The CFA Artist of the Year Award 2022-23
Titles, Awards & Grants Announcement
With 636 artists from around the world, submitting artwork in a variety of media and styles, selecting only a handful of artworks was not a simple task. As with our previous three Artist of the Year contests, we based our judgement on the aesthetic and technical aspects each piece, as well as the degree of originality and uniqueness of the artist's practice. Below, is the results' announcement for this season's titles and awards.
CFA Artist of the Year 2023
First Place Award
Thomas W Schaller
Watercolor, United States
www.thomaswschaller.com
CFA Artist of the Year 2023
Second Place Award
Jingfeng Li
Drawing, b.1965, Republic of China

CFA Artist of the Year 2023
Third Place Award
Marc Brousse
Multidisciplinary, France
www.marcbrousse.com

Top 15 Award
Barry Davies RCA
Elisabetta De María
Maximilian
Swa Guerra
Lili Jiang
Cristina Jobs
Brian McClear
Linda-Saskia Menczel
Chris Pothier
Ren Jianhui
Herman Smorenburg
Brianne Urzada
Contest Finalists will receive an interview on our website published for 1 year, 1 page in ArtIDEAL Magazine and feature on our homepage for 30 days.

Important Notes for Participating Artists
All participating artists have been personally emailed regarding the results announcement.
If you participated in this contest and did not receive our email, please contact us at info@circle-arts.com
Where can I read more about the selected artists? In the following days, we will post interviews and more work by the selected artists on our website. Check back to read more about their work. Also, in early summer, our top picks from this contest will be featured in the 3rd edition of Art IDEAL Magazine.
Why are most selected artists painters? It is because about 85% of all contest entries submitted to the contest were paintings.