World’s Best Minimalists: LEE, HALEY, MONTILLA, VARDARO, HRYTSKO, REYMORE, TUMANYAN, STECKER, SILVESTRE & REGASA / 2024 AMERICAN ART AWARDS
Artists from 64 countries competed in the 2024 AMERICAN ART AWARDS where 20 of the most revered galleries in the USA were sent 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, will be featured in an upcoming movie and 75 articles.
See all winning images:
Art collectors can see the hundreds of winning artworks and corresponding contact info to the best contemporary artists in the world here: https://americanartawards.com/2024-winning-artists-american-art-awards/
The WINNERS in CATEGORY 25 represent USA, UKRAINE, ARMENIA, PORTUGAL & ETHIOPIA.
BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER:
Hannah Lee is a 16 year-old high school student at Bergen County Academies, majoring in the Academy of Performing and Visual Arts. As an artist, she expresses storytelling through various mediums such as photography, digital arts, painting, sculpting and drawing. Incorporating her imagination and creativity in her pieces, she seeks to reflect her emotions, thoughts, desires, worldview as well as experiences in life. Her works currently focus on expressionism, realism and surrealism featuring mixed media and bold colors.
CONTACT THE ARTISTS:
CATEGORY 25. MINIMALISM
1st Place HANNAH LEE USA Hannah.haena.lee@gmail.com “Silenced” 7.5x6cm Acrylic, clay, yarn.
2nd Place — Tie DAVID HALEY USA www.facebook.com/DavidHaley.Art/ “Lighting Up” 12x16” Acrylic on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie RICKY MONTILLA USA www.rickymontilla.com 12x16” “Misty New York Reflection” Oil on canvas.
3rd Place — Tie JESSE PASQUALE VARDARO https://www.instagram.com/jpasquale.art/ “By A Thread” 24x36" Oil on canvas.
3rd Place — Tie LIUDMYLA HRYTSKO UKRAINE lydmilagrycko@gmail.com “Ladybug In The Sun” 70x50cm Oil on canvas.
4th Place — Tie LINDA REYMORE USA https://lindareymore.com “Buoy” 36x36” Acrylic on canvas.
4th Place — Tie LINDA REYMORE USA https://lindareymore.com “See-Saw” 24x18” Acrylics, modeling medium, screen material on canvas.
5th Place — Tie EMMA TUMANYAN ARMENIA https://etumanyan.artspan.com/ “Miserabler” 80x70cm Oil on canvas.
5th Place — Tie ALAN STECKER USA https://www.alanstecker.artspan.com “Treacherous Water” 48x24" Digital painting.
6th Place — Tie PEDRO SILVESTRE PORTUGAL https://www.instagram.com/ps.artshop/?ig_mid=36074066-01BE-4DB7-8DC7-E82B13EA1EF1&utm “Martian On Earth” 40x40cm Acrylic, canvas.
6th Place — Tie ALEMAYEHU REGASA ETHIOPIA https://www.instagram.com/alexregass/ “Day 1” 22x22cm Acrylic on paper.
In 2024, AMERICAN ART AWARDS had submissions from these 64 countries: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, China, Congo Democratic Republic, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea (Republic, South), Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tobago, Togo, Trinidad, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vietnam, USA, Zambia.
American Art Awards 20 Best Galleries & Museums for 2024 (in alphabetical order by state) asked to score art:
BEST IN ARIZONA: Exposures International Gallery Of Fine Art
BEST IN COLORADO: Mirada Fine Art
BEST IN CONNECTICUT: Fairfield University Art Museum (FUAM)
BEST IN FLORIDA: MAC Art Galleries
BEST IN IDAHO: Capitol Contemporary Gallery
BEST IN ILLINOIS: Jackson Junge Gallery
BEST IN INDIANA: Kuaba Gallery
BEST IN KANSAS: 2010 Gallery
BEST IN LOUISIANA: GRYDER
BEST IN MINNESOTA: Kolman & Reeb Gallery
BEST IN MISSOURI: The Museum of Art and Archaeology
BEST IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Candita Clayton Gallery
BEST IN NEW JERSEY: Evalyn Dunn Gallery
BEST IN NEW MEXICO: Thornwood Gallery
BEST IN NORTH CAROLINA: Ambleside Gallery
BEST IN PENNSYLVANIA: Morton Contemporary Art Gallery
BEST IN SOUTH CAROLINA: Mary Martin Galleries Of Fine Art
BEST IN UTAH: Modern West
BEST IN VERMONT: The Current
BEST IN WASHINGTON: ArtX Contemporary
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.
