World’s Best Innovative Artists: PURUSHOTHAMAN, ALI, CALEF, DUROCHER, RIVAS, ALEKSANDROVA, KIM, WU, LEIMKUELLER, LEE & YU / 2026 Art Collectors Choice Awards
Artists from 47 countries competed in the 2026 ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS. 16 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 24. INNOVATIVE represent INDIA, USA, CANADA, PANAMA, SPAIN, BULGARIA, TAIWAN, AUSTRIA & CHINA.
BIO of 1st Place winner CHAITALI. V. PURUSHOTHAMAN
is a Multi-Award-Winning Successful Independent Entrepreneur having multiple Careers as a WORLD RENOWNED Professional 50+ Time International Award-Winning High Vibrational Energy shifting Positive Vastu Painter- Energizer, Feng Shui Painter, Spiritual Painter, Vastu Consultant and Vastu Corrector for changing, balancing and shifting the Energy of space from low-Negative to high –Positive frequency, Vedic Astrologer, Illustrator, Fashion illustrator, Spiritual Aura Astro Astral Healer — Coach — Mentor, Psychic, Past life Regression Healer, Chakra Therapist Balancer, Trauma Therapist, Therapist for children and Adults, Counsellor, Couple Counsellor and also a Stock Investor and has made an extraordinary mark in all her Fields. She is a well-known Public figure with multiple careers who uses Art as a remedy in Astrology, Healing, Vastu Corrections. She has a clientele based all over the World thus providing customized high frequency Vastu Positive Energy shifting Paintings, Energizers and Correctors, Vastu for clearing Negative Energy and protection from unconscious evil’s Eye. Healing sessions, Activating Spiritual Portals, Affirmations and meditations to open chakras, therapies. She stands out as an Art World luminary and is Garlanded as an Art Celebrity not merely for her aesthetic talent, but for her ability to craft healing visual experiences powered by Spirituality, Energy Science, and Global Cultural Recognition. Her work resonates across continents with clients all over both mainstream Art communities and spiritually-seeking audiences
Her Paintings and Energizers are all Vastu Based with high frequency Positive Energy that acts as a remedy, medium and décor to shift the Energy of Space and also the Energy of human Aura. Apart from being an Elite Décor and Aesthetically balancing spaces, her Paintings and Energizers shift the frequency of the space from low — Negative to High Positive. She is a multifaceted artist and well-known consultant who blends spiritual practice with art and holistic healing. She has been Recognised as ONE of the Best High Vibrational Positive Energy shifting Vastu Painters in the World, Best Spiritual Painters, Best Cubist, Best Surrealist, Best fantasy Painters, Best Expressionist, Best Futuristic, Best Impressionists in the World Art Awards juried by World’s Best Galleries. One of her Popular Paintings — The 7 White Horses for Success and Peace, a Positive Vastu Energy shifting Painting has been AWARDED “FIRST IN THE WORLD “ in “WORLD ART AWARDS” juried by WORLD’S BEST GALLERIES. She is described as a World-Renowned Visionary who paints masterpieces in Prestigious Art Celebrity Magazine that highlights artists who are considered cultural influencers and Celebrities. She has also Won the Prestigious Future of Art Global Masterpiece Award. She has WON MANY OTHER AWARDS IN USA, ITALY, SPAIN. Her Artistic works have also been showcased at prestigious events like the TTAF Tokyo Art Fair. She has also been Felicitated by the Prestigious International Prize -The New Great Masters in New York. She has also been Felicitated by The Prestigious COLLECTORS ART PRIZE | ART LEGENDS OF OUR TIME that is awarded exclusively to a select group of truly Exceptional Artists.
With her “Cleansed Aura” as she is the medium, she specialises in Vastu High Frequency Paintings, Energizers in form of Images, blessed spells, spiritual human body Energizers that help to raise the frequency of the space and Human Aura Positively and protect from Negative Energy and enhancing the Space with positive Energy.
These Powerful Positive Paintings and Energizers are created by using THE ENERGY OF THE 7 CHAKRAS and sacred time energy of the BRAHMA MUHURTA — the most powerful time zone between 3.30 am and 5.30 am to absorb the purest energies of the universe, making the Image, Energizers highly positive, enriching and protecting every space thus emitting energy of Abundance, health, wealth, peace, success and most importantly acting as a shield to protect family, business and children who have a tender aura from Evil’s eye. https://linktr.ee/11TimeWorldAwardee.vastu.astro
WINNER WEBSITES/CONTACTS: CATEGORY 24. INNOVATIVE
1st Place CHAITALI. V.PURUSHOTHAMAN INDIA https://linktr.ee/11TimeWorldAwardee.vastu.astro “The Phoenix — Universal Energies Protect Us All — We are all One Powerful Divine Force Of Higher Consciousness” 50x50” Acrylic, canvas with 3d double-hand painted frame. .
2nd Place — Tie LIA ALI USA https://www.liaart.com “Mural” 100x300” Wall paint.
2nd Place — Tie NANCY CALEF USA http://nancycalefgallery.com “Metro Underground” 48x48" Oil, sculpture, fabric, acid free paper, found objects on canvas.
3rd Place — Tie CHANTAL POULIN DUROCHER CANADA/PANAMA www.chantalpoulindurocher.com “No Fear” 72x60” Charcoal on linen.
3rd Place — Tie RAMÓN RIVAS SPAIN http://www.rivismo.com “Strategic Gameboard For Peace” 195x195cm Mixed media-Rivismo on canvas.
4th Place — Tie ANELIYA ALEKSANDROVA BULGARIA https://www.facebook.com/AnelAleksa/ “The Builder Of The Fifth Element” 30x40cm Acrylic, paper, matches, postage stamps, canvas.
4th Place — Tie ZIAH P KIM USA ziahp.kim@gmail.com “Rekindle” 6x10cm Graphic design for making a tag.
5th Place — Tie CHRISTIAN C. WU TAIWAN https://www.realart-x-gallery.com/wu-c-christian “Betel Nut Beauties -The Worn Girls” 210x70cm Mixed media on fabric.
5th Place — Tie TATIANA LEIMKUELLER USA/AUSTRIA https://mysculptureanddrawings.tilda.ws/portfolio “Dress From Two Oil Paintings” 150x79x32cm Oil on canvas.
6th Place — Tie HANNAH LEE USA hannah.haena.lee@gmail.com “What Matters Is His Heart” 20x22" Mixed media.
6th Place — Tie SHU YU CHINA https://instagram.com/rambow7d/ “3½ Moments Of Wonder” 150x91cm Mixed media on canvas.
See hundreds of winning images and corresponding contact info to all the artists here:
In 2026, ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS had submissions from these 47 countries: Angola, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Poland, Republic Of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Trinidad, Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, UK, Ukraine, USA, Zimbabwe.
16 international art collectors asked to score art:
Jason Stuckless — Toronto, Ontario
Joel Brown — Jackson, Mississippi
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
Carole Hatcher — Rancho Mirage, California
Jan Gold — Roseville, California
Karen Valentine — Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mitchell Antesky — Toledo Ohio
