7th

PORTRAIT

International Juried Art Competition

July - August 2023

WINNERS

351 artists from 42 countries

won in one of six prize categories

CASH PRIZE

$3,500 awarded to 120 winning artists

Winners will be prominently featured in multiple media platforms.

artists

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FIRST PRIZE AWARD

- $300 | 1 ARTIST -

Yoyo Hu

CHINA

RUNNER-UP PRIZE AWARD

- $150 | 1 ARTIST -

Zhixuan Jin

UK

MERIT PRIZE AWARD

- $150 | 2 ARTISTS -

Ira Upin

USA

Kai Lun Qu

USA

TALENT PRIZE AWARD

- $2,900 TOTAL | 116 ARTISTS | $25 EACH ARTIST -

Aaron Kane

USA

Aaron Krone

USA

Abbi Shengulette

USA

Agnès Robin

CANADA

Alannah Sears

USA

Alex Foltz

USA

Alex Silver

USA

Alexis Hisgen

USA

Anna Klaput

POLAND

Barbara Silbert

USA

Betty Cox

USA

Betzi Stein

USA

Bob Moskowitz

USA

Brandon Waterman

USA

Brian Van Camerik

USA

Camren DeCristofaro

USA

Chainarong Wirunphat

THAILAND

Cher Pruys

CANADA

Claudia Yin

SINGAPORE

David Ghiloni

USA

Deena Abbott

USA

Destiny Fagbohun

USA

Dorothea Elia Piper

GERMANY

Dorotheos Antoniadis

GREECE

Echo Baker

USA

Elke De Jaeger

BELGIUM

Elwin Joseph

USA

Emmy Kline

USA

Eric Li

USA

Eva Fellner

AUSTRIA

Faatasiga Matau

USA

Fang Zuhan

CHINA

Florian Prünster

ITALY

Frances Cooley

UK

Gaetanne Lavoie

CANADA

Gail Morton

USA

Gerd Stritzel

GERMANY

Gloria Tang Yuze

SINGAPORE

Han Shuai

CHINA

Hannah Fitzgerald

USA

Hans Christian Duvivier

GERMANY

Heidi Brueckner

USA

Helen Qin

USA

Hsiu-Min Hung

TAIWAN

Hua Jian Feng

CHINA

Huang Bin

CHINA

Iryna Akimova

UKRAINE

Ivan Ricciardi

ITALY

James L. Foster

USA

Jeff Newman

USA

Jerry Weems

USA

Jin Tang

USA

Joel Armstrong

USA

John Buxton

USA

Jon Bøe Paulsen

NORWAY

Jonel Scholtz

SOUTH AFRICA

Jose Bilo

CANADA

Joselyn Torres

USA

Joseph Abbati

USA

Joseph Moreno

USA

Jovan Bethel

USA

Judit Szakter

HUNGARY

Julia Winter

NETHERLANDS

Julie Martin

USA

Kannaki Bharali

USA

Katya Shiova

UKRAINE

Ken Kochakji

USA

LaRon Williams

USA

Lashayla Stephens

USA

Len Swec

USA

Li Li

CHINA

Li Tingting

CHINA

Lita Wells

PHILIPPINES

Liu Xiaopeng

CHINA

Liu Yuquan

CHINA

Liz Carter

USA

Luke Mosling

USA

Marcelle Mansour

AUSTRALIA

Mariana Peirano

USA

Marty Jones

USA

Maxwell G. Miller

USA

Mei He

USA

Michael Scherfen

USA

Michael Sherman

USA

Natalia Nik

HUNGARY

Olga Poltavets

USA

Olha Tkachenko

CANADA

Olivia Maday

USA

Pat Flanagan

USA

Patricia Edith Mary Thompson

UK

Patricia Maguire

USA

Paul Kenens

BELGIUM

Philippe Giroux

CANADA

R. Mike Nichols

USA

Raheim Webster

UK

Ravin Goyal

USA

Richard Wrobel von Gerhardberg

USA

Rong Ye

USA

Rosalinda Taymor

USA

Rosemary Burn

UK

Rute Ventura

USA

Sabbi Gavrailov

UK

Sampy Sicada

USA

Sarah McBride

CANADA

Sooltan Madsen

USA

Terra Hedgecock

USA

Tony J. Smith

USA

Wolfgang Graue

GERMANY

Xiong Yanteng

USA

Xu Changsheng

CHINA

Yumi Watanabe

JAPAN

Zhang Chen

CHINA

Zhang Qingquan

CHINA

Zhang Xizhao

CHINA

Zhu Junhe

CHINA

HONORABLE MENTION AWARD

Adi Zur

CANADA

Afshana Sharmeen

INDIA

Agnes Benke

HUNGARY

Aja Dandridge

USA

Alina Karmadanova

CHINA

Allie Thomas

USA

Amy Parsons

NEW ZEALAND

Angel-Dawn Bryant

USA

Ann Grebel Villanueva

PHILIPPINES

Annabel Coleman

USA

Anne Blaich

GERMANY

Anne Carter

USA

Anneke Vanvloten

ITALY

Annette Juliano

USA

Asya Dall'Agata

ITALY

Augusta Zuerker

USA

Ava Shannon

USA

Azma Elham

USA

B. J. Talor-Canoutas

USA

Belinda Strickland

USA

Bill Anderson

USA

Birgit Kulessa

GERMANY

Blaise Sheasby

SOUTH AFRICA

Blake Hughes

USA

Brian Malachy Quinn

USA

Bryce Nicholson

CANADA

Cara Roberts

UK

Carina Imbrogno

USA

Carmen Heidi Kroese

GERMANY

Carole K. Boyd

USA

Caroline Roberts

SWEDEN

Catherine Owens

USA

Catherine Rein

USA

Chen Gang

CHINA

Cheng Yu Chi

TAIWAN

Cheryl Wooten

USA

Christophe Szpajdel

UK

Clarisse Casalino

USA

Colleen Reynolds

USA

Corey Jones

USA

Cynthia Rivarde

USA

Daniel Raskin

USA

David Bender

USA

Deshon Washington

USA

Diana Farmilo

AUSTRALIA

Donald Hatch

USA

Donna Lee Cutler

USA

Douglas Johnson

USA

Edwin Huresky

USA

Eitan Hedram

USA

Elena Ansaloni

ITALY

Eleonora Medwell

UK

Elijah Philip Caldwell

USA

Elli Shahideh

USA

Elvira Markó-Rádler

HUNGARY

Engela Vorster

SOUTH AFRICA

Eric Mcghie

USA

Fang Nan

USA

Fiona Fox

UK

Francois Michel Beausoleil

USA

Galya Koleva

BULGARIA

Gayle Printz

USA

Ghia Haddad

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gill Douglas

SOUTH AFRICA

Grace Muncada-Rosario

PHILIPPINES

Henrik Bakmann

DENMARK

Hushang Omidizadeh

GERMANY

Ira Nagar

INDIA

Isabelle Zab

CANADA

James Frost

USA

Jan Lowe

AUSTRALIA

Jane Armstrong

USA

Janice (Ecinja) McCaskill

USA

Jasna Dragun

CROATIA

Jenny Chernansky

USA

Jeremiah Griswold

USA

Jim Gigurtsis

USA

John Malec

USA

Joy Al

USA

Joyce E. Lazzara

USA

Juan Carlos Zeballos Moscairo

FRANCE

Karin Nemri

USA

Karis Pruitt

USA

Katharina Teichroeb

USA

Katherine Katzarov

BULGARIA

Katherine Wiggs

USA

Katja Roden

GERMANY

Kecia Olney

USA

Kerri Warner

USA

Kezia Maret

TANZANIA

Kiril Krastev-Kiroki

BULGARIA

Kohlben Vodden

UK

Koreny Ildikó

HUNGARY

Laurie Lisovich

AUSTRIA

Leanne Catena

USA

Leanne Gill

SOUTH AFRICA

Leslie Edwards

UK

Leslie Paulus

USA

Lin Pacific

USA

Lindsay-Ann Chilcott

CANADA

Lorraine Szabo

USA

Lucille Dweck

UK

Luisa Ruiz

USA

Lyla Finlay

USA

Lynda Sauls

USA

László András Lampert

HUNGARY

Lőrincz Krisztina

HUNGARY

Ma Ye Na

CHINA

Marc Brechwald

USA

Margaretha Holtzhausen

SOUTH AFRICA

Marti Niles

USA

Matilda Gödri

HUNGARY

Melissa Broadwell

USA

Michael Jacques

USA

Michelle Ward Ciancio

USA

Milica Vujovic

SERBIA

Mira Zbikowska

NETHERLANDS

Monica Pernroth-L

SWEDEN

Natalia Rose

DENMARK

Neera Sharma

USA

Nhu Chu

USA

Nicci Disco

USA

Nina Pancheva

UK

Olimpia Gambacorta

USA

Olivia Parsons

USA

Oscar Olarte

FRANCE

Patricia Alonzo Diaz

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Paul Sanful

USA

Peggy Liebenow

GERMANY

Péter Szilágyi

HUNGARY

Raymond Sammak

USA

Rebecca Lazinger

USA

Richard Wortzel

USA

Rolando Rosales Barragan

USA

Ruth Schmidt

HUNGARY

Samantha Schenatzky

USA

Sandra McClelland Lewin

USA

Santo Matias

USA

Sara Long

USA

Sarah Means

USA

Scarlett Woolsey

USA

Seynhaeve Freddy

BELGIUM

Shima Salehi

FINLAND

Sonya R. Hill

USA

Szilvia Szluka

HUNGARY

Tamara de la Flor Finetti

CANADA

Tanushree Bhattacharya

INDIA

Tatiana Kotliarova

SWEDEN

Tatulli Komogorova

USA

Tay Brizendine

USA

Tea Shubladze

GREECE

Thea Berman

USA

Thomas Persson

SWEDEN

Tiffany Wan

USA

Tiisetso

SOUTH AFRICA

Uygar Küçük

TURKEY

Venus Rice

SRI LANKA

Vera Neel

USA

Victor Vaughn Alley

SOUTH AFRICA

Viliam Jachymovič

SLOVAKIA

Vinisha Browne

USA

Wang Yong

CHINA

Wayne K. Johnson

USA

Wendy Nelson

USA

William Ellis

USA

Wu Yuchen

CHINA

Yao Wei

CHINA

Yohany Perez

USA

Youri Chasov

RUSSIA

Zhongqi Li

USA

Zsuzsi Gyimesi

HUNGARY

Øystein Jacobsen

NORWAY

FINALIST AWARD

Amy Newton-McConnel

USA

Anita Sewell

USA

Ann Demitruk

USA

Axel Becker

GERMANY

Charlotte Cee Colosia

USA

Christiane Maluck

GERMANY

Clyde J. Kell

USA

Cynthia Ford

USA

Domingo Parada Farjat

USA

Dominique Therrien

CANADA