Contemporary Mixed Media
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
'Adam', By Unknown, Enamel on Metal on Wood
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 43.75" x 19.5" work incorporates three painted metal panels on a white wood base depicting a simplistic rendering of Adam from the biblical story of 'Adam & Eve'. The figure is ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Mobile Phone (Future Relic DAFR-01)
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Daniel Arsham
Mobile Phone (Future Relic DAFR-01)
2013
Plaster and broken glass
11 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.
Edition of 500
Signed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Febo
Located in Milano, MI
Named after the greek god, also known as Apollo, Febo was the radiant god of the sun. In this painting, he is depicted in his cart, pulled by horses, which was said to drag the sun f...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Climber with Support, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Yelitza Diaz presents a man climbing on geometric shapes attached to a bold background of yellow. "The inspiration for this piece is the constant search ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
"Ideal Love Match" Contemporary Mixed Media Graffiti on Canvas Framed
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Ideal Love Match" is a framed mixed media work on canvas by Amber Goldhammer, with layers of text and icons in many different colors in front of a blue and white background. With th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Enchanting Elegance
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
For a Moment
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Supplicate
By Otis Huband
Located in Dallas, TX
Valley House Gallery presented our first exhibition for Houston artist Otis Huband in the summer of 2014. After a hiatus of over 20 years from regular exhibitions, his work was re-in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Bound by Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Graph Mandala Twelve, Blue, White and Brown Abstract Geometric Pattern Circle
Located in Kent, CT
Carefully applied layers of emu eggshell and chicken eggshell, wood ash and polymer medium on hygrothermogaph paper create surface texture in this mandala made up of intricate patter...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media
Delft Agapanthus 6 (Cyanotype Painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Little Green Boat
Located in Detroit, MI
The path away from a metal boat as the sun was setting in Leland, MI called to the artists. They were making their way back from Lake Michigan while cruising in another floating vess...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Metal
"Coalescence #2" 21" x 16" inch by Oleg Char
Located in Culver City, CA
"Coalescence #2" 21" x 16" inch by Oleg Char
Medium: Spray paint, Acrylic on restored Antique Mirror, Wood frame
THE ARTIST:
Unearth the essence of contemporary art with Oleg Char ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Epitome of Beauty
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Rejected Romance
By Josh George
Located in Columbia, MO
A native of Kansas City, Josh George completed his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute (1997), followed by an influential session at The Illustration Academy. His exhibitions and pu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Let Us Hug it Out
By Josh George
Located in Columbia, MO
A native of Kansas City, Josh George completed his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute (1997), followed by an influential session at The Illustration Academy. His exhibitions and pu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
"Garden of Hues #4" Mixed Media Light Installation 48 x 24 in by astrothebaptist
Located in Culver City, CA
"Garden of Hues #4" Mixed Media Light Installation 48 x 24 in by astrothebaptist
Dichroic optical filters on painted wood birchwood panel and single source of light installation
Co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glass, Lights, Panel
"Happy Day" Mixed Media Origami Pig with Balloons On Canvas Framed
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Happy Day" is a framed mixed media work on canvas by Nathalie Boissonnault, depicting a collaged origami pig with graffiti holding a string of colorful balloons. Boissonnault's tech...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Oracle of Bastet (Blue Ballpoint Pen Drawing of Forested Landscape with Trees)
Located in Hudson, NY
Oracle of Bastet (Blue Ballpoint Pen Drawing of Forested Landscape with Trees), 2023
ballpoint pen on Arches paper
Image size: 40 x 30 inches
Frame size: 41.5 x 31.5 inches
To creat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Archival Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Windswept - contemporary semi-abstract mixed media painting
By Simon Ledson
Located in London, GB
Simon’s landscape paintings are an ongoing enquiry into what he sees, a mere reflection of light on a surface, the reality of reflection. As a collection of Somerset landscapes, thes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Beneath - contemporary semi-abstract mixed media painting
By Simon Ledson
Located in London, GB
Simon’s landscape paintings are an ongoing enquiry into what he sees, a mere reflection of light on a surface, the reality of reflection. As a collection of Somerset landscapes, thes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Third Cup of Coffee
By Josh George
Located in Columbia, MO
A native of Kansas City, Josh George completed his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute (1997), followed by an influential session at The Illustration Academy. His exhibitions and pu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
First Cup of Coffee
By Josh George
Located in Columbia, MO
A native of Kansas City, Josh George completed his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute (1997), followed by an influential session at The Illustration Academy. His exhibitions and pu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Barnacle Bills' Other Boat
By Josh George
Located in Columbia, MO
A native of Kansas City, Josh George completed his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute (1997), followed by an influential session at The Illustration Academy. His exhibitions and pu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Barnacle Bills' Boat
By Josh George
Located in Columbia, MO
A native of Kansas City, Josh George completed his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute (1997), followed by an influential session at The Illustration Academy. His exhibitions and pu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
"Elephant" Textile Painting 28" x 22" inch by Neama El Sanhoury
Located in Culver City, CA
"Elephant" Textile Painting 28" x 22" inch by Neama El Sanhoury
Medium: fabric appliqué on linen
"Fragments of Time" series:
Ultimately, El Sanhoury’s work is contemplated and gen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Linen, Mixed Media, Mesh
Boat Sail
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Orla Ananda - a Russian American painter, graduated from the Parsons School of Design. She is influenced by New York’s Street art. Her work features graphic contemplative color block...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Found Objects
Winter Fades - contemporary semi-abstract mixed media painting
By Simon Ledson
Located in London, GB
Simon’s landscape paintings are an ongoing enquiry into what he sees, a mere reflection of light on a surface, the reality of reflection. As a collection of Somerset landscapes, thes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Scarlet Wings" Contemporary Figurative Collage Mixed Media Portrait on Panel
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Scarlet Wing" is a unique contemporary mixed media piece on panel by Anke, depicting a portrait of a woman with collaged flowers and butterfly details. The different types of medium...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel, Wood Panel
Come Winter - contemporary semi-abstract mixed media painting
By Simon Ledson
Located in London, GB
Simon’s landscape paintings are an ongoing enquiry into what he sees, a mere reflection of light on a surface, the reality of reflection. As a collection of Somerset landscapes, thes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Above and Below - contemporary semi-abstract mixed media painting
By Simon Ledson
Located in London, GB
Simon’s landscape paintings are an ongoing enquiry into what he sees, a mere reflection of light on a surface, the reality of reflection. As a collection of Somerset landscapes, thes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Adrift - contemporary semi-abstract mixed media painting
By Simon Ledson
Located in London, GB
Simon’s landscape paintings are an ongoing enquiry into what he sees, a mere reflection of light on a surface, the reality of reflection. As a collection of Somerset landscapes, thes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Levelling - contemporary semi-abstract mixed media painting
By Simon Ledson
Located in London, GB
Simon’s landscape paintings are an ongoing enquiry into what he sees, a mere reflection of light on a surface, the reality of reflection. As a collection of Somerset landscapes, thes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Sudden Change - contemporary semi-abstract mixed media painting
By Simon Ledson
Located in London, GB
Simon’s landscape paintings are an ongoing enquiry into what he sees, a mere reflection of light on a surface, the reality of reflection. As a collection of Somerset landscapes, thes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Beyond - contemporary semi-abstract mixed media painting
By Simon Ledson
Located in London, GB
Simon’s landscape paintings are an ongoing enquiry into what he sees, a mere reflection of light on a surface, the reality of reflection. As a collection of Somerset landscapes, thes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Bent Wind - contemporary semi-abstract mixed media painting
By Simon Ledson
Located in London, GB
Simon’s landscape paintings are an ongoing enquiry into what he sees, a mere reflection of light on a surface, the reality of reflection. As a collection of Somerset landscapes, thes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Gary Hume, Misery - Signed Collage, British Contemporary Art, Abstraction
By Gary Hume
Located in Hamburg, DE
Gary Hume (English, born 1962)
Misery, 2012
Medium: Collage made of silver paper and acrylic paint on hand made paper
Dimensions: 49.8 x 32 cm
Edition of 25: Hand-signed, numbered an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Still Emotion
Located in Detroit, MI
Black sand glacier ice pieces on Diamond Beach, Iceland inspired this fantastical work where both primal and otherworldly feelings arise. The sublime feeling generated by this work s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Metal
Untitled. Hand Embroidery on map. From the Cartographies series
By Ana Seggiaro
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 2013 by Ana Seggiaro
From the Cartographies series
Embroidery on canvas (map)
Unframed
In the mid-2000s, Ana Seggiaro made her first small-scale collage works on paper. S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Cotton, Thread
Untitled. Hand Embroidery on map. From the Cartographies series
By Ana Seggiaro
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 2013 by Ana Seggiaro
From the Cartographies series
Embroidery on canvas (map)
Unframed
In the mid-2000s, Ana Seggiaro made her first small-scale collage works on paper. S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Cotton, Thread
Graph Mandala One, Gray Blue, Beige, Charcoal Textured Patterned Circle
Located in Kent, CT
Carefully applied layers of wood ash, chicken eggshell, emu eggshell, polymer medium on hygrothermograph paper create surface texture in this mandala made up of intricate patterns in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media
Three Women, Mixed Media on Canvas
By Kruti Shah
Located in Yardley, PA
This trio brings a powerhouse of Art, Acting and Music. Audrey Hepburn - the Actress and the Elegance. Frieda Kahlo - the Artist and the Activist. Adele Atkins - the Soulful ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
'Color Interaction IV (1)' - color theory, glass beads, bright, saturated, grid
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece features hues of purple and blue.
Atlanta-based artist and designer Gretchen Wagner is influenced by the use of color and their interactions. Her most recent body of work...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
'Color Interaction IV (8)' - color theory, glass beads, bright, saturated, grid
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece features hues of peach, blue, and purple.
Atlanta-based artist and designer Gretchen Wagner is influenced by the use of color and their interactions. Her most recent body...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
'Color Interaction IV (9)' - color theory, glass beads, bright, saturated, grid
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece features hues of pink and green.
Atlanta-based artist and designer Gretchen Wagner is influenced by the use of color and their interactions. Her most recent body of work,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
'Color Interaction IV (5)' - color theory, glass beads, bright, saturated, grid
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece features hues of yellow, red and blue.
Atlanta-based artist and designer Gretchen Wagner is influenced by the use of color and their interactions. Her most recent body of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
BANNED Books
By Karyn Mannix
Located in East Hampton, NY
BANNED
Finished Dimensions: 43.5''x33.5''x1.5"
Grease Pencil on 40"x30" Photograph mounted on acid-free foamboard
Unique
Very hard to photograph due to paper shine & grease pencil s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Kiss Me Towel, Limited Ed. of 1000, hand numbered LARGE 42" x 69" + official COA
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
When unfolded and displayed flat, this LARGE limited edition towel/wall hanging measures:
42 inches × 69 inches × 1/5 inches
(the smaller measurements 10" x 20" are for the work wh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Cotton, Mixed Media, Screen
'Color Interaction IV (4)' - color theory, glass beads, bright, saturated, grid
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece features hues of yellow, purple and blue.
Atlanta-based artist and designer Gretchen Wagner is influenced by the use of color and their interactions. Her most recent body...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
'Color Interaction IV (2)' - color theory, glass beads, bright, saturated, grid
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece features hues of green, orange and purple.
Atlanta-based artist and designer Gretchen Wagner is influenced by the use of color and their interactions. Her most recent bod...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
'Color Interaction IV (3)' - color theory, glass beads, bright, saturated, grid
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece features hues of green, orange and purple.
Atlanta-based artist and designer Gretchen Wagner is influenced by the use of color and their interactions. Her most recent bod...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
'Color Interaction IV (6)' - color theory, glass beads, bright, saturated, grid
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece features hues of orange, pink and blue.
Atlanta-based artist and designer Gretchen Wagner is influenced by the use of color and their interactions. Her most recent body o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
'Color Interaction IV (7)' - color theory, glass beads, bright, saturated, grid
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece features hues of purple, turquoise, and orange.
Atlanta-based artist and designer Gretchen Wagner is influenced by the use of color and their interactions. Her most recen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
'Color Interaction IV (9)' - color theory, glass beads, bright, saturated, grid
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece features hues of peach, blue, and purple.
Atlanta-based artist and designer Gretchen Wagner is influenced by the use of color and their interactions. Her most recent body...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
Padawan Guidance
Located in Detroit, MI
Being Star Wars fans Inspired by shapes, the artists felt Yoda's presence and here share the force. One experiences feelings of a Padawan, a Jedi in training, being guided by future ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Metal
Eichler wall 3 - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Limited Edition ceramic plate Uovo In Raviolo Alla Bergese, San Domenico NY S/N
By Peter Halley
Located in New York, NY
Peter Halley
Uovo In Raviolo Alla Bergese - San Domenico - New York, NY, ca. 2000
Limited Edition Ceramic Plate.
Artist signature fired into the plate on the underside and numbered 166 from the edition of 510.
10 3/10 inches diameter by 1/4 inch height
Makes a terrific gift. This beautiful, limited edition, extremely rare, plate signed and numbered bowl/plate was handmade in southern Italy by master artisans near Vietri sul Mare. The edition is 510 - but the reason one rarely sees this on the market is because only about half that amount were said to have been created, and the remaining ones were lost after 9/11; the plan was to create a second batch after these sold out. That was in the year 2000. Then in 2001 terrorists struck the World Trade Center. All marketing efforts ceased. It is not even known if the other plates from this edition are still around - but they are rarely found on the marketplace. It was designed by the internationally renowned American artist Peter Halley. In 2000, Buon Ricordo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Ceramic, Screen, Mixed Media
Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Contemporary mixed media for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary mixed media available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add mixed media created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Chelsea Davine, Giuliano Bekor, Mark Jackson, and Anastasia Pelias. Frequently made by artists working with Mixed Media, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary mixed media, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available.
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