Over the last 12 years, a group called ArtDataIntel (ADi)has been monitoring the winning paintings and artists across major art competitions.
They recently finished a daunting statistical analysis where they mixed all award winning artists in their database (5,600+) from 10 competitions, coming up with the following “Grand Slam” list:
Ranking #5
Mary Qian
Qian ranked first among 270 Award Winning Artists in the AIS Awards (12-year history) @americanimpressionistsociety and she ranked third among 580 Award Winning Artists in the OPA Awards (13-year history) @oilpaintersofamerica
Ranking #4
William Schneider
Schneider ranked first among 462 Award Winning Artists in the NOAPS Awards (16-year history) @natoilandacrylicsociety, also, he ranked fifth among 580 Award Winning Artists in the OPA Awards (13-year history) @oilpaintersofamerica and finally, he was one of the 10 Rising Stars @boldbrush
Ranking #4
James Crandall
Crandall ranked second among 297 Award Winning Artists in the Raymar Art Awards (7-year history) @raymarart, also, he ranked third among 580 Award Winning Artists in the OPA Awards (13-year history) @oilpaintersofamerica and finally, he ranked sixth among 1016 Award Winning Artists in the BoldBrush painting competition (10-year history) @boldbrush
Ranking #3
Ned Mueller
Mueller ranked first among 297 Award Winning Artists in the Raymar Art Awards (7-year history) @raymarart, also, he ranked second among 488 Award Winning Artists in the PleinAir Salon (9-year history) @pleinairsalon and finally, he ranked sixth among 1,016 Award Winning Artists in the BoldBrush painting competition (10-year history) @boldbrush
Ranking #2
Jason Sacran
Sacran ranked third among 462 Award Winning Artists in the NOAPS Awards (16-year history) @natoilandacrylicsociety, then, he ranked fourth among 1,016 Award Winning Artists in the BoldBrush painting competition (10-year history) @boldbrush, also, he ranked fourth among 488 Award Winning Artists in the PleinAir Salon (9-year history) @pleinairsalon and finally, he ranked fifth among 580 Award Winning Artists in the OPA Awards (13-year history) @oilpaintersofamerica
Ranking #1
Derek Penix
Penix ranked first among 580 Award Winning Artists in the OPA Awards (13-year history) @oilpaintersofamerica, he also ranked first among 270 Award Winning Artists in the AIS Awards (12-year history) @americanimpressionistsociety, then, he ranked fourth among 297 Award Winning Artists in the Raymar Art Awards (7-year history) @raymarart. After this, he ranked fifth among 1,016 Award Winning Artists in the BoldBrush painting competition (10-year history) @boldbrush, continuing with his winning streak, he ranked fifth among 462 Award Winning Artists in the NOAPS Awards (16-year history) @natoilandacrylicsociety, and finally, he also ranked fifth among 488 Award Winning Artists in the PleinAir Salon (9-year history) @pleinairsalon
This ADi Grand Slam statistical analysis highlights the Top #5 Rankings across the combined history of the following competitions (with an average of 12 years of accumulated data):
- BoldBrush
- ARC Salon
- Oil Painters of America
- Raymar Art
- National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society
- American Impressionist Society
- Portrait Society of America
- International Guild of Realism
- Pastel Society of America
- PleinAir Salon
The goal of ArtDataIntel is to provide industry trends along with statistics on an artist’s multi-year performance, his or her ranking among peers, consistency across contests, rising trends and more. They share their findings on Instagram, which you can follow here.
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[…] been recognized in many national competitions and publications, and as of 2021 he was named "The Most Awarded Artist" in the country by Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine and ArtDataIntel. Penix currently lives in […]