2022's top 365 proper artists!
Right, here’s the full proper nowadays artists list in all its glory!
I know, I know…
Some amendments:
Firstly, unfortunately Richard Schmid, (day 80), died last year. RIP. Secondly, obviously day 91 (April 1st) was a joke. So there are 2 new names to make up the magic 365 number: the inimitable Owen Smith (USA) and the incomparable Max Verehin (Russia).
So here are the 365 best artists alive and working today in my opinion. In no particular order; click on the name to see their artwork.
Paul John Reid (Scotland)
Massimo Carnevale (Italy)
David Kassan (USA)
Giovanni Gasparro (Italy)
François Schuiten (Belgium)
Adrian Ghenie (Romania)
Jack T. Cole (America)
Mishima Tetsuya (Japan)
Jana Brike (Latvia)
John Brosio (USA)
Beau White (Australia)
Gabriel Lipper (USA)
Konstantinos Kyrtis (Cyprus)
Edgar Noe Mendoza (Mendoza)
John Jude Palencar (USA)
Greg Ruth (USA)
Gérard Gachet (France)
David Dalla Venezia (France)
Mo Han/ 默涵 (China)
Huy, Nguyen Xuan (Vietnam)
Timur Akhriev (Russia)
Miguel Angel Moya (Spain)
Enric Torres-Prat (Spain)
Christopher Ulrich (USA)
Craig Mullins (USA)
Luis Alvarez Roure (Puerto Rico)
Jason Edmiston (USA)
Mort Künstler (USA)
Annie Stegg (USA)
Jose Luiz Benicio (Brazil)
Lee Bermejo (USA)
David Leffel (USA)
Yuqi Wang (China)
Matt R Martin (Australia)
David Finch (Canada)
Terry Rodgers (USA)
Gary Gianni (USA)
Frederick Cooper (USA)
Cedric Peyravernay (France)
Andrey Kartashov (Ukraine)
Nat Jones (USA)
Teresa Elliot (Texas)
Jason Seiler (USA)
Douglas Flynt (USA)
Jakub Różalski (Poland)
Waldemar Kazak (Russia)
Victor Grasso (USA)
Mike Worrall (England)
Gennady Gennadevich Ovcharenko (Russia)
Adriano Fida (Italy)
Jordi Diaz Alama (Spain)
Rupert Alexander (UK)
William Wu (China)
Paul Fenniak (Canada)
Daniel Pitin (Czechoslovakia)
HongNian Zhang (China)
Fuyuko Matsui/ 松井冬子 (Japan)
Artem Rogowoi (Ukraine)
Donato Giancola (USA)
Gerardo Zaffino (Argentina)
Sergey Chubirko (Ukraine)
Leng Jun (China)
Philip Harris (UK)
Jacob Hankinson (USA)
Sebastian Schrader (Deutschland)
Tim Lowly (USA)
Aleah Chapin (USA)
Lee Harvey Roswell (USA)
Hu Jundi/ 胡钧涤 (China)
Takato Yamamoto (Japan)
Marc Simonetti (France)
Julie Bell (USA)
Gregory Ananyev (Grigory Ananiev)/ Григорий Ананьев (Ukraine)
Rockin' Jelly Bean (Japan)
Lu Cong (China/ USA)
Ivan Loginov/ Иван Логинов (Russian)
Gérard Trignac (France)
王晓勃/ Wang Xiao Bo (China)
Max Verehin (Russia).
Thomas Kidd (American)
Jean-Baptiste Monge (France)
Mattias Snygg (Sverige)
Michael Taylor (UK)
Allen Williams (USA)
Vincent Giarrano (USA)
Jennifer Gennari (USA)
Toshiyuki Enoki/ 榎俊幸(Japan)
Svetlin Vassilev (Bulgaria)
Orley Yu Ypon/ Orley Ypon (Philippines)
Owen Smith (USA)
Drew Struzan (USA)
Lui Liu (China/ Canada)
Nathalia Suellen (Brazil)
Jon Foster (USA)
João Ruas (Brazil)
Nicolas Martin (France)
Harvey Dinnerstein (USA)
Dan Voinea (Romania)
Tibor Nagy (Slovakia)
Jamie Adams (USA)
Jonathan Wateridge (Zambia)
Fenghua Zhong (China)
Brian Bolland (England)
Scott Brooks (USA)
Janne Jääskeläinen (Finland)
Bo Bartlet (USA)
Piotr Jabłoński (Poland)
Kent Williams (USA)
Iliya Mirochnik (Ukraine)
Daniel Warren Johnson (USA)
Andrea Smyth (Australia)
Josh Clare (USA)
James Gurney (USA)
Daniel Sprick (USA)
Aaron Horkey (USA)
Vassily Shulzhenko (Russia)
Erik Thor Sandberg (USA)
池永康晟/ Ikenaga Yasunari (Japan)
Andreas Englund (Sweden)
木下雅雄/ Masao Kinoshita (Japan)
Nick Keller (New Zealand)
Audrey Kawasaki (USA)
Konstantin Antioukhin (Ukraine)
Konstantin Kalinovich/ Kalynovych (Russia)
Carl Dobsky (USA)
Ron Mueck (Australia)
Mikhail Solovev (Russia)
Daniela Kovacic (Chile) Ivan Khotenov
Jordi Lafebre (Spain)
Sebastian Krüger (Germany)
Alex Gross (USA)
Andrej Dugin & Olga Dugina (Russia)
Jeffery Watts (USA)
Nikolai Blokhin (Russia)
Ron Lesser (USA)
Oscar Chichoni (Argentina)
Chen Yanning/ 陈衍宁 (China)
Anato Finnstark (France)
Alexander Steshenko (Russia)
James Bama (USA)
Jason Bard Yarmosky (USA)
Ahmad Zakii Anwar (Malaysia)
Boris Vallejo (Peru)
Marcos Mateu-Mestre (Spain)
Vincent Desiderio (USA)
黄浩纹/ Carlos Huang (China)
Audrey Benjaminsen (USA)
Christian Rex Van Minnen (USA)
Martin Yeoman (England)
Rafael Català (Spain)
John John Jesse (USA)
Geof Darrow (USA)
Dave Leri (USA)
Grzegorz Rosiński (Poland)
Allison Sommers (USA)
Alexander Tyshenko (Russia)
Stephen Mackey (UK)
Marcel Nino Pajot (France)
Colleen Barry (USA)
David Manzur Londoño (Colombia)
Kremena Chiplova (Finland)
Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri (Italy)
Gregory Manchess (USA)
Anthony J. Ryder (USA)
Kathiucia Dias (Brazil)
Serge Marshennikov (Russia)
Evgenii Kostriukov (Russia)
E.M.Gist (USA)
Didier Cassegrain (France)
Vincent Brown (England)
Jose Luis Lopez Galván (Mexico)
Rafel Bestard (Spain)
Neale Worley (England)
Phil Hale (USA)
Илья Зорькин/ Ilia Zorkin (Russia)
Guillaume Sorel (France)
Eliran Kantor (Israel)
Kailin Zhao (China)
Blas Gallego (Spain)
Omar Rayyan (Jordan)
Danny Ferland (Canada)
Bill Sienkiewicz (USA)
Diarmuid Kelley (UK)
陳丹青/ Chen Danqing (China)
Robert Hannaford (Australia)
Ian Kennedy (Scotland)
Zeng Chuanxing (China)
Lu Jian Jun (China)
Mark Greenwold (USA)
Julien Spianti (France)
Marcus Wills (Australia)
Gilberto Gerardo (Brazil)
Jeremy Enecio (USA)
Nicolas Curmer (France)
Chen Cheng Qi (China)
Nicola Verlato (Italy)
Justin Sweet (USA)
Ian Gibson (UK)
Aidan Harte (Ireland)
Les Edwards (UK)
Robert Williams (USA)
Kirill Doron (Russia)
Max Ginsburg (USA)
Hollis Dunlap (USA)
Steven Zapata (USA)
Patrick J. Jones (N. Ireland)
Dave Kendall (UK)
Soey Milk (South Korea)
Artyom Trakhanov (Russia)
F. Scott Hess (American)
Burton Silverman (USA)
Guy Kinnear (USA)
Esao Andrews (USA)
Pamela Wilson (USA)
Tomás Giorello (Argentina)
Sean Fitzgerald (Ireland)
Julian Jordanov (Bulgaria)
Beeple (USA)
Li Wendong (China)
Thomas Fluharty (USA)
Jordan Sokol (USA)
Zhiwei Tu (China)
Ian McQue (Scotland)
Jiefeng Yuan (China)
Геннадий Улыбин/ Guennadi Ulibin/ Gennady Ulybin/ Gennadiy Ulyibin (Russia)
Robert Duxbury (Australia)
Shane Pierce (USA)
Quang Ho (Vietnam)
Rolf Ohst (Germany)
Pine nut/ Wu Qiong (China)
Mitch Griffiths (UK)
Miles Johnston (UK)
Steven Assael (USA)
Monica Cook (USA)
Denis Sarazhin (Ukraine)
Jimmie Arroyo (USA)
Zhaoming Wu (China)
Arantzazu Martinez (Spain)
Viktor Lyapkalo (Komi Republic)
François Bard (France)
Michael Grimaldi (USA)
Dariusz Zawadzki (Poland)
Daniel Maidman (USA)
Steve Huston (USA)
Daniel Peacock (UK)
Iain McCaig (USA)
Sid Watters (USA)
Jesse Stern (USA)
Antony Williams (UK)
Edward Povey (England)
Derek Penix (USA)
Ashley Wood (Australia)
Wei Dong (China)
David Palumbo (USA)
Chris Austin (Canada)
Andrea Kowch (USA)
Travis Schlaht (USA)
Alan Clarke (Ireland)
Alessandro Sicioldr (Italy)
Riccardo Mannelli (Italy)
Derek Riggs (UK)
Jeremy Lipking (USA)
Chris Mars (USA)
Aron Wiesenfeld (USA)
Sean Cheetham (USA)
Kexin Di (China)
Sam Wolfe Connelly (USA)
Виталий Еклерис/ Vitaly Yekleris (Russia)
Karl Wennergren (Sverige)
Antonio López García (Spain)
Duane Keiser (USA)
Andres Garcia Ibanez (Spain)
Richard Greathouse (USA)
Santiago Caruso (Argentia)
Simon Davis (England)
Paolo Gerardi (Italy)
Theodora Daniela Capăt (Romania)
Анатолий Иванович Михуля-Морозов/ Anatoly Mihulya Morozov (Russia)
匡剑 / Kuang Jian (China)
Will St.John (USA)
Yuliya Litvinova (Russia)
原崇浩/ Takahiro Hara (Japan)
Carlos Puerta (Spain)
Morgan Weistling (USA)
Agostino Arrivabene (Italy)
Brendan Kelly (Scotland)
Dan Thompson (USA)
Francien Krieg (Holland)
Reynan Sanchez (Philippines)
Tomás Sánchez (Cuba)
Jamie Coreth (UK)
Guillermo Lorca Garcia/ Guillermo Lorca García-Huidobro (Chile)
Forkas Kostromitin (Russia)
Johan Barrios (Colombia)
Robert Crumb (USA)
Jeremy Geddes (New Zealand)
Claire Wendling (France)
Adrianos Sotiris (Greece)
Julie Heffernan (USA)
Nancy Ekholm Burkert (USA)
Marcos Carrasquer (Spain/ France)
Peter Ferguson (Canada)
Drew Friedman (USA)
Γιωργος Ρορρης/ Giorgos Rorris (Greece)
Blaž Porenta (Slovenia)
Jacob Collins (USA)
Mihail Dinisiuc (Moldova)
Emma Hopkins (UK)
Tsutomu Nihei/ 弐瓶 勉 (Japan)
Yoann Lossel (France)
Simon Stålenhag (Sweden)
Jeremy Mann (USA)
Hiroshi Furuyoshi (Japan)
Guo Beiping/ 郭北平 (China)
Jerome Witkin (USA)
Scott Waddell (USA)
Manuel Pérez Clemente/ Sanjulián (Spain)
Ryohei Hase (Japan)
Karl Kopinski (UK)
Adam Burke (USA)
Stephen Early (USA)
Sidharth Chaturvedi (India)
Killian Eng (Sweden)
Mathieu Lauffray (France)
Julian Merrow-Smith (UK)
Frances Bell (UK)
Stefan Koidl (Austria)
Vania Zouravliov (Russia)
Seb McKinnon (Canada)
Anthony Baus (USA)
Jasmin Darnell (New Zealand)
Dino Valls (Spain)
Arik Roper (USA)
Benjamin Sullivan (UK)
于小冬/ Yu Xiaodong (China)
Bastien Lecouffe Deharme (France)
Jeffrey Hein (USA)
Emanuele Taglietti (Italy)
SeongJin Kim/ Sam Kim (S. Korea)
Michaël Borremans (Belgium)
Nicola Samorì (Italy)
Charles Weed (USA)
Jamie Routely (Wales)
Odd Nerdrum (Norway)
Evgeny Grouzdev (Russia)
Иветта Лохматова/ Ivetta Lokhmatova (Russia)
Коробков Денис / Denis Korobkov (Russia)
Todd Schorr (USA)
John Currin (USA)
Daniela Astone (Italy)
Golucho/ Miguel Àngel Mayo (Spain)
Gerald Brom (USA)
Eric Bowman (USA)
Victor Safonkin (Russia)
Andrew Remnev (Russia)
Roberto Ferri (Italy)
Tony Stella (Italy)
Robert Liberace (USA)
Israel Hershberg (Israel)
Will Nathans (USA/ Ireland)
Simon Bisley (UK)
Adam Miller (USA)
PJ Lynch (Ireland)
Joakim Ericsson (Sverige)
So there you go. True, one of the entries is a team of 2 which actually brings it up to 366, but never mind. Obviously, it’s all just my opinion, but I will say the fact that an artist as special Blokhin for example isn’t an international household name, while the same tired mainstream stuff that supposedly represents contemporary painting continually gets trotted out for the public, is limited to say the least. So, next time you to a gallery and see that or someone dancing around in a nightie or whatever the latest contemporary abstract eyesore is say to them - oi! how about some proper nowadays art?