, TOKHTAMAN VALETOVA, MOORE, TŁUCZEK & DINNYÉS / 2024 Art Collectors Choice Awards
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 12. EXPRESSIONISM — HUMAN FIGURE represents USA, LEBANON, NIGERIA, POLAND & HUNGARY.
BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER: Tanya Filichkin is an artist living in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, working in acrylic, oil, pastel and mixed medium. Her portraits, still life, abstracts and landscapes are bold, expressive, colorful, fauvist, contemporary.
“Anything that surrounds me in real life could be a trigger and subject for inspiration. It could be the beauty of nature or human beings, expressed human emotions, everyday events reflected in the news, magazines or books, cinema, music and many — many other things. In my artwork, I strive to reflect the beauty of the surrounding world, a distinct moment in life and time that inspires me. It could be shapes of gorgeous flower petals, serenity of a stunning landscape scene, great music or expression of human emotions. I am trying not to be limited by any particular medium, color scheme or subject — art is a freedom of expression and that is the beauty of doing art. Subject always calls for spontaneous, specific ways of expression based mostly on intuition I trust and follow.”
AWARDS: 22x recipient of the AMERICAN ART AWARDS in different categories during 2015–2023 / 15x recipient of the 2024 ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS
Filichkin’s works were published in the following books:
Inspiration: International Art Book. Contemporary Masters Collection, 2018, London, UK. pp.16–17
The First Berliner Art Book, 2017, Berlin, Germany. pp.30–31
Inspiration: international Art Book. Contemporary Masters Collection, 2017, London, UK, pp.44–45
Inspiration: international Art Book. Contemporary Masters Collection, 2016, London, UK, p.93
https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-tanya-filichkin.html
WINNER WEBSITES: CATEGORY 12. EXPRESSIONISM — HUMAN FIGURE
1st Place TANYA FILICHKIN USA https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-tanya-filichkin.html “Rihanna — Going By The Beat Of Their Own Drums” 18x18” Acrylic on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie RANA KAZAN LEBANON https://www.facebook.com/RanaKazanSaliba?mibextid=ZbWKwL “The Ballerina Freedom Soul” 90x90cm Oil.
2nd Place — Tie KENNETH CJAY NIGERIA Charcoal, pastel, paper. https://www.instagram.com/cjays_art/?hl=en “Men Don’t Cry” 36x48”
3rd Place — Tie NINA TOKHTAMAN VALETOVA USA https://www.artvaletova.com “New Ways” 43x36cm Color pencil, paper.
3rd Place — Tie SUSAN MOORE USA www.foreverendeavor.us “Ethereal” 30x40" Acrylic on canvas.
4th Place TANYA FILICHKIN USA https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-tanya-filichkin.html “Too Hot To Handle — Fashion” 18x18” Acrylic, canvas.
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 WALDEMAR TŁUCZEK POLAND https://www.instagram.com/waldemartluczek_waldzior/ “Three Graces” 80x60cm Pencil, crayon.
5th Place — Tie WALDEMAR TŁUCZEK POLAND https://www.instagram.com/waldemartluczek_waldzior/ “Girl Sleeping In The Beach” 60x40cm Oil on canvas.
6th Place — Tie NINA TOKHTAMAN VALETOVA USA 43x36cm https://www.artvaletova.com “Entangled Fate” Color pencil on paper.
6th Place — Tie ILLÉS DINNYÉS HUNGARY 100x50cm https://www.facebook.com/illes.dinnyes.9 ”Spiral Lady” Acrylic on canvas.
ART COLLECTORS can see the hundreds of winning images and corresponding contact info to all the artists here::
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
