World’s Best Humor Artists / 2023 AMERICAN ART AWARDS: SCHMIDT, CHOI, PETER, KIM, BAKLANE-GRIVINA, CHANG, WON, SIMONS, WENG, SOYEO, KWAK, SHIN & HUR
Artists from 72 countries competed in the 2023 AMERICAN ART AWARDS. Twenty of the most revered galleries in the USA were sent around 2,000 online images to score in drawing, painting, sculpture, digital and photography. The 300+ winning works, 1st to 6th Place (and ties) in all 50 categories, can be seen in this series of articles.
USA’s top galleries decided winners in every medium: oil, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal, pastel, realism, impressionism, naïve, abstract, expressionism, human figure, animal, landscape, fantasy, surrealism, pop, portrait, self-portrait, political, erotic, cubism, floral, humor, spiritual, etc..
Art collectors can see all the winning images and corresponding contact info to the best contemporary artists in the world here: https://americanartawards.com/2023-winning-artists-american-art-awards/
Winners in this category are from GERMANY, USA, LATVIA, CANADA & SOUTH KOREA.
BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER: of Claus Jürgen Schmidt:
I have always been interested in art and started creating my first works
of art around 2012 at my end 30s. The artistic knowledge was partly
acquired through artistic education and partly autodidactically.
Application of various techniques, both classic such as acrylic on
canvas, as well as the use of modern digital possibilities through to
the inclusion of processing elements through AI.
My depicted motifs include various art and style movements,
kaleidoscopic art, expressionism, surrealism and also artistically
humorous representations of proverbs and puns.
Since 2019, regular participation in international group exhibitions and
art competitions. I have already won several certificates and awards. project.mail.01@posteo.net
ARTISTS’ CONTACTS / SEE MORE OF THE ARTISTS’ WORKS:
1st Place CLAUS JÜRGEN SCHMIDT GERMANY project.mail.01@posteo.net “Whistler’s Aunt?” 60x40cm Digital artwork.
2nd Place — Tie KATHRYN CHOI USA laughoutloudemoji@gmail.com “Digital Dinner” 20.5x12" Acrylic on board.
2nd Place — Tie UTAELLAMARIE PETER GERMANY www.blinzelstrich.de “Front Row With Kim Kardashian” 90x120cm Acrylic on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie MADELINE KIM USA rskim725@gmail.com “Graduation” 24x18” Acrylic on cork board.
3rd Place — Tie ANNA BAKLANE-GRIVINA LATVIA https://www.instagram.com/anna_baklane/ “Portrait Of Marsi” D-40 cm Oil on canvas.
3rd Place — Tie HANNAH CHANG USA inhwanchang@yahoo.com “The Kitchen” 24x18" Acrylic and oil pastel.
3rd Place — Tie DAJEONG WON USA dajeongdanawon@gmail.com “Holy Crab” 18x24" Acrylic.
4th Place — Tie BRIAN SIMONS CANADA www.briansimons.com Acrylic on canvas. “Social Media Casualty” 30x30"
4th Place — Tie CHRISTINE KIM USA ckim0331@gmail.com “Passport To Equal Education” 18x24" Acrylic on wood board.
4th Place — Tie ASHLEY WENG USA graceiweng@gmail.com “Concrete Consumption” 18x24” Acrylic on board.
5th Place GONG SOYEO SOUTH KOREA happycherry6207@gmail.com “Peter Pan Syndrome” 50x65cm Acrylic on canvas.
6th Place — Tie HO JIN KWAK USA 2026erick@gmail.com “Hand-Eye Coordination” 14x17" Acrylic on paper.
6th Place — Tie ANDREW SHIN USA sowoonpark@gmail.com “The Tired Frog” 18x24” Acrylic on board.
6th Place — Tie ISABELLA HUR USA Leshur@gmail.com “The Mood” 18x24” Acrylic on board.
In 2023, AMERICAN ART AWARDS had submissions from these 72 countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Tobago, Trinidad, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
USA’s 20 Best Galleries & Museums who were asked to score online art in 2023 were:
American Art Awards 20 Best Galleries & Museums for 2023, in alphabetical order:
BEST IN ARIZONA: Exposures International Gallery Of Fine Art
BEST IN CALIFORNIA: Sparks Gallery
BEST IN COLORADO: Mirada Fine Art
BEST IN FLORIDA: MAC Art Galleries
BEST IN GEORGIA: Black Art In America™ (BAIA)
BEST IN INDIANA: Gallery Forty-Two
BEST IN KANSAS: CityArts
BEST IN KENTUCKY: KMAC Contemporary Art Museum
BEST IN LOUISIANA: Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
BEST IN MAINE: Clarke Gallery
BEST IN MONTANA: Cawdrey Gallery
BEST IN NEBRASKA: Kiechel Fine Art
BEST IN NEVADA: Elena Bulatova Fine Art
BEST IN NEW MEXICO: Thornwood Gallery
BEST IN NEW YORK: Gallery 23 NY
BEST IN SOUTH CAROLINA: Mary Martin Galleries Of Fine Art
BEST IN TEXAS: Ao5 Gallery
BEST IN SOUTH DAKOTA: South Dakota Art Museum
BEST IN VERMONT: Helmholz Fine Art
BEST IN WYOMING: Gallery Wild
American Art Awards https://www.americanartawards.com/ annually awards 20 museums and/or galleries, who agree to score art and award nearly 300+ deserving contemporary artists from 60+ countries: painters, photographers, sculptors and digital artists.
