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.
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Style: Contemporary
"Vigor", Abstract, Botanical, Orange, Yellow, Eatercolor, Mixed Media Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
"Vigor" by Sarah Alexander is a vibrant 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch abstract botanical watercolor and collage on canvas in warm gold, yellow and orange that was painted during a long snowy wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Traveling Triceratops
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Traveling Triceratops, oil paint, holographic foil, dinosaur, figurative, animal, grid
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Wood, Paper, Oil
Jo Haran, Orchid Scene, Original Floral Painting, Affordable Art
By Jo Haran
Located in Deddington, GB
Orchid Scene [2021]
Original
Flowers
Gouache, watercolour ink and gesso.
Image size: H:63 cm x W:53.5 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:65.5 cm x W:56 cm x D:0.01cm
Sold Unframed
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Gesso, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache
"Relax UR OK" - Large Neon Contemporary Street Sign Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Using the institutionalized structure of road signage as inspiration, artist Scott Froschauer’s, RELAX UR OK and ONE LOVE surprise and delight viewers by replacing the traditionally ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Melody Called" Contemporary Abstract Green & Yellow Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Green and yellow abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: The work is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Enamel
Pumpkin
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Open Surgery
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Open Surgery," 2013. Found materials collage. Figurative, abstract, pattern, candle, anatomy, yellow, tan, green, red, purple, black, blue, and white.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Found Objects
Nine Lunar Eclipses (E)
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Nine Lunar Eclipses (B)
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Hound 2/8 - grey, white, blue, figurative, dog, wildlife, resin sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This tabletop indoor figurative sculpture of animals is made of resin.
Award-winning sculptor Nicholas Crombach’s detailed and realistic figurative pieces often explore the complex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Resin, Paint
Altai Argali - Contemporary Sculpture Made of Up-cycled Materials(Red+Blue)
By Yulia Shtern
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Altai Argaliu" is a beautiful contemporary sculpture created by the Canadian artist Yulia Shtern. Her work depicts beautifully decaying remnants of species on our planet that are cu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glue, Mixed Media, Cardboard, Magazine Paper
Tree of Life - Spring, Original Painting
By Brit J. Oie
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
For this modernist representation of spring, artist Brit J Oie took inspiration from the words of Rainer Maria Rilke: "It is Spring ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Lapis 167 - white 3D abstract floral geometric ceramic wall composition
Located in New York, NY
Marie Laforey is a self-taught artist based in New York, US who maintains a sustainable art practice using primarily organic material. Laforey enjoys the tactility of working with or...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Clay
Half Web in Pink, 2020, acrylic, oil, canvas, yarn, thread, pink, abstract
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Half Web in Pink, 2020, acrylic, oil, graphite, pastel, thread, nails and yarn on canvas. Pink, green, blue, abstract. Custom framed in a white wooden float frame. Gorgeous medium to large scale abstract painting with beautiful composition and palette of lilac pink, lilac purple, light peach, pale yellow, light pink, bright pink, fuchsia, mauve, light violet, periwinkle, sky blue, aqua, pale blue...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Yarn, Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite
My Mother Has to Move
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
California visual artist Kim Frohsin is unsurpassed in her depictions of figures, mostly female, usually in paintings that are intimate in size and scale. All of her work, whether re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Pigment
"Avon" Contemporary Blue, Aqua, Navy, & White Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue, aqua, navy, and white abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Enamel
Nine Lunar Eclipses (A)
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Archival Pigment, Canvas
Roses By The Sea, Plexiglass, Wall Sculpture, Colorful, Dimensional, Unique
Located in Riverdale, NY
Roses By The Sea by Neva Setlow is created with layered colored Plexiglass, both flat and round. It is 16x16x2filled with bright colors and dimension. It is on a wood frame and wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Plexiglass
The Heat of A Day
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
California visual artist Kim Frohsin is unsurpassed in her depictions of figures, mostly female, usually in paintings that are intimate in size and scale. All of her work, whether re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Pigment
Bienvenido , ca. 2020 Mixed media on canvas , 23k Gold leaf edition number: 3/7
Located in San Juan, PR
In this new series Mercado utilizes canvas in big format as a medium to intervene Jack Delano's photographs of Puerto Rican agriculture workers he documented for the FSA in the 194...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Guardian
By Rachel Denny
Located in Bozeman, MT
Rachel Denny's work is an exploration of the seductive beauty of our natural world and the imprint that human intervention has made on its flora and fauna...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Metal
After the Sun - Original Moody Serene Sunset Landscape Acrylic Painting on Panel
By Mike Gough
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gough’s interest in the elusive quality of memory has always been an invariable interest in his art practice. Rooted in memories of his upbringing in Newfoundland, Gough’s paintings ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Red Umbrella - Mixed Media - mid-20th Century
By Eva Fischer
Located in Roma, IT
Red Umbrella is a contemporary artwork realized by Eva Fischer in the mid-20th Century
Mixed media
Includes frame
Hand signed on the lower maqrgin
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Bardot Original Acrylic, spray paint, vintage papers and Epoxy Resin on wood
By Robert Mars
Located in Southampton, NY
This work by the internationally collected artist Robert Mars features Brigitte Bardot and is titled "For the Sake of the Song". The art measures 30 x24" it is a unique one of a kind mixed media work on wood panel. An impressive layered collage of paint, mixed media, vintage...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Resin, Spray Paint, Wood Panel, Acrylic
Laura - still life, hand signed, Roy Fairchild
Located in London, GB
This ltd edition hand made print is for sale from Roy Fairchild's Personal Collection. This print will come with a certificate of authenticity from London Contemporary Gallery and a unique signed letter from Roy Fairchild himself authenticating the work and detailing that this is from his personal collection.
Roy Fairchild-Woodard was born in 1953 in Surrey, England. He currently lives and works most of the year in the peaceful environment of his Country home. The rest of the year he travels throughout Europe; Italy in particular, to obtain new sources of inspiration. His affinity with Italy is the painters of the Renaissance, especially their frescos, tapestries and paintings.
The plasterwork of the frescos is alluded to in his use of plaster as a base for his acrylic and oil overpaints. Also the influence of Egon Schiele and Gustave Klimpt can be seen in his occasional reference of line and decoration.
He received a degree in graphic design and started working under the name Woodard to produce more commercial...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
$982 Sale Price
20% Off
Fallen Angel- Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Wire
Over and Out
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
California visual artist Kim Frohsin is unsurpassed in her depictions of figures, mostly female, usually in paintings that are intimate in size and scale. All of her work, whether re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Pigment
Shape of A Letter
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
California visual artist Kim Frohsin is unsurpassed in her depictions of figures, mostly female, usually in paintings that are intimate in size and scale. All of her work, whether re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Pigment
Enlightenment. Contemporary Figurative Mixed Media Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This work was inspired by Berlin's many visits to the Peace Pagoda during his sojourn to Nepal over the Winter. Sax prepares his canvasses and waits for the right conjunction of crea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Gold Leaf, Copper
$6,274 Sale Price
20% Off
"Landscape" Black an White , Original Paint on Canvas Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
graphite dust on canvas
relief paint
original art
Ready to Hang
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She graduated in Painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment, Graphite
$1,609 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled
By Judy Pfaff
Located in New York, NY
Judy Pfaff
Untitled
1997
Signed and numbered
Etching with wax and watercolor (Edition of 50)
9 x 12 inches
Category
1990s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Wax, Watercolor, Etching
$1,500
#fahrenheit451
Located in New York, NY
#fahrenheit451, 2014
Neon and sheet metal
20 × 52 × 4 inches (50.8 × 132.1 × 10.2 cm)
Edition 3/5 + 1AP
26 × 70 × 6 inches (66 × 177.8 × 15.2 cm)
Editio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Metal
Lisa Day Night
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil, Acrylic, Gouache
“Proposition 341” Contemporary Gold & Cream Tone Three Dimensional Drip Painting
By Joseph Cohen
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary gold toned abstract painting by Houston based artist Joseph Cohen. The work features a solid gold field that ends in drips off of the bottom edge of the piece. Signed an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Gold
Lilies (Collage, Landscape, Trees, Leaves, Flowers, Teal, Red)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Aster Da Fonseca
Lilies
Collage on Wood Panel
Year: 2023
Size: 12x12in
Signed and inscribed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1690
Tags: Acrylic pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Tape, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$1,333 Sale Price
44% Off
Emery - Oya Bolgun - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media
Located in Carmel, CA
Oya Bolgun is a visionary artist whose dynamic and ever-evolving abstract style captures the imagination and inspires the senses. Drawing on her deep passion for self-expression and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Demi-Cloaked Jenhen
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
California visual artist Kim Frohsin is unsurpassed in her depictions of figures, mostly female, usually in paintings that are intimate in size and scale. All of her work, whether re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Pigment
Fleur Rouge I - still life, hand signed, Roy Fairchild
Located in London, GB
This serigraph print is for sale from Roy Fairchild's Personal Collection. This print will come with a certificate of authenticity from London Contemporary Gallery and a unique signe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
$1,023 Sale Price
25% Off
Matching Set
By SarahGrace
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Matching Set" by SarahGrace is a hand tufted wall hanging made with tufting yarn on tufting cloth embellished with nickel free iron chain. The li...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Yarn
Truth hides in plain sight
By J. Margulis
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Jose Margulis is a contemporary artist whose work explores the space where art, science, and philosophy meet. Best known for his three-dimensional geometric constructions, he works w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Plexiglass, Automotive Paint, Acrylic
Amethyst Gateway, 2022, cosmic art, pink, blue, surreal landscape, collage
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Cut paper collage, pink, blue, purple, black, surreal landscape, cosmic art, portal, gateway. Custom black shadow box frame, measuring 41.75 x 33.75 x 2 inches.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
D...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper
Modern
By Greg Miller
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Contextually within the framework of postmodern Neo-pop and Post-pop, Miller utilizes a semiotic process of mining familiar pictorial codes from the popular culture of his youth for ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
$24,000
Oversized Blue and Orange Abstract Acrylic Painting on Plywood "Come As You Are"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Robertson focuses on creating paintings that move beyond portraying reality. Driven by a synthesis of gestural brushstrokes and expressive smears, he offers viewers a liminal space o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
Battle Scars
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Mixed media
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper
$1,248 Sale Price
20% Off
"Pacific Celebration", Contemporary, Blue, Yellow, Red, Collage, Mixed Media
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Pacific Celebration” is an acrylic painting with collage on canvas 66 x 50 inches in greens, blues, yellows and rose reds. As though at a fantastical wedding, the color...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Metamorphosis (DUO) - colourful, lyrical, diptych, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The grand scale of Metamorphosis Duo has a magnified cellular quality - as though they are strands of DNA recombining and bringing forth new life. The primary colours used here reinf...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Wax Crayon, Acrylic
"Love for Meadow VI" by Sveta - Vibrant Colorful Textured Contemporary Abstract
Located in Carmel, CA
Sveta Hessler (Russian, born 1973)
"Love for Meadow VI" 2025
Acrylic Paint, Gel, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
"Love for Meadow VI" by Sveta Hes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Contemporary Abstract Male Profile Portrait on Coin. French. "Currency #235"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
The inscription surrounding the profile reads in French: "Pays qui n'existe plus que dans un souvenir", which translates to "A country that only exists in a memory." The erasure of t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Hide-Out, 2015, bower bird, nature, animal, pattern, drawing, framed
By Gigi Chen
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Colored Pencil on Color Paper
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
ADORNED OBSOLESCENCE 01 - Sculptural Wall Hanging w/ Found & Repurposed Objects
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
In ADORNED OBSOLESCENCE 01, Liz Miller creates a sculptural wall hanging piece which builds on the juxtapositions between strength and malleabi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
$5,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Loving Horses Bohemian Mixed Media Painting BOHO Floral 40x60"
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Loving Horses
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas
Collector's Edition
Mixed Media: Acrylic, Ink, Stucco, Glass Beads, Crackle Paste
SPECIFICATIONS:
- Fine art canvas
- Professio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
City Twilight, Oil on Acrylic, Black, Red, Yellow by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rishi Barua - City Twilight
Oil on Acrylic , 24 x 24 inches , 2015
( Framed & Door Delivered )
About the Artist and his work :
Education :
B.Fine (Bachelor of Fine Arts) in 1985 fro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
April 23th - Oya Bolgun - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media
Located in Carmel, CA
Oya Bolgun is a visionary artist whose dynamic and ever-evolving abstract style captures the imagination and inspires the senses. Drawing on her deep passion for self-expression and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Couple on Gold 1/50, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"Two small figurines sitting together as a couple, waiting in harmony, happiness, and love," says artist Yelitza Diaz. Each Small Being is made of resin and p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
"Pathos" unframed collage on fine art paper hand-signed by artist Melanie Boone
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Pathos" unframed collage on fine art paper by artist Melanie Boone. Signed Melanie Boone ©, dated 1999 and titled "Pathos" verso. Collage features Japanese imagery including geisha...
Category
1990s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper
Pommier de Normandie 1 - An Oil Painting on Gold Leaf
Located in New York, NY
This work is a unique piece. It is an oil painting on linen canvas gilded with 22 carat gold leaf.
CS Art comprises of two artists, one French, the other Norwegian. They have been p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Gold, Silver, Foil, Gold Leaf
Joan Miró Vinyl Record Art
By Joan Miró
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Joan Miró vinyl album art, 1979:
Raimon and Joan Miró were close friends that first collaborated on the 1966 album Cançons de la roda del temps. In 1979, Miró designed a cover for th...
Category
1970s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
"One Day Tomorrow Will be Yesterday" 2024 mixed media
Located in New York, NY
Jacquelyn Strycker
One Day Tomorrow Will be Yesterday, 2024
collage of risographs and screenprints on Japanese and handmade fibers papers with sewing and acrylic gouache
57 x 76 in.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper, Screen
Rare Hilarity
Located in Santa Fe, NM
mixed media
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Melissa Zink
Born 1932
Kansas City, Missouri
Died 2009 (aged 76–77)
Taos, New Mexico
Nationality American
Occupation(s) Artist, Sculptor
Melissa Zink (1932-2009) was an American artist. An active member of the Taos, New Mexico art scene, she blended storytelling with sculpture, and described the enchantment of books and the imaginary worlds they evoked as the focus of her work.[1] Critics lauded her as a "late bloomer" because she only began to exhibit and sell her multi-media works of ceramics, cast bronze, and collage, when she was in her forties.[2] She became known for her "three-dimensional stories" and "dream-like dioramas" in clay, interior scenes that blend whimsy with surrealism.[2][1] Later she cast large bronze statues of human figures embossed with texts drawn from dictionaries and illuminated manuscripts.[2] In 2001 she won a Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts from the state of New Mexico.[3] In 2021, one of her works featured in a special exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Art entitled, "Southwest Rising: Contemporary Art and the Legacy of Elaine Horwich," which featured a group of artists in the 1970s and 1980s who together launched a movement described as "new Western art" or "Southwest pop".[4]
Education and career
Melissa Zink was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She attended the Emma Willard School, Swarthmore College, the University of Chicago, and the Kansas City Art Institute.[5] She later admitted that her professors' efforts to push her and her peers towards abstract expressionism during the 1950s deterred her from pursuing a career in art.[2] Instead she worked for many years by designing picture frames and operating an embroidery and craft shop while continuing to paint and experiment with various media in her free time.[6] In her forties, she married Nelson Zink, who encouraged her to pursue her artistic ambitions.
The owner of the Parks Gallery in Taos, which represented her for many years, described her works as aiming to replicate through multi-media art the "book experience, that altered state of consciousness we enter when engrossed in a book."[7] Though known primarily for her clay dioramas and bronze figural sculptures, in later years she also created multi-media, collage wall hangings that incorporated fabrics and painted elements.[1]
In 2000 Zink represented New Mexico at an exhibit of women artists called "From the States" held at Washington, D.C.'s National Museum of Women in the Arts.[1] In 2006 the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos staged an exhibition on her work.[8] In 2009, following her death, the Taos Art Museum and Fechin House staged a memorial exhibition entitled, "Melissa Zink: Her Singular World."[9]
She featured among leading women artists in the book Exposures: Women & Their Art by Betty Ann Brown...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
World on your shoulders
By J. Margulis
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Jose Margulis is a contemporary artist whose work explores the space where art, science, and philosophy meet. Best known for his three-dimensional geometric constructions, he works w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
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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