5th

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International Juried Art Competition

March - April 2023

WINNERS

Out of thousands of entries,

422 artists from 40 countries

won in one of six prize categories

CASH PRIZE

$3,500 awarded to 113 winning artists

Winners will be prominently featured in multiple media platforms.

artists

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FIRST PRIZE AWARD

- $300 | 1 ARTIST -

Cevdet Mehmet Kosemen

TURKEY

RUNNER-UP PRIZE AWARD

- $300 TOTAL | 2 ARTISTS | $150 EACH ARTIST -

Bryce Nicholson

CANADA

Ronald Greig

CANADA

MERIT PRIZE AWARD

- $225 TOTAL | 3 ARTISTS | $75 EACH ARTIST -

Akira Gordon

USA

Marjorie Moskowitz

USA

R. Mike Nichols

USA

TALENT PRIZE AWARD

- $2,675 TOTAL | 107 ARTISTS | $25 EACH ARTIST -

Alan Furst

USA

Alla Boldina

USA

Alyssa Espinosa

USA

André Farnier

FRANCE

Aneta Barglik

POLAND

Angela Brewster

USA

Angie Johnson

USA

Brian Malachy Quinn

USA

Brigitte Radecki

CANADA

Brooke Poeppel

USA

Christin Breuil

AUSTRIA

Chuck Fischer

USA

Cocoa Huang

CHINA

David Haley

USA

Desi Barron

USA

Douglas Newton

USA

Edith Torres Avendano

USA

Eileen Seitz

USA

Elizabeth Burin

USA

Elizabeth Hain-Meranto

USA

Emily L. Joseph

USA

Emmylou Zora Smith

USA

Estelle Asmodelle

AUSTRALIA

Esther Shaw

USA

Gareth Jones

CANADA

Han Shuai

CHINA

Heidi Fickinger

USA

Hilde Sørøy

NORWAY

Håkan Bremberg

SWEDEN

Igal

USA

Igor Eugen Prokop

HUNGARY

Ingemar Härdelin

SWEDEN

Jana Kreft

GERMANY

Jean-Marie Gitard

FRANCE

Jean-Noel Riou

FRANCE

Jennifer Linderman

USA

Jessica Jackman

USA

Jessica Tang Xianhong

CHINA

Joel Shapses

USA

John Diephouse

USA

Jon Woodhams

USA

Jorgen Folkersen

DENMARK

Juan Carlos Zeballos Moscairo

PERU

Karla Waller Cohen

USA

Kate Haanraadts

USA

Katherine Rouhani Isfahani

BELGIUM

Kathy Wang

USA

Kimberly Russo

USA

Lexy Holland

USA

Lillianne Daigle

CANADA

Marc Ward

USA

Marga Duin

NETHERLANDS

Marissa Madonna

USA

Mark Kaufman

USA

Mark Weller

USA

Mary Titus

USA

Melanie Harvey

UK

Mengqi Gao

CHINA

Michael Shemchuk

USA

Michelle Bond

USA

Michelle Bowler

USA

Monica Puryear

USA

Natalia Arndt

USA

Natalie Sharar

USA

Natalie Toplass

UK

Oscar A. Galván Jr.

USA

Overtoun Jenda

USA

Pat Kochan

USA

Paula E. Borsetti

USA

Paula Marie Deubel

USA

Paula Montgomery

USA

Peggy Rubin

USA

Philippe Chatillon (Aldehy)

FRANCE

Rajul Shah

SINGAPORE

Ren-Min Yin

CHINA

Rita Klein

GERMANY

Robin Capecci

USA

Rosemary Chase

USA

Rosie Coleman

USA

Sara Skatt

SWEDEN

Sassoon Kosian

USA

Seongbin Yoon

SOUTH KOREA

Serge Ovcharuk

UK

Sherry Swafford Page

USA

Simone Cosac Naify

USA

Snezana Djordjevic

SERBIA

Stephen Von Mason

USA

Steve Stratis

USA

Susan C. Price

USA

Susan Moore

USA

Susanne Fumelli

ITALY

Suzanne DeSoleil

USA

Toni Barbosa

USA

Ulrike Gaiser

GERMANY

Vera Neel

USA

Veronica Winters

USA

Weimin Pang

PANAMA

William Rothenbach

USA

William Winbush

USA

Wim Van Borm

BELGIUM

Wolfgang Graue

GERMANY

Wong Ho Ming Hermia

CHINA

Xin-Cheng Xia

CHINA

Xuemei Cha

CHINA

Yali Hajhassan

TURKEY

Yuliia Klotz

GERMANY

Yvonne Welman

NETHERLANDS

HONORABLE MENTION AWARD

Aaron Krone

USA

Abby French

USA

Adam Neuba

GERMANY

Adrian Hobbs

UK

Adrienne Walker

USA

Aidan White

USA

Albert Enz

FRANCE

Alice Lenkiewicz

UK

Allan Linder

USA

Allison McCrady

USA

Anita Alabau

FRANCE

Anne O'Hara

USA

Annette Elizabeth Sykes

UK

Anuttama Chakraborty

INDIA

Arjun Cheruparambil

GERMANY

Artemis Bíche

USA

Bao Juntao

CHINA

Barbara Tabachnick

USA

Ben Benet

USA

Bibhuti Adhikary

INDIA

Brian Cesario

USA

Britnie Walston

USA

Caleb Kaufman

USA

Candace Stewart

USA

Cao Kun

CHINA

Carol Seeley

AUSTRALIA

Carole Bracy

USA

Carolina Vilas

USA

Cher Pruys

CANADA

China Lamont

USA

Christian Dugardeyn

BELGIUM

Christine Ferris

USA

Claudia L. Smith

USA

Claudia Yin

SINGAPORE

Dan Alcaxzar

USA

Daniel Raskin

USA

Danielle Brits

BELGIUM

Darrell McGahhey

USA

David Cadran

FRANCE

Deborah Thornberry

USA

Denise Henderscheid

USA

Desmone Stepp

USA

Diana Dzene

AUSTRIA

Dominique Decoster

BELGIUM

Donna McGee

IRELAND

Doriana Sinnett

USA

Doris Mady

USA

Edith Stütz

AUSTRIA

Elizabeth Essenfeld

USA

Fernando del Ama Gonzalo

USA

Fiona Fox

UK

George B. Pendlebury

CANADA

Gina Suzette Reid

UK

Gitard Jean-Marie

FRANCE

Guido R. Zanni

USA

Hanna Supetran

PHILIPPINES

Hans-Dieter Ilge

GERMANY

Hao-Yu Yang

CHINA

Ieva Graudina

LATVIA

Inga Jensen Wikstrand

SWEDEN

Iryna Kot

USA

Janice Sumin Choi

USA

Janna Perry

USA

Jasmina Mendoza

UK

Jean M. Judd

USA

Jess Chua

USA

Jessica Babé

USA

Jiayi Chen

UK

Johanna Elbe

SWEDEN

John Lathrop

USA

Johnny Bishop

USA

Julie Mantis

USA

Julie Simon

USA

Justice Macklin

USA

Karol Blumenthal

USA

Kat Leahey

USA

Kathryn Fortson

USA

Ken Sato

JAPAN

Kerry Siderius

USA

Kerstin Viktoria Krusell

SWEDEN

Kong Ho

USA

Kristan Ryan

USA

Kristen Guest

USA

LaShayla Stephens

USA

Lasha Inashvili

GEORGIA

Layla Fanucci

USA

Leeann Kroetsch

USA

Li Zhang

USA

Lili John

UK

Linda McCord

USA

Lisa Ambler

USA

Maki Nakane

JAPAN

Manon Germain

CANADA

Marcel Vermeersch

BELGIUM

Marco Bagatin

ITALY

Maria Deligio

USA

Maria-Victoria Checa

USA

Marie Claude Archambault de Vençay

FRANCE

Marie Krajan

USA

Mario Bonazza

ITALY

Mark (Johan) Pol Schwarzkächel

NETHERLANDS

Marlene Siff

USA

Marthann Masterson

USA

Massoels Guido

BELGIUM

Matthew D. Anderson

USA

Maya

ITALY

Melanie Duault

FRANCE

Michelle Lance

USA

Mike Stockwell

USA

Mildred Bloom

USA

Monica Lim

SINGAPORE

Munirah Smith-Gray

USA

Nancy Lisagor

USA

Nari Ahn

USA

Natali Vasquez

COLOMBIA

Natasha Kanevski

USA

Nellie Maertzdorf Ellis

AUSTRALIA

Nico Peña

USA

Nicole S. Pousset

BELGIUM

Norm Ellis

USA

Norma Mulligan

IRELAND

Oleg Kedria

USA

Pat MacLaggan

USA

Patricia Chester

UK

Patricia Lewis

USA

Patrick Drayus

USA

Pauline Clay

USA

Petra Seiz

LUXEMBOURG

Pratibha Garewal

USA

Qixin Chen

CHINA

Ric Conn

USA

Rika Maja Duevel

NORWAY

Rory Odom

USA

Sabrina Seck

GERMANY

Sahyly Martinez

USA

Sama Milanchi

USA

Sandy Songer

USA

Sheldon Bachus

USA

Sidnea D’Amico

USA

Sidney Cruz

USA

Snow Yang

USA

Sonera Angel

UK

Song Yunying

CHINA

Sonia Lerebours

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Sonoko Sato

JAPAN

Susanne Luup

DENMARK

Sylvia Bandyke

USA

Tanya Nelson

USA

Tatiana Leimkueller

AUSTRIA

Ted Herman

USA

Theresa Summit

USA

Thomas Beecht

GERMANY

Thomas Persson

SWEDEN

Tracey Lee Cassin

NEW ZEALAND

Tucker McCloskey

USA

Ulla Strandberg

SWEDEN

Vann Schaefer

USA

Vicki Svedrell

SWEDEN

Wang Rui

CHINA

Wilma R. King

USA

Wren McCullough

USA

Yang Jing

CHINA

You-Xuan Zhang

CHINA

Yu Xian

NETHERLANDS

Zachary Bernard Carlton

USA

Øystein Jacobsen

NORWAY

FINALIST AWARD

Agnieszka Kicinska

POLAND

Alena Adamkova

UK

Alexandra Jean Auger

USA

Alicja Wieczorek

POLAND

Anastasia Klymenko

UKRAINE

Anton Faalk

GEORGIA

Arnaya Needleman

USA

Ashley Irizarry

USA

Barbara Anna Cichocka

UK

Barbara Mink

USA

Barbara Molloy

USA

Beatriz Lopez

SPAIN

Beth Cunningham

USA

Bianka B. Banki

USA

Birgitta Glenmark

SWEDEN

Bonnie Carter

USA

Carolina Colon

USA

Chandre Brown

USA

Charlotte Mosen