World’s Best Figure Realists: MOHAMMED, CUERVO, USAI, GRANTFORD, AKOMEZOA, JAMES, COMIA, PRUYS, CHENG, JACOSALEM, PANIS, MIN / 2022 AMERICAN ART AWARDS Winners

Thom Bierdz
5 min readSep 27, 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 34, REALISM — FIGURE.

CONTACTS — — — — —CATEGORY 34. REALISM / HUMAN

1ST PLACE REKAD MOHAMMED ALGERIA https://www.instagram.com/changedman.art.2/ “The Personer” 70x50cm Oil on canvas.

2ND PLACE — TIE LEONARDO CUERVO USA www.leonardocuervo.com “Gladys” 8x10” Oil on panel.

2ND PLACE — TIE RAFFAELLA USAI ITALY www.raffaellausai.com “Shodai SoKe Adriano Busa” 50x75cm Acrylic on canvas.

3RD PLACE — TIE JAQ GRANTFORD AUSTRALIA www.jaqgrantford.com “I See You” 90x70cm Oil on canvas.

3RD PLACE — TIE ANGE JUDICAEL AKOMEZOA CAMEROON angeakomezoa@gmail.com “Burst Of Wellbeing” 22x21” Ballpoint pen on paper.

3RD PLACE — TIE ANGE JUDICAEL AKOMEZOA CAMEROON angeakomezoa@gmail.com “Act Of Love” 18x25” Ballpoint pen on paper.

4TH PLACE — TIE ODEJINMI TAIWO JAMES NIGERIA odejinmitaiwo.1@gmail.com “Son Of The Soil” 19.5x25” Mixed media on needle point paper.

4TH PLACE — TIE JOSEPH JAMES COMIA PHILIPPINES jjc0m1a@gmail.com “Diram Os (Shower)” 12x16” Color pencil, brush pen, liquid eraser, ballpoint pen on chipboard.

5TH PLACE — TIE CHER PRUYS CANADA www.artbycher.ca “Thumbs Up” 16x9.75” Acrylic on 300lb hot press paper.

5TH PLACE — TIE LI CHENG CHINA 842808001@qq.com “Breakfast- Pork Sausage With Eggs” 60x80cm Oil on linen.

5TH PLACE — TIE ARNEL JACOSALEM JR PHILIPPINES Ajmcl08@yahoo.com “Grandma” 48x36” Oil on canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE MARIO PANIS PHILIPPINES https://www.facebook.com/people/Mario-Panis-Visual-Artist/100063618854586/ “Vacation” 24x30” Oil on canvas.

6TH PLACE — TIE CHEN MIN CHINA 27677322@qq.com “The Truth Of Light” 25x40cm Oil on linen.

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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