World’s Best Portrait Artists: KUPERMAN, AKS, BINOVSKA, BOLEN, VITUZ, ODINAKA, RODIGAS, RINGGOLD, ÇEVIKCAN, CHIHOTA & VON TORNADO/ 2024 Art Collectors Choice Awards
Artists from 62 countries competed in the 2024 ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS. 20 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 32. PORTRAIT OF SOMEONE NOT FAMOUS represent USA, CZECH REPUBLIC, UKRAINE, CYPRUS, JAPAN, NORWAY, NIGERIA, GERMANY, TURKEY & ZIMBABWE.
BIO: Eugene Kuperman is a published and an award winning artist. Eugene’s work is in many private collections including in a private collection of Robert Harris Rothchild who has many notable works in his collection by artists like: Rembrandt, Chagall, Dali, Ernst, Lichtenstein, and many more. Eugene Kuperman studied painting the landscape in the impressionistic style with the Russian painter, Alexander Antonyuk Senior since he was a child and up until his teens. An art catalog came out in 2012 featuring many of those artists as well as the work commissioned from Eugene. Eugene Kuperman studied with a renowned Russian artist Leonid Steele (from 2010 to his passing in 2014) whose works are in many museums in the world, including pieces in the notable Tretyakov Gallery in Russia. One of Leonid’s former teachers was a student of a famous Russian landscape painter: Isaac Levitan and another teacher he had, was a student of the famous Russian artist: Ilya Repin. From the end of 2014 since Leonid’s passing, Eugene studied painting with an award winning artist Lance Richlin until 2016 whose technical lineage goes back to the French Academic Masters of the 19th century and one of the teachers that he studied under taught Norman Rockwell.
Eugene has been exhibiting since 2006. In September 2019, Eugene went back to Italy for further individual studies. He experienced first hand the Medici Tombs designed by Michelangelo as well as many other invaluable Italian works of art which gave Eugene further understanding of art as well as inspiration. Since late 2014, early 2015, Eugene took a new direction in art. He took upon himself to create works of social commentary which to any extent educate, enlighten, and promote a positive change in society. Eugene Kuperman has been published in various art books, magazines, and newspapers. http://www.kuperart.com
WINNER WEBSITES: CATEGORY 32. PORTRAIT OF SOMEONE NOT FAMOUS
1st Place EUGENE KUPERMAN USA http://www.kuperart.com “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” 36x24” Oil on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie ATHENA AKS CZECH REPUBLIC http://www.athena-aks.com/ “Mirek” 80x60cm Oil on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie TATYANA BINOVSKA UKRAINE/CYPRUS www.binovskaya.com “Life Or Existence” 100x75cm Oil on canvas.
3rd Place — Tie TERESA BOLEN JAPAN https://teresabolen.com “Come Join Me” 11.7x16.5" Graphite pencil on paper.
3rd Place — Tie TELLUS VITUZ NORWAY www.tellusvituz.com “Else” 44x59cm Charcoal and chalk on toned paper.
4th Place — Tie ABUGU CHRISTIANTUS ODINAKA NIGERIA “The Awakening” 36x42” Graphite and charcoal on paper.
5th Place — Tie STEFFI RODIGAS GERMANY www.steffi-rodigas-artist.com “Joy Of Life” 50x50cm Oil on canvas.
5th Place — Tie KENNEDY RINGGOLD USA www.Trillexpaa.com “Homebody” 24x30” Oil on canvas.
5th Place — Tie EMEL ÇEVIKCAN TURKEY https://lenixart.com/profile/emelçevikcan “Sad Children Of Gazze War” 50x70cm Watercolor on paper.
6th Place — Tie FREDDY CHIHOTA ZIMBABWE “The Art Of Goat Skinning” 45x60cm Oil on canvas.
6th Place — Tie KRYS VON TORNADO USA http://www.krysvontornado.com “Father-Son Strong” 48x60" Oil, canvas.
6th Place — Tie TERESA BOLEN JAPAN https://teresabolen.com “Song of Impermanence” 40.0x50.0cm Graphite pencil on paper.
ART COLLECTORS can see the hundreds of winning images and corresponding contact info to all the artists here::
In 2024, ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS had submissions from these 62 countries: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Denmark, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tobago, Togo, Trinidad, Turkey, United Arabian Emirates, UK, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
20 international art collectors asked to score art:
Andrew Cameron & Marcus Hamilton — Australia
Jason Stuckless — Toronto, Ontario
Floyd M. Elwell, III — Rancho Mirage, California
Jan Gold — Roseville, California
Michael Gregg Michaud — Los Angeles, California
Judi Evans — Los Angeles, California
Alec Wilder — Los Angeles / Las Vegas / New Orleans
Eddie Dyer — Los Angeles / Las Vegas / New Orleans
Michelle Foglesong Wilson — Las Vegas
Thomas Zora — Las Vegas
Paul Iacono — Chicago
Ron Lundin — Naples, Florida / Chicago, Illinois / Vail, Colorado
Jay H. Brewer — Orlando, Florida
Celeste Miller — St. Petersburg, Florida
Alan McMullen — Fannettsburg, Philadelphia
Brian Townley — Waco, Texas
Blaine L. Richards-Miller — Wichita Falls, Texas
Aimee Unakis — Georgetown, Illinois
Karen Valentine — Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mitchell Antesky — Toledo Ohio
