World’s Best Figure Expressionists: MACGILLIVRAY, WALLACE, KRONE, KRASTEV, MOCKE, LYNN, HA, PAK, YU, KIM, NAMGUNG / 2022 AMERICAN ART AWARDS Winners

Thom Bierdz
4 min readSep 25, 2022

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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 12, EXPRESSIONISM — FIGURE.

CONTACTS — — — — —CATEGORY 12. EXPRESSIONISM / FIGURE

1ST PLACE SANDRA MACGILLIVRAY CANADA semacgillivray@gmail.com“Anne Under Cover” 24x36” Acrylic.

2ND PLACE — TIE LISA WALLACE NEW ZEALAND https://www.contempoconceptart.com/ “Liberté” 62x76cm Oil on canvas with gold leaf.

2ND PLACE — TIE AARON KRONE USA https://kroneaaron.wixsite.com/aaronkrone “Emotion” 27x22” Graphite and charcoal on paper.

2ND PLACE — TIE SIMEON KRASTEV BULGARIA artmoni@abv.bg “Full Synchron” 50x70cm Oil on canvas.

3RD PLACE DAWIE MOCKE SOUTH AFRICA www.facebook.com/dawiesouthafrica “Eyes Without a Face” Digital painting.

4TH PLACE — TIE LINZI LYNN USA/UK www.linzilynn.com “The Escape” 48x60" Acrylic on canvas.

4TH PLACE — TIE ELIZABETH HA USA iamombreblue@gmail.com “Trapped In Time” 19x24" Acrylic on watercolor paper.

5TH PLACE — TIE ASHLEY PAK USA artistbonkoo@gmail.com “Two Worlds” 24x18” Color pencil, acrylic, and pete plastic on paper.

5TH PLACE — TIE SHU YU CHINA rambow3d@163.com “Parallel Universe” 210x150cm Digital painting, giclee print.

5TH PLACE — TIE LISA WALLACE NEW ZEALAND https://www.contempoconceptart.com/ “Fragrance Of Arcadia” 76x76cm Oil in canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE ISABELLE KIM USA isabellekim0525@icloud.com “Sometimes Life Is A Beautiful Thing” 24x13" Acrylic, paper, board.

6TH PLACE — TIE JEONG-WON NAMGUNG USA mjhong925@gmail.com “Illuminating The Dark” 14x17" Acrylic on paper.

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
Thom Bierdz

Written by 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.

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