World’s Best Figure Photogs: ACTON, STANULA, BOLGOV, HONICKI, NATOLI, LEE, BOHM, MMAURICE, SONG, DASHA & MARI / 2022 AMERICAN ART AWARDS Winners

Thom Bierdz
5 min readSep 28, 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 42, NONMANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY — FIGURE

1st Place Bio: DAVE ACTON

Art in one fashion or another has always been part of my life and I have worked in many genres and media. Figurative based work has often been my interest. In recent years I have been focused on photography and a range of digital media from pure photographic work to a blend that transitions into various forms of digital painting. I invite those who may be interested to my website. www.acton4art.com. Thank you to all that make such competitions possible so we can all share our art.

CONTACTS — — — — — CATEGORY 42. NONMANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY — FIGURE

1ST PLACE DAVE ACTON CANADA www.acton4photography.com “Nouraa” 1500x1215px Photo.

2ND PLACE — TIE RAFAŁ STANULA POLAND https://www.facebook.com/RafalStanulaArt “Untitled (Photo Of Man I Painted)” 60x40cm Photo.

2ND PLACE — TIE RUSLAN BOLGOV LITHUANIA https://linktr.ee/ruslan_bolgov “Black Mask” Photo.

3RD PLACE — TIE RUSLAN BOLGOV LITHUANIA https://linktr.ee/ruslan_bolgov “Embrio” Photo.

3RD PLACE — TIE STEPHEN HONICKI USA www.stevehphotography.com “Morning Reflections (From The Series, The Book Of James)” 22x30” Archival pigment print.

4TH PLACE — TIE MARIA NATOLI USA www.natolifineart.com “Portrait Of Emily” 8x11” Photo.

4TH PLACE — TIE SIHEON LEE SOUTH KOREA siheonlee2024@gmail.com “Alice Through The Looking Glass” 8x6” Photography.

4TH PLACE — TIE LESLEY BOHM USA lesleybohm.com “BigDaddy-LeBlanc” Photograph.

5TH PLACE — TIE TARAH MMAURICE USA tarah@twobranchmedia.com “Now, Eye See the Vision” Hair braid sculpture. Photo.

5TH PLACE — TIE JOSHUA SONG USA 25songjo@gmail.com “Fictitious Nostalgia” 16x12” Digital Photography.

6TH PLACE — TIE DASHA & MARI UKRAINE https://dashamari.vsble.me “Poetry” 80x80cm Photo, C-Type chromogenic print.

6TH PLACE — TIE JOSHUA SONG USA 25songjo@gmail.com “Enchanted 02” 24x18” Digital Photography.

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.