World’s Best Futurists: RENAUX, CASTLEMAN, SAFAR, MINKEVIČIUS, JONES, MICHELLE-PENTELBURY, WOLF, ISHIMORI & VITUZ/ 2024 Art Collectors Choice Awards

Thom Bierdz
6 min readMar 30, 2024

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 18. FUTURISM or FUTURISTIC represent FRANCE, USA, LITHUANIA, CANADA, POLAND, JAPAN & NORWAY.

WINNER WEBSITES: CATEGORY 18. FUTURISM or FUTURISTIC

1st Place EMMANUEL RENAUX. FRANCE Oil on linen. www.artmajeur.com/manulehavre “Arrivées À Marsala” 50x70cm

2nd Place DOUGLAS CASTLEMAN USA douglas-castleman.pixels.com “Moonrise” 12x24" Oil on panel.

3rd Place — Tie MATHIEU SAFAR FRANCE 76x134cm Digital art. https://www.artmajeur.com/mathieu-safar “Di Venezia — Morgana”

3rd Place — Tie RYTIS MINKEVIČIUS LITHUANIA rytismin07@gmail.com “Jeanne” 30x40cm Oil on canvas.

3th Place — Tie RON JONES USA https://fineartamerica.com/featured/visions-of-the-enigmatist-2004-ron-jones.html “Visions Of The Enigmatist” 30x40" Pen and ink.

4th Place — Tie RICHARD MICHELLE-PENTELBURY CANADA www.RichardMichellePentelbury.com “Passing Through Too” 107x183cm Oil glazes on canvas.

4th Place — Tie MAJA WOLF POLAND www.majawolf.pl “Virtual Love” 50x70cm Oil on canvas.

5th Place — Tie DOUGLAS CASTLEMAN USA douglas-castleman.pixels.com “Apollo 11 Launch” 15x30" Oil on canvas.

5th Place — Tie GORO ISHIMORI JAPAN https://goro-ishimori.net/ “Peaceful Winter” 116x73cm Acrylic on canvas.

6th Place — Tie TELLUS VITUZ NORWAY www.tellusvituz.com “Artificial Human” 200x200cm Spray-paint on polycarbonate.

6th Place — Tie RON JONES USA https://fineartamerica.com/featured/visions-of-the-enigmatist-2004-ron-jones.html “DNA Prophecy” 24x40" Pen and ink.

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

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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.