Collectors Art Prize recognizes outstanding achievements in contemporary art by celebrating the work of extraordinary artists whose practices are among the most innovative and influential of our time.
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Through years of experimentation, Dr Lowly developed his signature “Squeeze and Splatter” technique. Using an array of unconventional tools—balloons, spoons, and even a toilet brush—he evokes chaos refined by control. Acrylic paint, selected for its non-toxic qualities, reflects his enduring commitment to health and well-being.
Her work has to be realistic, because she creates multifaceted and engaging paintings, that tell visual stories about her experiences and ideas. The stories cover gender equality, social issues, art history and personal issues. She does explore the Zeitgeist from a female view.
Syndy Esteves, having worked in the architectural industry for over 25 yrs, 19 years on drafting board and 7 years as a cad technician, although respected and proficient in her field, she found herself always dreaming of following her life dream of becoming a professional artist. Thus, she resigned and pursued her dream picking up a paintbrush for the first time in 2013.
Sukey Camacho It’s a self taught Artist and, She is Born in Mexico and Currently living in United States of America. Studied Classical European Art for 4 years at a private school in Sofia Art Academy in Dallas Texas and now she’s winning a Multiple International Awards with the most prestigious Elite Certifications Artist merit with the Recognition Globally and Considered ones of the International Investable Artists with the Art Market Experts prestigious Brand for Art Collectors Investment for Her Unique Genuine and Authentic Style Method the Viceversa View and 360°rotation view in the most of her Authentic and Unique Masterpieces of Art.
Mara Montagna has always loved painting since she was a child, but her educational and professional journey led her to teach for 42 years. She managed to bring painting back into her life by attending night school at her hometown art high school. This experience allowed her to give her painting a professional edge and pushed her to search for her artistic identity.
Her works are emotional, intuitive, evocative and passionate. And the statements are different: with some pictures she just wants to express a passionate joy about the beauty of life and the beauty of art. Other works have a socio-political background. They want to warn and awaken: the destruction of our planet and the extinction of so many animals for commercial purposes must be stopped! Our most important goal must be to pass on this wonderful planet to future generations intact and worth living in.
Born in Höxter, Marion Schmidtke explores natural motifs above and below the water’s surface, using acrylic and oil paints on large-scale canvases. Inspired by nature, she fuses abstraction with natural elements. Through layering and a sense of stillness, her works are marked by luminous colors, light, and depth.
The creative process behind this series not only honors her mother’s life and creative spirit but allows me to inhabit grief in a tangible and poetic way. By reconstructing and framing these objects, I reflect on the impossibility of separating a person from the things they touched, shaped, and loved. This work evokes the dual nature of memory and forgetting, a space where our attachment to material things becomes both an act of resistance against absence and, paradoxically, a means of release.
‘My main career focus is always on my studio work and a painting style I have been progressing for 25 years which continues to develop’ Her artwork has appeared in and on the cover of over fifty publications worldwide.
A selling artist, Karen Connor, appreciates the small details in life and uses those details to breathe realism into her art. Precision is the name of her game and Connor has over 25 years’ experience perfecting her craft. The greater the detail, the greater her satisfaction is, in her work. No detail is overlooked, the lines on the petals of a flower, the light that hits an eye, a piece of hair or fur, are all placed meticulously to make her paintings as real as possible.
Rebeccah Klodt is an abstract artist from the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Her art is on display throughout the United States and Europe. She works out of her Minneapolis studio overlooking the Mississippi River, and her lake home as well. Nature, and life's majesty are key inspirations for Rebeccah.
Varda Breger was born in Israel (1937) and lives and works in Tel Aviv. Married to Dov, three children, 8 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren. After a career as a chemistry teacher, always painting, she turned completely to art and poetry. She has been a member of the European Artists and the Tel Aviv Artists and Sculptors Associations since 1986. She was elected to AFC- Artists for Conservation, ANF-Artists for Nature, the General Union of Writers and the Hebrew Writers Association in Israel, and the organization of Women Wage Peace.
Sandra Bédu is a French artist born on 31 January 1967 in Madagascar. Her favourite activities have always been painting and drawing. She studied art at the Rouen School of Fine Arts in Normandy, graduating in 1989. A member of an artists' collective since 2018, she lives and works near Rouen.
Annabell Mozer (born 1989) is a self-taught artist based in Stuttgart, Germany. She began her artistic journey at 30 after overcoming a serious illness, turning to painting as a form of healing and expression. Her vibrant acrylic works—often large-scale and unframed—reflect a spontaneous interplay of music, color, and emotion.
Howard Harris is a Techspressionist artist based in Denver, Colorado, whose work investigates the complexities of visual perception and design. He received a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and a Master's in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute in New York, where he studied with design theorist Rowena Reed Kostellow. His educational background also includes studies in Economics and Computer Science at the University of Missouri, as well as Sublimation Color Research at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
I began my arts education through public education and in the museum programs. Later, I attended Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia and Rome, Italy. I left school for a year to move to Los Angeles, California and received my B.F.A. from University of Southern California. Subsequently, I took post graduate courses at UCLA. After, moving to New Mexico, I was greatly influenced by the atmosphere and environment and that influenced me to evolve the style of painting I call, Sculpted Paintings.
Oenone Hammersley’s art is a celebration of nature’s beauty and complexity. Her paintings have been exhibited at prestigious galleries and art fairs, including New York, London, Miami, and Washington DC, and are part of important private and public collections worldwide.
Carol Wates is a British Artist who creates iPad pictures using the Brushes App. Carol trained at Chelsea University of Art, subsequently worked as a visualiser in a London Advertising Agency. Exhibited in Germany, France, and Switzerland.
Marie-Ghislaine Beaucé, a French artist currently living in London, has been passionate about textile fibers since childhood; at 12 years old her ambition was to become a fashion designer. At the National School of Fine Arts in Nantes, she experimented weaving various materials such as hemp, 8 mm film reels, ribbons cut from fabrics and painted cardboard tubes.
Ursa Schoepper first completed her studies in Natural Science with state examination. In addition she completed a study in cultural management, state examinaten, with a concentration in fine arts, new media. In her Agentur für Virtuelle Denkraeume she was working as a cultural manager. In 2001 she was awarded the Media Promotion Prize of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia for „Das Museum der abwesenden Bilder“. Since 2003 Ursa Schöpper has been working primarily as a photographic artist. Her artwork has been exhibited internationally and she is the recipient of notable awards.
