World’s Best Pastel Artists: PANIS, CHEN, RUM, QINGQUAN, STEFANINI, CHENG, IPSAN, PETRONE, WELLINGTON & NANÌ / 2024 WORLD ART AWARDS

7 min readJun 25, 2024

Artists from 61 countries competed in the 2024 WORLD ART AWARDS where 20 of the most revered galleries in the world 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 revealed in this column one category at a time, and also an upcoming movie.

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

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The WINNERS in CATEGORY 5. PASTEL — FIGURE represent PHILIPPINES, CHINA, USA, ITALY & SPAIN.

Mario Bautista Panis

is a multi-awarded artist from the Philippines. He received his degree in Fine Arts from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. In 1993, he committed to the fine arts full-time. While most of his commission works revolve around portraiture and figurative work, his body of work, including those submitted to art competitions, encompasses a much larger range of subjects. His works in watercolor, oil and pastel have won major distinctions in local and international competitions. His early figurative works in watercolor won first prize at the Philippines’ Dept. of National Defense’s Centennial Painting Competition in 1998 (Revolt in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija) and earned him the distinction as one of Top Five Watercolorists for 1998 and 1999 by Gallery Genesis. His painting was also selected as one of 100 works for the juried exhibition of International Watercolor Society of California, USA in 2021. In 2009, he also won Grand Prize at the first LRT (Light Rail Transit) ART Competition for his oil on canvas. Portrait Society of America awarded him 8th place in its Members Only Painting Category for Non-Commissioned Portrait in 2017 for his oil portrait entitled, “Mang Erning II.” Under pastel, in 2014, his painting “Muriel,” was awarded the first prize under Human Figure & Portrait (Figura Humana Y Retrato) by ASPAS, Pintores Pastelistas Españoles, Spanish Pastel Society. On the same year, the same painting was chosen as one of the finalists in the Figurative Category by Art Renewal Center’s 2013–2014 International ARC Salon. In 2015, he was awarded the Ridgewood Art Institute Award and juried award winner at the Pastel Society’s 43rd Annual Exhibition in New York. His works in pastel also received Honorable Mention at the Annual Pastel 100 Competition in 2019 and 2021 and were juried and accepted by Pastel Society of Southern California in 2021. He won the following American Art Awards in 2022: 1st place in watercolor/figure category; 3rd place in oil/figure category; 4th place in portrait and 6th place in realism/human category. In 2023, he won the following World Art Awards: 2nd place, Abstract Category, acrylic on board; 2nd place, landscape with life, pastel; and 6th place, landscape, oil in canvas. He is a member of the Tuesday Group, Art Wednesday, Philippine Plein Air Group, Philippine Pastel Artists and of the Portrait Society of America. He was elected as a Signature Artist of the Pastel Society of America. https://www.facebook.com/p/Mario-Panis-Visual-Artist-100063618854586/

ART COLLECTORS — CONTACT THE WINNERS HERE: CATEGORY 5. PASTEL — FIGURE

1st Place MARIO PANIS PHILIPPINES https://www.facebook.com/p/Mario-Panis-Visual-Artist-100063618854586/ “Girl With Basket 2” 25x19.5” Pastel.

2nd Place — Tie PEI FABANG CHINA 1429941749@qq.com “Father’s Golden Beard” 80x71cm Soft pastel on paper.

2nd Place — Tie MARIO PANIS PHILIPPINES https://www.facebook.com/p/Mario-Panis-Visual-Artist-100063618854586/ “The Sculptor” 25x19.5” Pastel.

3rd Place — Tie NANCY CHEN USA 15502170137@163.com “A Joyous Moment” 78x54.5cm Soft pastel on paper.

3rd Place — Tie DANIELA RUM ITALY www.danielarum.com “Katharsis” 100x70cm Soft Pastel on Pastelmat paper.

4th Place — Tie ZHANG QINGQUAN CHINA 394813446@qq.com “The Father At His Old Age” 158x117cm Soft pastel on paper.

4th Place — Tie FABIO STEFANINI ITALY https://www.instagram.com/fabio_stefanini_portraitist/ “Absence” 32x42cm Pastelsoft on paper.

5th Place — Tie NANCY CHEN USA 15502170137@163.com “A Dream In Tibet” 78x54.5cm Soft pastel on paper.

5th Place — Tie LI CHENG China 806090494@qq.com “The Girl In A White Headscarf” 60x60cm Pastel on sanded paper.

5th Place — Tie FRANCESCO IPSAN ITALY 19.5x23.5” https://francescoipsanart.com “Laying In The Water” Pastel, paper.

6th Place — Tie GIUSEPPE PETRONE ITALY giuseppepetrone@outlook.it/ “As Long As I Live” 100x70cm Pastel.

6th Place — Tie SARAH JANE WELLINGTON SPAIN https://www.instagram.com/sarahwellingtonart/ “Evi” 14x10” Soft pastel & pastel pencil on Pastelmat paper.

6th Place — Tie ANDREA NANÌ ITALY https://www.andreananì.com “Crepe Nell’Anima” 30x40cm Soft pastel.

Art collectors can see hundreds of winning images and contact info to all 50 CATEGORIES of winning artworks:

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ART COLLECTORS, SEE 2024 WORLD ART AWARDS WINNING IMAGES & CONTACTS: Categories 1–10 Categories 11–20 Categories 21–30…

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In 2024, WORLD ART AWARDS had submissions from these 61 countries: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Denmark, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, UK, Ukraine, USA, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia.