World’s Best Surrealists: MINKEVIČIUS, WOLF, BUEV, LI, OWCZAREK, MOORE, TOKHTAMAN VALETOVA, LEÓN, STAVEC & KIRILLOV / 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 40. SURREALISM represent LITHUANIA, POLAND, MOLDOVA, USA, CHILE & RUSSIA.
WINNER WEBSITES: CATEGORY 40. SURREALISM
1st Place RYTIS MINKEVIČIUS LITHUANIA “Angelic Diet” 41x21cm Oil on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie MAJA WOLF POLAND www.majawolf.pl “Interrupted Sleep” 50x70cm Oil on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie VALERIU BUEV MOLDOVA https://www.facebook.com/valeriu.buev/ “Sin City” 47x40” Oil on canvas.
3rd Place — Tie ESTELLA LI USA “Surreal Desert” 9x12” Watercolor on paper.
3rd Place — Tie LUKASZ OWCZAREK POLAND https://www.instagram.com/zletorobisz/ “WTF#S” 61x91” Oil on board.
4th Place — Tie SUSAN MOORE USA www.foreverendeavor.us “Surreal For Breakfast” 24x18" Acrylic on canvas.
4th Place — Tie NINA TOKHTAMAN VALETOVA USA 43x36cm https://www.artvaletova.com “Mind Blowing Idea” Color pencil on paper
5th Place — Tie LUCAS LEÓN CHILE https://www.lucasleon.art “The Growth Of Self-Discipline” 50x70cm Handmade digital / ProCreate.
5th Place — Tie JOE STAVEC USA https://saatchiart.com/joestavec “The Discovery” 36x36” Oil on canvas.
6th Place — Tie JOE STAVEC USA https://saatchiart.com/joestavec “Along The Border Of Dream” 36x48” Oil, canvas.
6th Place — Tie RYTIS MINKEVIČIUS LITHUANIA “Bride” 30x40cm Oil on canvas.
6th Place — Tie SERGEY KIRILLOV RUSSIA Oil, canvas. https://www.artmajeur.com/sergey-kirillov “Blood And Sand” 70x90cm
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
