Abstract Mixed Media
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
Continuum Scale
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Resin coated and mounted to layers of plywood, these digital/mixed media ‘picture objects’ represent interpretations of contemporary visual culture charmed by minimalism, modernism, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Resin, Panel, Digital Pigment
"Fluid Movement", Modern Abstract Art, 2021
Located in Delaware , OH
"Fluid Movement", Modern Abstract Art, 2021
Fluid Movement” is a piece of modern abstract letter art inspired by graffiti by Addison Jones featuring her unique text previously featu...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Never-Ending Spiral - Mixed Media by Jannis Kounellis - 2008
Located in Roma, IT
Never-Ending Spiral is a mixed media print realized by Jannis Kounellis.
Limited edition of 260.
Hand signed and numbered.
This artwork is from the portfolio The Unique Collectio...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled #SP-202, Mixed Media on Paper by Murray Duncan - Abstract Geometric
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #SP-202 by Murray Duncan
Mixed media on paper
Size: 32" x 40”
Unframed, signed
A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures.
This captivating piece by Murray D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Untitled 2. From Mexican Ryōan-ji Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ryōan-ji is the Japanese Zen temple in Kyoto, a monastery that gave rise to the idea of the purely abstract Zen garden that inspired this series Francisco Larios’ works are done by...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Gold Leaf
Untitled 15. From Mexican Ryōan-ji Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ryōan-ji is the Japanese Zen temple in Kyoto, a monastery that gave rise to the idea of the purely abstract Zen garden that inspired this series Francisco Larios’ works are done by...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Gold Leaf
Infestations Vertical 1 : abstract work of art on paper
Located in New York, NY
An artwork on paper by New York artist Miranda Maher. Black archival ink on pale blue archival paper with historical Audubon images of American birds, mo...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Ink, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Paper Shale- black 3D organic feel contemporary abstract mural sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Erin Vincent is a Toronto based-artist whose work draws on a variety of repetitive and labor intensive processes and materials. Things and common objects have always fascinated Vinc...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Resin, Foam, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Archival Paper
Dragonfly Paradise, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Yamilet Sempe presents a dragonfly in an abstract body of water. She regards the winged insect as a totem symbol of life. "In almost the whole world it...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled mid century modern geometric abstraction
By William Fredericksen
Located in New York, NY
William Fredericksen
Untitled mid century modern geometric abstraction, 1958-1959
Watercolor and Gouache on Board
Hand signed and dated on the front
12 4/5 × 11 7/10 inches
Unframed
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache
Screen tbd6 (abstract grid wood pink painting contemporary neutrals natural)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Timelapse, landscape, texture, blue, green, Anselm Kiefer, forest, expressionism
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is from my series titled "The Untethered Soul." This series delves into the transformative power of nature, capturing the essence of what one feels rather than sees. In...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Chalk, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil
1980s Abstract "Wild" Collage and Painting on Wood
Located in Arp, TX
Rubio
"Wild"
1989
Collage and paint on board
23x41.75"
Signed and dated in paint on reverse
Very Good Condition - Minor wear consistent with age and history
Category
1980s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Oil
$1,080 Sale Price
40% Off
Paul Manes - Deep South Suite, Painting 1999
By Paul Manes
Located in Stamford, CT
Paul Manes was born May 4, 1948, in Austin, Texas. He began his professional career in New York City in the early 1980s. His art has been widely exhibited in America and Europe and h...
Category
1990s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Richard Anusziewicz Annual Edition. Limited Ed. Op Art silkscreen on masonite
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Annual Edition, 1987-1988
Limited edition silkscreen on masonite
Signed and dated by the artist lower right in pencil
Frame Included (floated within a box frame)...
Category
1980s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Masonite, Screen
"This Place is a Dream (Haystack)" - botanical - cyanotype - flowers - grasses
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is an abstract botanical work on paper featuring hues of yellow and light green. It is framed in a simple white box frame behind UV Plexiglas. The unframed work measures 4...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Untitled (Black and White Abstraction)
Located in Astoria, NY
Susumu Shingu (Japanese, b. 1937), Untitled (Black and White Abstraction), Mixed Media Collage on Paper, 1964, signed and dated lower left, painted white trim wood frame. Image: 19" ...
Category
1960s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Gouache
2302 - Original Figurative Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Edith Konrad paints figurative abstract compositions with mixed media on canvas. She layers her expression of her emotional response to the subjects with dynamic texture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Seeking Truth, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This contemporary abstract combines paint and paper collage to create a textured linear pattern in the lower portion of the artwork. The top section features ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled - Mixed Technique on Paper Domenico Spinosa, Italy 1970
Located in Napoli, IT
Evocative painting by Professor Domenico Spinosa Naples 1916-2007 President of the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples.Spinosa Domenico (Naples 1916 - 2007) mixed media on paper, signed a...
Category
1970s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Cascadia 9 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vivid colors optical art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
28K Gold Organic - 3D gold color contemporary abstract mural sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Erin Vincent is a Toronto based-artist whose work draws on a variety of repetitive and labor intensive processes and materials. Things and common objects have always fascinated Vinc...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Foam, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Abstract 1 (Abstract Painting on Board with Metallic Copper Leaf)
By James O'Shea
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract mixed media painting on board made with copper leaf and accents of blue, green, and sienna oil paint
"Abstract 1", Painted by Hudson Valley based artist, James O'Shea in 2021
Oil, copper leaf, and pencil on board
10 x 10 inches unframed, 12 x 12 x 2 inches in an off-white painted wood floater frame
Wire backing, ready to hang
Excellent condition
James O’Shea’s deeply pigmented abstractions are grounded in the landscape. Taking his cues from the bare winter months in the Northeast when the horizon is stripped of its foliage, he suggests that “So much of life’s structure reveals itself when it goes into hibernation”. The architecture in O’Shea’s compositions takes form with expressive gestures using...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Alan Shields, Alice in Grayland, Mixed media collage, abstract Signed Unique Var
Located in New York, NY
Alan Shields
Alice in Grayland, 1979
Mixed media collage: Etching, aquatint, screen print with stitching and collage on hand made paper
Hand signed, dated, titled and numbered 1/13 by Alan Shields on the front
Unique variant
This very unique and imaginative mixed media paper collage with stitching and fabric is floated and framed in a museum quality white wood frame with UV plexiglass.
It is hand signed, dated, titled and numbered from the limited edition of 13 - but each is a unique variant.
Frame included:
Measurements:
Frame:
27.75 x 22.5 x 2 inches
Artwork:
23.5 x 18 inches
Catalogue Raisonne: K. Tyler Tyler Graphics: Catalogue Raisonné, 1974-1985, New York: Abbeville Press, 1987. p. 289.
Alan Shields came of age artistically in the late 1960s in New York. Expanding the boundaries of Minimalism, he became known as a master of aesthetic invention through his wide-ranging exploration of materials and techniques. His mixed media works often contain combinations of traditional silkscreen processes combined with found materials. New York Times critic Roberta Smith wrote in her 2005 obituary for the artist: "Mr. Shields's work combined expanses of gorgeous stained color, reminiscent of Helen Frankenthaler's canvases, with the humbler crafts and a Gypsy sense of portability." Critic Robert Hughes has described Shields as a brilliant bricoleur who could, and often did, make art out of just about anything. He became an innovative printmaker, experimenting with handmade paper and turning out editions in which each print was unique. After his passing, Shields was awarded a Judith Rothschild Foundation grant given to recently deceased abstract artists whose work is of the highest quality but merits further recognition.
About Alan Shields:
Alan Shields (b. 1944, Herington, KS; d. 2005, Shelter Island, NY) created unique, imaginative, and theatrical structures using unconventional materials and vibrant color. His three-dimensional paintings convey a playful, deconstructive impulse through the incorporation of un-stretched hand-dyed canvas, rope, yarn, beads, and wood. Shields moved to New York City in 1968, where he showed with Paula Cooper...
Category
1970s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Etching, Aquatint, Screen
"Kaleidoscope" Fine Art Mirror
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract fine art mirror by Alina B is made with dichroic film on mirror, and is framed in a champagne-toned frame. The film on the mirror allows for it, and the space it reflec...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mirror, Film
1960 Italy Abstract Painting and Paper Collage by Ermete Lancini
Located in Brescia, IT
This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1960, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini.
The artwork is a painting and a collage of paper glued...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Magazine Paper, Oil
Clear Skies Ahead - Modern Abstract Textured Nature-Inspired Mixed Media Art
By Lee Herring
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lee Herring is a contemporary painter specializing in vibrant, textured, and abstract landscapes that convey fleeting moments. Herring's energetic artworks are inspired by everyday m...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Red textured abstract, minimalist contemporary original mixed media painting
Located in Maricopa, AZ
Minimalist in scale and composition, but this original painting adds a vibrant punch of color and brings a wow factor to your space with intriguing unique texture.
**It is with a h...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Wax, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,100 Sale Price
25% Off
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
$13,754
Aninka
Located in Napa, CA
René Romero Schuler is an American painter and sculptor who creates powerful images that speak to the complexities of the human condition and the spirit that connects all human being...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fandango pink pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine pink art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Fandango pink pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist us...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Skye Evening: Contemporary abstract expressionist oil painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Mixed media on board
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Board
Landscape Abstract Painting - "Landscape interwoven with blue and green"
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Landscape Abstract Painting - "Landscape interwoven with blue and green"
In this unique painting "Landscape Green Blue Woven" by the artist Skadi Engeln, a semi-abstract landscape i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Chalk, Tempera
sin titulo
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Manuel Hernández Mompó
Untitled
1966
Mixed media on paper
Signed and dated
24,5 x 34 cm
Category
1960s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Milton Glaser signed abstract mixed media landscape mid century modern (unique)
Located in New York, NY
MILTON GLASER
Untitled Abstract Landscape, 1965
Monotype with Mixed Media
11 × 13 inches
Signed and dated 1965 on the lower right recto
Unique
Frame included: held in original vinta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Pencil, Graphite, Monotype, Screen
Barbara Hocker, Water Moments III, 2019, encaustic, photography, Naturalism
Located in Darien, CT
Barbara Hocker sees her life’s vocation as being an ambassador for the natural world through her art.
Nature is facing many challenges right now. Hock...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Digital
Yellow
Located in Miami, FL
"Yellow" is a painting created by Enrico Benetta in 2014. The artwork is part of a series of monochromatic square canvasses created each in one of the primary colors. The painting co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Gesso, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$11,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Black on White
Located in Miami, FL
"Black on White" is a painting created by Enrico Benetta in 2010. This piece can be hung by itself, or be considered as part of a diptych with "White on Black". The painting comes unframed, with a total dimension of 28" x 59" x 5".
This piece was made with acrylic paint, gesso, and corten steel - the signature materials that Benetta has become known for. Thanks to his excellent skills, the artist uses unconventional media to create truly unique artworks, that take the viewer to an aerial, restless dimension - despite the opposite nature of those materials.
Benetta's work takes the heritage of Italian industrial design and fuses it with contemporary art, giving life to unique abstract pieces that spark the attention of art lovers worldwide. He studied Fine Arts in Venice, and his work has been featured in more than 25 exhibitions in the recent years, in addition to his collaboration with brands like Hermes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Gesso, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Paper, Ink
$5,680 Sale Price
20% Off
Circus Act, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Circus Act is a mixed media painting on canvas. Various collaged papers were adhered to the canvas to create shape and form. Paint was applied layer after lay...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
For Finn, Small Works No. 69, green geometric abstraction, work on paper
Located in New York, NY
Between September 2018 and April 2019, I created 100 small paintings consecutively. I endeavored to make nothing else and viewed the project as an opportunity to experiment and solid...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Wood Panel, Color Pencil, Graphite
Citylights
Located in Napa, CA
Alison Haley Paul is a contemporary painter of lavishly textured landscapes full of nuanced color. Her work conjures up connotations and geographical memories: that summer you spent ...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Wax, Oil, Graphite
1960s "Equatorial Curtain" Green, Pink, Yellow Collage Intaglio Etching
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler
"Equatorial Curtain"
c.1960s
Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper
5.75"x2.5" site unframed
Signed and titled in ink
Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vite...
Category
1960s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Ink, Intaglio
Airgami #2, A Jewel Toned Abstract Textural Waxy Painting on Wood Panel
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
In this radiant encaustic work, Joanne Ungar transforms a flattened cardboard box—originally packaging from the health and beauty industry—into a luminous, layered composition. Satur...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Encaustic, Spray Paint, Wood Panel, Cardboard
Adjacent Forces: Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Triptych Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Adjacent Forces, Finding Rhythm ii
Each panel 31.5" x 15.75"
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel
Artist Statement
My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Pigment
"Autumn’s breath — leaves caress the warm body, silence between stems."
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Autumn’s Breath
Autumn’s breath —
leaves caress the warm body,
silence between stems.
The painting by Ihor Volkov-Tkachynskyi depicts a nude figure seamlessly merging with an abstra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Plywood, Oil, Acrylic
Shrimp cocktail pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Midnight teal pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and Ap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Superplasticizer
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Resin coated and mounted to layers of plywood, these digital/mixed media ‘picture objects’ represent interpretations of contemporary visual culture charmed by minimalism, modernism, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Resin, Panel, Digital Pigment
Untitled Whitney Museum Scarf Color Field Geometric Abstraction Limited Edition
Located in New York, NY
Kenneth Noland
Untitled Whitney Museum Limited Edition Silk Scarf, 1999
Artist designed scarf in colors on 100% Silk in original Whitney Museum packaging with artist's printed name a...
Category
1990s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Silk, Screen
Plaines & Mines, d'Ombre 2025.2 (grid pastels painting pattern wood nature)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Plaines & Mines, d’Ombre 2025.2 by Melisa Taylor Metzger envelops the viewer in a delicate tension between structure and atmosphere. Diaphanous layers of cool greens and blues, lilac...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Deal Breaker by Laura Petrovich Cheney Contemporary Geometric Wood Artwork
Located in DE
This artwork embodies a profound sense of freedom in both exploration and expression. While creating it, my focus was on its aesthetic qualities. The harmonious arrangement of vibran...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Wood, Paint
Abstract #007
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant and highly textured abstract composition by R. Curtis Williams (American, 1930-2007). Signed and dated "r. curtiss williams 2006". Tag on verso indicating title, size, and ar...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
1960s "Greenscape" Green, Pink, Yellow Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler
"Greenscape"
c.1960s
Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper
6"x3" site unframed
Signed and titled in ink
Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (...
Category
1960s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Ink, Intaglio
Study #36
By Robert Melee
Located in Red Bank, NJ
Robert Melee, b.1966, is an American multi-disciplinary artist who has been exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions in both national and international venues, including: ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Silver, Enamel, Gold Leaf
Contentment II, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Natalie George demonstrates a vibrant floral abstract with bright blushing hues. She paints larkspur flowers encased in expressive marks applied in bri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Blue Sky I
Located in Atlanta, GA
Roxane is an Atlanta-based, multi-disciplinary artist. Originally from the Midwest, she was influenced by the Native American spiritual sensibilities and respect for the Earth she en...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Atmosfera Avvolgente I
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My passion for the vestiges of aged surfaces that inspires my painting has been influenced by my travels in Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Russia, and Sweden." --...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Black
Located in Miami, FL
"Black" is a painting created by Enrico Benetta in 2012. The artwork is the first of a series of monochromatic square canvasses created each in one of the primary colors. The paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Gesso, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$11,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled (Līnea Study), 2022
Located in Washington, DC
Original work on Arches paper by Mary Early.
"The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available."
Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries.
Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record.
In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space.
Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007).
Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite
Abstract Barnstable Painting by Joseph Conrad-Ferm, Acrylic Mixed Media Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Barnstable by Joseph Conrad-Ferm, 2022
Acrylic paint, spray paint, marker, oil pastels, color pencil, and graphite on canvas
W 58" x H 68.25" x D 1.5"
"Barnstable county is a mass...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Color Pencil, Graphite
Alan Shields Lonely Night, screenprint and pochoir with collage, signed numbered
Located in New York, NY
Alan Shields
Lonely Night, 1969
Screenprint and Pochoir with collage on perforated paper
Pencil signed, numbered and dated from the limited edition of 100
Unframed
Mixed media colla...
Category
1960s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Screen
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