3rd

WATER

International Juried Art Competition

December 2022 - January 2023

WINNERS

Out of several hundred contestants,

424 artists from 36 countries

won in one of six prize categories.

CASH PRIZE

$3,500 awarded to 118 winning artists

We again set a NEW RECORD in terms of total cash prize awarded and the number of artists represented.

Winners will be prominently featured in multiple media platforms.

artists

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FIRST PRIZE AWARD

- $100 | 1 ARTIST -

Liu Xiaowei

CHINA

RUNNER-UP PRIZE AWARD

- $150 TOTAL | 2 ARTISTS | $75 EACH ARTIST -

Daniel Moir

CANADA

Valeria Latorre

ITALY

MERIT PRIZE AWARD

- $750 TOTAL | 15 ARTISTS | $50 EACH ARTIST -

Alison Vincent

UK

André Farnier

FRANCE

Claudia Haskell

GERMANY

Dana Epstein

USA

Elizabeth Rhoades

USA

Erich Kummer

AUSTRIA

Ganga Roslin Bladh

SWEDEN

Gil Dellinger

USA

Ieva Graudina

LATVIA

Marco Guazzarini

ITALY

Mario Bonazza

ITALY

Melanie Harvey

UK

Vitaly Kazantsev

UKRAINE

Wolfgang Graue

GERMANY

Yang Xin

CHINA

TALENT PRIZE AWARD

- $2,500 TOTAL | 100 ARTISTS | $25 EACH ARTIST -

Alan Furst

USA

Anita Dougan

IRELAND

Anna-Karin Oterhals

SWEDEN

Astrid Hörr-Mann

GERMANY

Blache Christiane

FRANCE

Carmen Heidi Kroese

GERMANY

Carol Rusaw

USA

Carolynn Redwine Geer

USA

Christine O'Dell-Ferguson

USA

Constanze Kreiser

GERMANY

Cécile Louvel

FRANCE

Daniel Schluesselberger

SWITZERLAND

David Pearce

UK

Debbie O. Lucas

USA

Deimante Bruzguliene

UK

Diana Dimova-Traxi

BULGARIA

Diane Lea Kemp

USA

Dianne Vanstone

AUSTRALIA

Doris Mady

USA

Evelyn Kerry

FRANCE

Giordana Huonder

SWITZERLAND

Hall Jameson

USA

Hans-Dieter Ilge

GERMANY

Hazel Hindle

UK

Huabei Jiang

USA

Igor Eugen Prokop

HUNGARY

Irina Shin-Geller

USA

Irmgard Mehlman

AUSTRIA

Ivana Rashlich

USA

Janet Latshaw Simons

USA

Jean-Noël Riou

FRANCE

Jeane Kat McGrail

USA

Jessica Stuart-Beck

SWEDEN

John Diephouse

USA

Jon Egan

USA

Julie Connor

UK

Karel Armstrong

USA

Katerina Soy

TURKEY

Kathleen Kilchenmann

GERMANY

Kent Gordon

USA

Kirsten Schankweiler

GERMANY

Lauren Wiseman

USA

Liu Manshu

CHINA

Lucia Vinograd

USA

Lynn Berkeley

USA

Madison Lee

USA

Marie Claude Archambault de Vençay

FRANCE

Marie Krajan

USA

Marie-Pierre Ficheux

GERMANY

Mariefrance Vuille

SWITZERLAND

Marilena Faraci Stangier

GERMANY

Marina Emphietzi

UK

Melissa Broadwell

USA

Michael A. Cantelmo

USA

Michele Bourdeau

USA

Monica Puryear

USA

Nancy B. Frank

USA

Nancy Brockmon

USA

Natalia Kalugina

USA

Natasha Kanevski

USA

Niels Lolle

DENMARK

O Yemi Tubi

UK

Oenone Hammersley

USA

Patricia Maguire

USA

Paul Harman

USA

Peggy Rubin

USA

Petra Seiz

LUXEMBOURG

Poornima Dayal

INDIA

Rachel Griffin

USA

Rinsho Shin

JAPAN

Rob Bavier

USA

Robby Lulianto

INDONESIA

Sahyly Martinez

USA

Sangeetha Mudumbai

USA

Sarah Haskell

USA

Sascha Bayer

GERMANY

Sixue Yang

CHINA

Sophie Dressler

FRANCE

Stan Evenson

USA

Stephanie Bing

GERMANY

Steven Schroeder

USA

Suzanne Barton

USA

Sylvia Galos

AUSTRIA

Tamara Javurek

GERMANY

Terry Beard

UK

Tobias Hartmann

GERMANY

Toril Gjermundsdatter Wik

NORWAY

Tracey Lee Cassin

NEW ZEALAND

Verena Kloos

USA

Victoria Cracknell

USA

Wendy Bird

UK

Wendy Long

UK

Wiebke Meier

GERMANY

William Brody

USA

William Winbush

USA

Yeoh Tze Xuan

SINGAPORE

Yi Dan

CHINA

Yu Fang

CHINA

Yu Xiaodong

CHINA

Yuemeng Wu

CHINA

HONORABLE MENTION AWARD

A. C. Rosmon

DENMARK

Aaron Krone

USA

Alina Hamalia

UKRAINE

Allan Linder

USA

Allosio Claudette

FRANCE

Amani Hanson

USA

Amy Frank

USA

Ana Gaines

SWEDEN

Andrea Anderson Gluckman

USA

Anna Thurber

USA

Anna Vladi Pantsireva

HUNGARY

Anne Felicie Nickels

SWEDEN

Anne Stewart

SWEDEN

Antoaneta Tica

ROMANIA

Ashley Alexandra

CANADA

Astrid Maria Charlotte Puttins

GERMANY

Ayris Hatton

USA

Barbara Anna Cichocka

UK

Barbara Levine

USA

Becky Chappell

USA

Ben McCarty

USA

Benno Sökeland

GERMANY

Beth Watkins Lagarto

UK

Birthe Vembye

DENMARK

Brooke Poeppel

USA

Calvin Hoff

USA

Candice Huang

TAIWAN

Carla J. Fisher

USA

Catherine Moreno

USA

Cathie Reynolds

AUSTRALIA

Chau Kwok Wai

CHINA

Cherry Sweig

USA

Chong Veng Cheang

CHINA

Chris Irwin

USA

Christopher Fowler

USA

Chuck Jones

USA

Clyde J. Kell

USA

Cécile Dinge

FRANCE

Dagmar Reiche

GERMANY

Dalleen Jackson

USA

Darrell McGahhey

USA

Dene Ross

USA

Denise Goldstein

USA

Denise Henderscheid

USA

Dorienne Carmel

UK

Dru Pilmer

USA

Duretête-Brodel Michèle

FRANCE

Eirene Arholekas

GREECE

Eirin Hov

NORWAY

Elena Labetskaya

UZBEKISTAN

Elizabeth Conley

USA

Elwin Joseph

USA

Emily Elisabeth Marra

USA

Eva Bertilzon

SWEDEN

Farid Izemmour

SWITZERLAND

Fiona Fox

UK

Freida Hafif

USA

Gao Ao

CHINA

Gayle Printz

USA

Giovanni Gambasin

ITALY

Giuseppina Graziano

AUSTRALIA

Graciela Keane

USA

Graham Lloyd

UK

Haixin Li

USA

Hannah Male

USA

Hege Ullensvang

NORWAY

Helene Aurell

SWEDEN

Helene Oertig

SWITZERLAND

Inga Jensen Wikstrand

SWEDEN

Ingrid Astbo

SWEDEN

Irina Hoble

UK

Isobella Grubb-Kovach

USA

Jana Kreft

GERMANY

Jill Oscar

USA

Joerg Bollin

GERMANY

Joon-Young Lee

SOUTH KOREA

Karen Olsen Bender

USA

Karen Stassen

DENMARK

Karen Wright

GERMANY

Karin Wenderlein-Gruber

GERMANY

Lee Kwong Tim Jackson

CHINA

Lei Xiaoran

CHINA

Leslie Connito

USA

Lindsay Hebberd

USA

Lisa Daniels

USA

Lotte Kjoeller

DENMARK

Margarita Siebke

GERMANY

Maria Narmont-Laplace

GERMANY

Maria Pazos

USA

Mariano Gonzales

USA

Marny Lawton

USA

Mary Ellen Goetz

USA

Max Whitehurst

USA

Michael Thron

USA

Miriam Modena

ITALY

Naomi Hulatt

UK

Nijat Burjiyev

USA

Ning Xiaoshen

CHINA

Pamela Squires

USA

Patricia Lewis

USA

Patricia Pardini

USA

Patrick Hanlon

IRELAND

Paula E. Borsetti

USA

Pauline Clay

USA

Peach McComb

USA

Pepper Tharp

USA

Pernilla Enblom Dedic

SWEDEN

Rainer Fest

GERMANY

Rick Hurst

USA

Ronald Walker

USA

Rosemary Burn

UK

Samitha Palihawadana

JAPAN

Sharon Kingston

USA

Shefali Ranthe

DENMARK

Sophie Coe

UK

Su-Feng Wang

TAIWAN

Sumi Chatterjee

USA

Susanne Persson

SWEDEN

Terry Houseworth

USA

Thomas Beecht

GERMANY

Tiberge Véronique

FRANCE

Tim Toribio

USA

Ulla Strandberg

SWEDEN

Ute Zeuschner

GERMANY

Vasile Stefanoiu

ROMANIA

Vaughan Castine

AUSTRALIA

Veronique Van Asch

BELGIUM

Verónica De Batista

ARGENTINA

Vivianne Otsa

SWEDEN

Weina Li

CHINA

Wendy Goldberg

USA

William Rothenbach

USA

Wim Kannekens

NETHERLANDS

Xiao Feng Meng

CHINA

Yuliia Klotz

GERMANY

Zue Chan

CHINA

FINALIST AWARD

Aeliane van den Ende

NETHERLANDS

Alethea Eriksson

SWITZERLAND

Alissa Christine

USA

Andzelika Cechanaviciene

LITHUANIA

Ann Ranlett

USA

Ann Raphaëlle Vervoenen

BELGIUM

Anna Pechytiak

POLAND

Anne Carter

USA

Anne-Sophie Le Penru

FRANCE

Annukka Mikkola

FINLAND

Armelle Gorry Hemery

FRANCE

Aurora-Cristina Wuytens

BELGIUM

Baraba-Pe Peikert

SWITZERLAND

Barbara Keim

USA

Birgit Günther

GERMANY

Birgit Kulessa

GERMANY

Birgitta Glenmark

SWEDEN

Bonnie Maxey

USA

Brad Abbott

USA

Brian Malachy Quinn

USA

Brooks Carver

USA

Calenna Cauley

USA

Carole Bracy

USA

Chanda Raj

USA

Chantal Hediger

SWITZERLAND

Charlotte Cee Colosia

USA