World’s Best Futuristic Artists: VALADEZ, DODDE, KNEPPER, PARAMASIVA DEVAR, KENWARD, STECKER, PSHYK, HALL, PESIC GROZDANOV & VALETOVA / 2025 Art Collectors Choice Awards
Artists from 49 countries competed in the 2025 ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS. 15 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 18. FUTURISM or FUTURISTIC represent USA, NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, INDIA, CANADA, UK & MACEDONIA.
BIO of 1st Place Winner:
I’m Nicole Valadez an artist from Sonoma County, California, currently residing an Orange County California.
Since I was a very young child, I’ve been distracted by color, shapes and textures, then I would paint and draw them whenever I got the chance. I’m still doing it today.
I’ve had art shows in Sonoma County and look forward to getting more of my ideas out of my head and onto the canvas. https://www.instagram.com/wildhatchrook/
WINNER WEBSITES: CATEGORY 18. FUTURISM or FUTURISTIC
1st Place NICOLE VALADEZ / ROOK USA https://www.instagram.com/wildhatchrook/ “Foo-51” 30x60” Acrylic and oil.
2nd Place — Tie PATRICK DODDE NETHERLANDS https://www.instagram.com/patrickd.art/ “BB8” 30x40cm Airbrush and color pencil.
2nd Place — Tie MICHAEL KNEPPER GERMANY https://www.michael-knepper.com/ 60x71” “Journey To The Moon” Acrylic, oil, canvas.
3rd Place — Tie MURUGAN PARAMASIVA DEVAR INDIA corrosioncontrol1961@gmail.com “Quantum Paradox” 768x768px Digital art.
3rd Place — Tie JOHN KENWARD CANADA https://johnkenward.com/ “Moonlight Dreams” 16x32" Acrylic on panel made from barn boards.
4th Place — Tie ALAN STECKER USA https://www.alanstecker.artspan.com “Face In Space” 30x24" Digital painting.
4th Place — Tie MURUGAN PARAMASIVA DEVAR INDIA corrosioncontrol1961@gmail.com “Order To Chaos” 768x768px Digital art.
5th Place — Tie TRACY PSHYK CANADA www.snowandswirlartistry.com “Beam Moo Up” 16x16” Acrylic and markers on canvas.
5th Place — Tie SAM HALL UK https://samhallart.pixels.com/ “Beaver Moon” 30x24” Acrylic on box canvas.
6th Place — Tie DIVNA PESIC GROZDANOV MACEDONIA/USA www.divnapesic.com “Lonely At The Top” 40x30” Oil on canvas.
6th Place — Tie NINA VALETOVA USA https://www.artvaletova.com “Chasing Time” 28x20" Oil on canvas.
See hundreds of winning images and corresponding contact info to all the artists here:
In 2025, ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS had submissions from these 49 countries: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Herzegovina, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA, Zimbabwe.
15 international art collectors asked to score art:
Jason Stuckless — Toronto, Ontario
Kene J. Rosa — Los Angeles, California
Michael Gregg Michaud — Los Angeles, California
Alec Wilder — Los Angeles / Las Vegas / New Orleans
Eddie Dyer — Los Angeles / Las Vegas / New Orleans
Thomas Zora — Las Vegas
Ron Lundin — Naples, Florida / Chicago, Illinois / Vail, Colorado
Jay H. Brewer — Orlando, Florida
Alan McMullen — Fannettsburg, Philadelphia
Brian Townley — Waco, Texas
Aimee Unakis — Georgetown, Illinois
Jordan Wallace — Georgetown, Illinois
Carole Hatcher — Rancho Mirage, California
Jan Gold — Roseville, California
Karen Valentine — Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mitchell Antesky — Toledo Ohio
