4th

WATER

International Juried Art Competition

August - September 2023

WINNERS

356 artists from 39 countries

won in one of six prize categories

CASH PRIZE

$3,500 awarded to 118 winning artists

Winners will be prominently featured in multiple media platforms.

artists

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FIRST PRIZE AWARD

- $300 | 1 ARTIST -

Alina Hubarenko

GERMANY

RUNNER-UP PRIZE AWARD

- $150 | 1 ARTIST -

Adam D. Smith

USA

MERIT PRIZE AWARD

- $225 | 3 ARTISTS -

Deidre Tao

USA

Judy Clarkson

UK

Wolfgang Graue

GERMANY

TALENT PRIZE AWARD

- $2,825 TOTAL | 113 ARTISTS | $25 EACH ARTIST -

Aiden Olsen

USA

Andrea Sargeant

ITALY

André Farnier

FRANCE

Ans Carnes

USA

Barry Udis

USA

Birgit Kulessa

GERMANY

Brad Burkhart

USA

Carmen Heidi Kroese

GERMANY

Carmen Rey

SPAIN

Chan Chen Yang

TAIWAN

Cher Pruys

CANADA

Christine Davis

AUSTRALIA

Craig White

USA

Daniel Olivier

FRANCE

David Ghiloni

USA

Debra Kay Carter

USA

Dennis Harrison

USA

Diane Rodriguez

USA

Didi Foronda

PHILIPPINES

Dongmei Yin

TAIWAN

Donna Thomas

USA

Dorienne Carmel

UK

Duga Bobanovic

GERMANY

Dylan Pieszak

USA

Elizabeth Rhoades

USA

Emma Larsson

SWEDEN

Erica Russell

USA

Erica Sloan

USA

Eva Bertilzon

SWEDEN

Evy Olsen Halvorsen

USA

Frances Stocks

CANADA

Frauke Feuchter

GERMANY

Frederick Lyle Morris

USA

Gayle Faulkner

USA

Geeta Pattanaik

USA

Grant Pecoff

USA

Hank Feeley

USA

Hanni Serway

GERMANY

Henrik Delfer

DENMARK

Herbert Hermans

NETHERLANDS

Hsiu-Min Hung

TAIWAN

Huang Weibin

CHINA

Huang Zhenhuang

CHINA

Ikenna Umeh

USA

Ilse Taylor Hable

MEXICO

Ingemar Härdelin

SWEDEN

Isha Nagar

INDIA

Jason Ralph

CANADA

Jeane Kat McGrail

USA

Jeanine M. Visser

USA

Jeff Newman

USA

Jenny Chernansky

USA

Jess Holz

USA

Ji Hongbin

CHINA

Jiayu Liu

CHINA

John Buxton

USA

Juels Pellow

AUSTRALIA

Kan Chong To

CHINA

Kannaki Bharali

USA

Katharina Litchman

USA

Kathrin Sachse

GERMANY

Ken Kochakji

USA

Kseniia Yeromenko

USA

Laura Parker

UK

Liu Feng

CHINA

Liu Huimin

CHINA

Luo Jing

CHINA

Maja Wolf

POLAND

Maria Karlosak

USA

Marilyn Lowney Johnson

USA

Marissa Madonna

USA

Mark Kaufman

USA

Monica Lee

MALAYSIA

Mou Ting Ting

CHINA

Myrta Köhler

GERMANY

Nie Hong

CHINA

Noah Dahlien

USA

Pat Flanagan

USA

Paul B. Dixon

SOUTH AFRICA

Paul Delpani

AUSTRIA

Peter Clarke

UK

Petra Schott

GERMANY

Philippe Chatillon (Aldehy)

FRANCE

Qi Runxin

TAIWAN

Rigaud Fabienne

FRANCE

Rob Buntin

FRANCE

Rocco DeLaurentis

USA

Ross Odom

USA

Rudy Villasenor

USA

Rupert Head

UK

Rzyski Christian

BELGIUM

Serge Ovcharuk

UK

Steve Maize

USA

Sun Jun Ming

CHINA

Susan Moore

USA

Susanne Fumelli

ITALY

Tea Shubladze

GREECE

Teresa Bolen

JAPAN

Thomas Persson

SWEDEN

Tina Periquet

PHILIPPINES

Ting Wu

CANADA

Tino Gerlach

GERMANY

Valeria Ocean

TURKEY

Wang Bei

CHINA

Wiebke Meier

GERMANY

Xing Qingliao

CHINA

Xu Cong E.

CHINA

Xu Ze

CHINA

Yan Yin

CANADA

Yuwei Lin

TAIWAN

Zheng Wei

CHINA

Zhu Xiao Lin

CHINA

HONORABLE MENTION AWARD

Aayush Aayush

USA

Ada Trillo

USA

Adi Zur

CANADA

Adrian Maull

USA

Alaiyo Bradshaw

USA

Amelia Currier

USA

Andrea Borbély Hellman

USA

Andrew Chalfen

USA

Angela DiCicco

USA

Anil Sawe

USA

Ann Frödeberg

SWEDEN

Anne Wölk

GERMANY

Anthony Lee Weng Choong

MALAYSIA

Arthur Bialowas

USA

Ashley Lovick

USA

Bao-Khang Luu

USA

Barry Smylie

CANADA

Begoña Lafuente

NETHERLANDS

Bennett Gewirtz

USA

Beth Smith

USA

Bethany Vieira

USA

Birgitta Glenmark

SWEDEN

Bobby Kim Ling Chen

CHINA

Camila Calvoso Camargo

BRAZIL

Carina Imbrogno

USA

Carla J. Fisher

USA

Carol Faga

USA

Carol Rusaw

USA

Carole K. Boyd

USA

Cecile Dinge

FRANCE

Cen Qing Yi

CHINA

Chas Blackford

USA

Chau Kwok Wai

CHINA

Christiane Maluck

GERMANY

Christine Douglass

USA

Christopher Fowler

USA

Collette Mann

USA

Courtney Kelly

USA

Darlene Spell

USA

Deborah St. John

USA

Dorothea Elia Piper

GERMANY

Eileen McMackin

USA

Ellen Jean Diederich

USA

Emily Mooney

USA

Fabienne Sowa-Dobkowski

USA

Frederic Steinlaender

FRANCE

Friederike Hoffmann

GERMANY

Ganga Roslin Bladh

SWEDEN

Gavin Libotte

AUSTRALIA

Giancarlo Mariani

ITALY

Guido R. Zanni

USA

Han Shuai

CHINA

Hannah (Nicole) Carnoy-Bonheur

FRANCE

Hannah Fitzgerald

USA

Heather Curwen

UK

Helga Renders

BELGIUM

Igor Eugen Prokop

GERMANY

Ilze Godlevskis

CANADA

Irina Shoyhet

USA

Jacky Wang

USA

Jana Kreft

GERMANY

Jean Johnson

USA

Jean Judd

USA

Jennifer Roberts Almodova

USA

Jewel Conway

USA

Jieyan Yang

CHINA

Jim Bob Swafford

USA

Jim Potterton

USA

Joanna E. Levesley

UK

Joanne Chew

USA

John Diephouse

USA

John Langdon

USA

Jon Woodhams

USA

Joseph Pellicane

USA

Karen Norman

USA

Karen Piper

SOUTH AFRICA

Karen Sachs

USA

Karen Safer

USA

Karol Blumenthal

USA

Kata Szabo

HUNGARY

Kathy Corey

USA

Kenneth Cloud

USA

Kim Rasit

UK

Kimberly Franklin

USA

Koreny Ildikó

HUNGARY

Kyria Christodoulou

UK

Ladona Tornabene

USA

Leanne Catena

USA

Leo Tujak

USA

Leslie Edwards

UK

Li Jen Chen

TAIWAN

Lin Chia Yu

CHINA

Lin Teichman

USA

Liu Chengyong

CHINA

Liu Fei

CHINA

Lulu Popham

UK

Mad Watson

USA

Madeleine Ouellet

CANADA

Mang Ling Wong

CHINA

Margaret Zymali

USA

Maria Deely

USA

Mario Bonazza

ITALY

Marius Starkey

USA

Mary Ann Ortigas

CANADA

Meaghan Troup

USA

Mel Dugosh

USA

Melissa Broadwell

USA

Meng Ruyu

CHINA

Meredith Haines

USA

Michael Lip

MALAYSIA

Michael Reismann

USA

Michelle T. Lapointe

USA

Mikaela Reinton

NORWAY

Musto M. Yildirim

SWITZERLAND

Nagy Kálmán

HUNGARY

Nancy J. McLaughlin

USA

Nancy Levinson

USA

Natalia Kalugina

USA

Natalia Rose

DENMARK

Nicola Quici

GERMANY

Nils Lagergren

SWEDEN

Nora Komoroczki

HUNGARY

Olga Rokhmanyuk

USA

Patricia Edith Mary Thompson

UK

Patsee Ober

USA

Pattie Palmer-Baker

USA

Paul C. Blake

USA

Paul T. Levin

SWEDEN

Peter Connolly

AUSTRALIA

Phil "Petey" Miceli

USA

Qin Jiming

SINGAPORE

R. Mike Nichols

USA

Rachelle Kaldani

USA

Ralph Miller

USA

Rapha Shvartsman

USA

Rellie Liwag

PHILIPPINES

Richard Fusco

USA

Robert Bolla

USA

Rod Nelson

UK

Rong Ye

USA

Rosalinda Taymor

USA

Rosemary Burn

UK

Sal Strom

USA

Sang Zhuo

CHINA

Sanna Ala-Kortesmaa

FINLAND

Sara Gressette

USA

Serena Kitt

IRELAND

Sheetal Durve

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Sherry Swafford Page

USA

Simon Larivière

CANADA

Sophie Gassmann

FRANCE

Stephanie Pyren

USA

Talon Sylvie

FRANCE

Tao Changping

CHINA

Tatjana Tarasenko

UK

Ted Herman

USA

Toni Barbosa

USA

Toni Gallo

USA

Tracey Lee Cassin

NEW ZEALAND

Vicki Svedrell

SWEDEN

Victoria Cracknell

USA

Vigen Amamchyan

ARMENIA

Virginie Vincent

UK

Vivian Cavalieri

USA

Wenxin Wang

CANADA

William Cleveland

USA

William Ellis

USA

William Masters

USA

Woyneve Cassidy

USA

Yin Louie

CHINA

Yu Dong Xing

CHINA

Yueyang Zou

USA

Zen Zaahir

USA

Zhang Yi

CHINA

Zhiheng Gong

CHINA

Zhou Qing

CHINA

FINALIST AWARD

Alexandra Maria Baron Melo

COLOMBIA

Andrew Sawyer

USA

Anne B. Schwartz

USA

Anne Cochez-Lind

USA

Annie Sadlon

USA

Arão Pinto

GERMANY

Ashley Chase Ferguson

USA

Bertrina Shorter