World’s Best Nonrepresentational Sculptors: OBIER, LEIMKUELLER, ASHBOURNE, MICHAELS, MANDL & YANG / 2024 AMERICAN ART AWARDS

Thom Bierdz
4 min readOct 27, 2024

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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 50 represent USA, CANADA, SWEDEN & REPUBLIC OF KOREA.

CONTACT THE ARTISTS:

CATEGORY 50. SCULPTURE — NON-REPRESENTATIONAL

1st Place ROBERT OBIER USA https://www.obierstudios.com 54x25x6.5" “XL Limited — Iteration #2” Mixed media.

2nd Place — Tie TATIANA LEIMKUELLER USA https://mysculptureanddrawings.tilda.ws/portfolio “Meeting” 20x34x26cm Resin, paint.

2nd Place — Tie TOM ASHBOURNE CANADA www.tomashbourne.com “Catching Fire” 12x10x6" Black calcite, bronze gilt, granite base.

3rd Place — Tie TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ 37x55" Diptych “Comforted” Semi-precious stones on panel.

3rd Place — Tie PETER MANDL SWEDEN www.petermandl.com “See Cave” 56x65x37 cm Glass.

4th Place — Tie ROBERT OBIER USA https://www.obierstudios.com “Diesel Deco” 47.5x23x5" Mixed media.

4th Place — Tie JOAN YANG REPUBLIC OF KOREA artistbonkoo@gmail.com “Demian” 26x15X15” Acrylic and cotton gloves on form board.

5th Place — Tie TATIANA LEIMKUELLER USA https://mysculptureanddrawings.tilda.ws/portfolio “In The Light Of The Rainbow” 54x53x32cm Plastic wire, pastel picture torned.

5th Place — Tie TATIANA LEIMKUELLER USA https://mysculptureanddrawings.tilda.ws/portfolio “Abstract Man” 32x13x15cm Resin, metal.

6th Place — Tie TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Inspired” 12x22" Semi-precious stones on panel.

6th Place — Tie TATIANA LEIMKUELLER USA https://mysculptureanddrawings.tilda.ws/portfolio “Abstract Resin I” 25x11x15cm Resin, wire, paint.

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

Enter Your Art | World Art Awards & American Art Awards

ANNUAL ONLINE COMPETITION for painters, photographers, sculptors and digital artists, judged by 25 galleries.

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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.

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Thom Bierdz
Thom Bierdz

Written by 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.

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