World’s Best Watercolor Portraitists: GONZALEZ, VARGA-HANSEN, AHMADY, JIAYING, HU, ZHAI, RADIVILOVIC, DONG, GUAY, MIYABE & KIM / 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.
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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 3 represent USA, IRAN, CHINA, LITHUANIA, CANADA & JAPAN.
BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER: coming
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CATEGORY 3. WATERCOLOR — FIGURE
1st Place TOM GONZALEZ USA https://www.instagram.com/tomgonzalezart/ “Staring At Clouds” 13x19” Watercolor.
2nd Place — Tie MARIA VARGA-HANSEN USA https://vargamari.wixsite.com/art-of-vargamari “Beauty Inside Out” 9x12" Watercolor.
2nd Place — Tie CAMELIA AHMADY IRAN https://camelia-art.com/ “The Funeral Of Selaheddin Zerkub” 45x58cm Gouache/watercolor, board.
3rd Place — Tie LV JIAYING CHINA 13121005555@163.com “Leave Is To Come Back” 26x35cm Watercolor.
3rd Place — Tie MENGYING HU CHINA bettyhmy0416@gmail.com “Girl’s Starry Sky Dream” 23x30cm Watercolor.
4th Place — Tie YANQI ZHAI CHINA www.yqzart.com “Prairie Girl Jamyang” 38x54cm Watercolor.
4th Place — Tie ANA RADIVILOVIC LITHUANIA https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100019107392153 “On The Shadow Side: Streaming In The Power Flow” 56x72cm Watercolor.
5th Place — Tie WANG DONG CHINA wangdong1808@126.com “The Miao Nationality Young Girl In The Sun” 54x39cm Paper, watercolor.
5th Place — Tie CAROLINE GUAY CANADA carolineguay901@gmail.com ‘’Un Samedi Soir À Limoilou’’ 11x15'’ Watercolor chalks on paper.
6th Place — Tie JURIA MIYABE JAPAN wodeyuanyuan@hotmail.com “Yurei” 46x61cm Watercolor on paper.
6th Place — Tie TYLER KIM USA tkim76794@gmail.com “Pond Of Wishes” 11x15” Watercolor 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.
