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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
Ochre Hair
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 and Stephen De...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

Restrained Supersaturation No.17 (Kintsugi) by Ahn Hyun-Ju - Abstract painting
Located in Paris, FR
Restrained Supersaturation No.17 (Kintsugi) is a unique painting by contemporary artist Ahn Hyun-Ju. The painting is made with polyester, pigments and acrylic resin on aluminium, dim...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Polyester, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pigment

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

'Horse Scorpion'
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Joshua travels the world performing sta...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Acrylic

Untitled No. 758 - Abstract Contemporary Blue Tone Framed Mixed Media Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This stunning artwork by Jeremy Prim is a minimalist masterpiece that exudes tranquility and captures the essence of the Pacific coastline. The painting features a serene blue color ...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Canvas, Wax, Oil

Pears & Pink - Framed Abstract Expressive Botanical Floral Still Life Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks are the specialty of Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome. Her work is characterized by a loose and expressive style emphasizing line struct...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Coy One
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 and Stephen De Staebler in an exhibit of 'Four Figures from the Bay...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

Signe Best
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Two Climbers on Green Hanging on the Moon., Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Human Yelitza Diaz demonstrates two figures, one helping the other climb a green wooden structure. She creates the figures with resin and paints their ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

White Totemic Sculpture in Ceramic, 2025 - 'Farmer's Wife'
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Created specifically for the exhibition Timeless Remnants in Knokke, "Farmer's Wife" is part of Laura Pasquino’s new totemic ceramic series. This standing sculpture, composed of stac...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Ceramic, Glaze

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...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Oysters for One - Original Seafood Still Life Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia (USA) based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant painti...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil

"Landlocked (Palm Trees)", Contemporary, Abstract, Landscape, Mixed Media, Print
Located in Franklin, MA
Patty deGrandpre’s “Landlocked (Palm Trees)” is an 11 x 16.5 inch unique abstract mixed media print represented on Awagami Bamboo Japanese paper utilizing both printmaking and creati...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Gouache, Bamboo Paper, Digital

Nelson De La Nuez "Life is Good" Mixed Media
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: De La Nuez, Nelson Title: Life is Good Series: Sketches Date: 2022 Medium: Screenprint with hand applied acrylic Framed Dimensions: 42" x 42" Signature: Signed Edition...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Screen, Acrylic

Pearlescent Forest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unique work is a collograph with interventions of collage, chine colle and acrylic. Lorena Villalobos is among only twenty-six Costa Rican artists listed under the heading, "Mo...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

"BOO", Dimensional Wall-Hanging Sculpture by Charles Clary
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"BOO" is an original wall-hanging sculpture by Charles Clary as part of the artist's popular "Text-i-monial" series. To create the artwork, Clary hand cuts a series of individual she...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Paper, Wood Panel

"S&S&S&S 28 Pink on Pink", Hand-Cut Archival Paper Sculpture, Abstract Patterns
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "S&S&S&S 28 Pink on Pink" is an original piece by Matt Shlian and is made from hand-folded archival paper. This piece measures 11”h x 26”w unframed. As a paper eng...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Archival Paper

Modern
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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Canvas, Paper, Acrylic

Kelly's Garden VIII - Abstract Color Drenched Floral Sally K Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing the latest creation from Lebanese American artist Sally K, a mesmerizing series of embellished mixed media artworks that redefine the boundaries between art and beauty. S...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Paper, Mixed Media

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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Truth hides in plain sight
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...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Plexiglass, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Tracey Emin, My Heart is With You Always Framed textile signed and inscribed tag
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin My Heart is With You Always, framed with hand signed and inscribed tag, 2015 Embroidered Linen Handkerchief, Hand Signed, dated and Inscribed in Ink on attached tag Signe...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Linen, Thread, Ink, Mixed Media

Taupie - Abstract Gold 'I LOVE YOU' Graffiti Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Ink

Little Kingfisher, Over The Moon, Birds, Animal art, Nature, Gold leaf, Metallic
Located in Deddington, GB
New Series - Over The Moon with Little British Birds. We are so blessed with such a variety of beautiful garden bird species within the UK. I feel inspired and 'Over The Moon' with ...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Gold Leaf

"2128" Mixed Media with Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
Found object paper collage by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of his work. Numbered on verso. Presented "floating" in a new double ma...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Paper, Pencil

Bardot Original Acrylic, spray paint, vintage papers and Epoxy Resin on wood
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...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Resin, Spray Paint, Wood Panel, Acrylic

Bajo tierra (Underground)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela Bajo tierra (Underground), 2024 Mixed media on canvas 40 x 30 inches This one-of-a-kind acrylic painting on canvas is stretched across wooden stretcher bars. Extern...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Kathleen Kane-Murrell, Mixed Media Abstract Composition, "Be Magic" 2025
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original mixed media (Japanese text on paper, molded paper, acrylic, plexiglass) abstract painting and drawing by California artist and educator, Kathleen Kan...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Plexiglass, Paper, Acrylic

BB #4#11
Located in Brecon, Powys
From the artist's 2017 Bridget Bardot series Ink + thread hand stitched on plywood with 24kt gold leaf
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Thread, Ink

Jo Haran, Orchid Scene, Original Floral Painting, Affordable Art
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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Gesso, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache

Coney Island / Coke Work
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Coney Island No 1' is one of only a few remaining works from Kim Frohsin's "Coke Work" series of miced media and collage paintings inspired by the iconic Coke bottle shape, from 201...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Paper, Acrylic, Pigment

Battle Scars
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Mixed media
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Paint, Paper

Battle Scars
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“Proposition 341” Contemporary Gold & Cream Tone Three Dimensional Drip Painting
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...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Gold

Cotton Candy Cumulus Aqua Gold - Abstract Three-Dimensional Wall Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Metal, Wire

Portrait as Plant
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title : Portrait as Plant Materials : Stamp,xerox transfer,pencil,ink Date : 2015 Dimensions : 16.5×23.5 COA provided Art school took Olivia Gibb away from Oklahoma and up to Kansas...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Ink, Mixed Media, Pencil

World on your shoulders
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...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Plexiglass, Acrylic

Frida Kahlo Mug Shot Mugshot, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Frida Kahlo de Rivera was a Mexican painter, who mostly painted self-portraits. Inspired by Mexican popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Are you a Frida Kahlo fan who loves Mexico? These make perfect gift ideas for friends and family who can’t get enough Mexican art and modern art. A different, cool, gift for a man or woman who is a strong woman lover or, equality lover, and likes to make an independent statement about, painting, painter, artist, birthday, Christmas, Memes, funny pictures or serious fine art. Shop this bold, bright, colorful, black and white awesome design. This independent artistic nostalgia, Retro painting men and women makes beautiful original, pop art Tee shirts, Tees, posters and prints. From Tony Rubino classic fashion gift...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

New World Symphony 5/9
Located in Napa, CA
jd Hansen creates art that explores the juxtaposition of vulnerability and strength using the human and animal form. Her work excavates the intricacies of human psychology, non-verba...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Bronze, Copper

Corpse Drawing #47, The Return of the Cadavre Exquis hand signed by four artists
Located in New York, NY
Francisco Fernández, Claudia Fernández, Diego Toledo, Hector Quinones Corpse Drawing #47, The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, 1993 Ink, graphite, acrylic, and watercolor, with collage ...
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1990s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Graphite

Here And There (Diptych) - 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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

"Who's The Mom?" Mixed Media Circular Work on Canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Zeal Harris is known for creating seductive, caricaturesque, political, urban-vernacular, story paintings, with a blunt mix of high-brow/low-brow elements. Her micro-narratives offer...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

"Carry Me Up To The Place I Once Lazed", Fantasy Medieval Water Fountain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Carry Me Up To The Place I Once Lazed" is an original piece by Megan Rea made from oil on hand crafted paper. This pieces measures 31.5"h x 43.25"w, is signed en verso and comes wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Oil, Handmade Paper

Hide and Seek by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, floral, animal
Located in Paris, FR
Hide and Seek is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are 30 x 40 cm (11.8 ...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Wood Panel, Pigment

Wind by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, flowers, white
Located in Paris, FR
Wind is a unique painting by contemporary artist Yiching Chen. The painting is made with Mineral pigments, gold and silver leaves on japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are 30...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Gold Leaf

Wind II by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, soft colors, tree
Located in Paris, FR
Wind II is a unique painting by contemporary artist Yiching Chen. The painting is made with mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are 30 x 40 cm (11.8 × 15.7...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Wood Panel, Pigment

Bud 429 - Contemporary Mixed Media Textile Mandala Pink Gold Roses, 2019
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary mixed media mandala by Donna Sharrett is composed of guitar string ball-ends, clothing, needlework, jewelry, and thread. A carved ivory rose bead at the center is o...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Fabric, Thread, Mixed Media

Guinnevere - Brown Gold Mixed Media Textile Mandala Flower Buttons Jewelry, 2013
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary, mixed media textile mandala by Donna Sharrett contains neck ties, jewelry, guitar strings, buttons, thread. A glittering gold necklace encircles a necktie sewn int...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Fabric, Thread, Mixed Media

The Redpath Mansion - Highly Detailed Scale Model Sculpture, Crumbling Building
Located in Chicago, IL
The Redpath Mansion was built in 1886 for members of the Redpath family – wealthy industrialists who constructed the Lachine Canal and founded the sugar refinery that bears their name. This majestic house was erected in the fabled Golden Square Mile of Montreal. By the mid-20th century, it was one of the few remaining Queen Anne style homes in this city. The Sochaczevski family, purchased it in 1986 and within that year, obtained a license to demolish the building. Approximately 40% of the property was leveled. Organizations such as Heritage Montreal and Save Montreal obtained an injunction to suspend the execution of the license and the destruction of the mansion. It was temporarily saved. In 2014, the Mayor of Montreal, Denis Coderre, sided in favour of the Sochaczevski family, granting them the license to level the Redpath Mansion. In a statement to the media, when substantiating his reasoning, Denis Coderre said, “It was too dangerous, so I asked that we demolish the building.” The disappearance of the Redpath Mansion represented a great loss to Montreal’s architectural landscape. Organizations such as Heritage Montreal and Save Montreal, contended that it possessed immense cultural value; and during the course of almost three decades – 1986 to 2014 - struggled to save this rare Queen Anne style home from the wrecking ball. Albeit, the Sochaczevski family argued that it was old and unsafe, and that a restoration of the once stately home would be very costly. During the span marked by the first attempt at a demolition and the final decision by the mayor of Montreal (i.e. 1986 – 2014), The Redpath Mansion’s already dire condition worsened. It stood vacant and exposed to the elements. Nothing to upkeep the house was implemented, neither by the owners, or the city of Montreal; which ultimately compromised its structural viability. The events surrounding the Redpath Mansion, came to my attention in the summer of 2010. It was during a visit to Mount Sinai Hospital, in Montreal, where my father lay stricken by a terminal disease known as pulmonary fibrosis. I came upon a newspaper article in the Montreal Gazette. It described the Redpath Mansion case. I likened the decaying building with the final stages of my father’s life. The Redpath Mansion gained even greater significance for me when I went in person to the Golden Square Mile - in the city centre – and stood before it along Du Musée Street. I experienced it as a powerful metaphor for the transient nature of life. It also inspired thoughts related to generational ties, and how familial bonds act to influence and shape a person’s identity. The program of work I plan to undertake aims at building a scale model of the Redpath Mansion, as it appeared just before its demolition, in 2014. The physical height of this scale model is set at approximately 1 metre. I wish to place emphasis on the craft aspect, by creating a visual idiom based on details and decaying forms that allude to our connection to the past. For example, old pictures found among the rubble, scattered clothing and shoes, all of which are suggestive of a past ethos. I steer clear of political and social issues and aim to view this project with a more poetic lens, hoping to move the focus from societal problems to problems we face inside ourselves. The end result, or the finished piece would make a statement in a more introspective and emotional way, and show that the past weighs on the present, almost to the point of haunting. The viewer of the finished scale model will view it in the round, and in so doing perceive a definite narrative that addresses questions of identity, memory and loss. Ivan Markovic The Redpath Mansion, 2019 mixed media 37h x 20w x 24d in 93.98h x 50.80w x 60.96d cm IVM007 IVAN MARKOVIC was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1970. At an early age, he showed a natural propensity for drawing. At 15 years of age, he went to Paris, France to attend the Fine Arts school Creatione et Future. This experience allowed him to become a better draftsman and encouraged him to take his first steps in the art of oil painting. In 1994, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University in Montreal. During his undergraduate degree he developed an interest for Art History and life drawing. After graduation, Ivan Markovic moved to Madrid, Spain to work at the Prado museum, where he made copies of Old Masters’ paintings, and developed an understanding for the materials and techniques of Spanish, Italian and Flemish art. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds, in the U.K. in 1997. His graduate work focused on large-scale paintings that alluded to baroque and neoclassical painting. In parallel, he pursued his other passion, teaching, by instructing a figure drawing course. Upon completing his MFA, he returned to Madrid to work as a practicing artist and art teacher for 13 years. During this time, he experimented with a diverse range of media. Of these, he was most captivated by sculpture. In 2010, he came back to his native Montreal, thus completing a formative cycle that has lasted 25 years. Currently, Ivan Markovic lives and works between Montreal, Chicago, and Madrid. He creates three-dimensional renditions of people facing situations of adversity, especially those that live on the fringe of society. His work has been featured in solo exhibitions in Canada, the United States and Europe, and is also on permanent display in privately owned collections of art. Ivan Markovic b. 1970, Montreal, Quebec Education 1997 Master of Fine Arts, Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds, England. 1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. 1986 Studies at the Fine Arts School, Création et Future, Paris, France. Selected Exhibitions 2020 Double Feature: Art Shay and Ivan Markovic, 2019, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2019 SOFA Chicago 2019, Navy Pier, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2018 SOFA Chicago 2018, Navy Pier, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art Market Hamptons, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Bridgehampton, NY Art On Paper, Gallery Victor Armendariz, New York, NY 2017 Art Toronto, Galerie D’Este, Toronto, Canada. SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Option Art, Chicago, IL Papier/10th Edition, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Mlt., Canada. 2016 SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Option Art, Chicago, U.S.A. 2016 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie D’Este, Toronto, Canada. 2016 Beyond the Pale, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada. 2014 On the Fringe, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada. Love Art, Galerie D’Este, Toronto, Canada. Papier 14, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada. 2013 Shades of Isolation, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada. 2013 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie D’Este, Toronto, Canada. Papier 13, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada. 2012 Papier 12, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada. 2011 Papier 11, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada 2004 Galería Francisco Duayer, Madrid, Spain. 2004 Fundación Cultural Mapfre Vida (Premio Penagos de Dibujo), Madrid, Spain. 2003 Centro Intergrado Arganzuela (Ayuntamento de Madrid), Madrid, Spain. 2003 Galería Francisco Duayer, Madrid, Spain. 2001 Galería Francisco Duayer, Madrid, Spain. 2000 Sala Goya, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain. 1998 Instituto Cervantes, John Hancock Center...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Paper, Glue, Plastic, Wood, Paint

Hollyhock Magic, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Abstract floral scene created by freely pouring ink on paper. Hollyhocks blooming in summer. Vibrant use of red, pink and purple balanced out with greens and ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Spring Cleaning, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Spring is a time of renewal. Change winter clothes to spring and summer, clean the house, plant the garden and string spring garlands in the sun room. Such a ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Restrained Supersaturation No.19 by Ahn Hyun-Ju - Abstract painting, circle
Located in Paris, FR
Restrained Supersaturation No.19 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Ahn Hyun-Ju. The painting is made with polyester, pigments and acrylic resin on aluminium, dimensions are...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Polyester, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pigment

Kozo "Nostalgic Tides/The Beauty of Chaos" Mixed Media
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: , Kozo Title: Nostalgic Tides/The Beauty of Chaos Date: 2025 Medium: Lithograph with Tattoo ink & acrylics on paper Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 22" Framed Dimensions: 33...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph

Sean Scully Night and Day (hardback monograph, hand signed by Sean Scully)
Located in New York, NY
Sean Scully Sean Scully Night and Day (hardback monograph, hand signed by Sean Scully), 2013 Hardback monograph with cloth covers and no dust jacket (hand signed by Sean Scully) Hand...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Six Swans - Ceramic
Located in London, GB
Julia Florence’s Six Swans (2024) is a captivating stoneware sculpture that exemplifies her distinctive fusion of illustrative detail and ceramic artistry. The piece portrays six swa...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Ceramic

"Native to Brazil", Contemporary, Hummingbird, Oil, Acrylic, Collage, Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
"Native to Brazil", by Anne Sargent Walker, is a deliciously yellow green oil, acrylic and collage painting on stretched canvas depicting tropical flora of vines and flowers surround...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Canvas

No Charges - American Flag Painting over Vintage Newsprint Photo Collage
Located in Chicago, IL
Patrick Burns No Charges original newsprint, acrylic, polymer, resin on panel 32h x 48w in 81.28h x 121.92w cm PB0004 Patrick Burns b. 1987, Cleveland, OH Bio I like to explore themes that are unique to the American experience in my work. By merging the iconography of the US flag and the headlines from major events of our past, I can express a more personal understanding of what it means to be an American and the journey that has shaped our country.   West Virginia Raised. Maine Educated. Colby College  Exhibitions 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL American Experience, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, June 2015 2014 (e)merge Art Fair, Capitol Skyline Hotel, Washington, DC. Amstel...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel, Newsprint, Polymer

Borrowed Landscapes Study No.73/DC, United States Capital
Located in Denver, CO
Nina Tichava's paintings are about relationships; she is interested in the interactions between materials and methods as well as the color and spatial relationships that naturally de...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Tape, Acrylic, Postcard, Graphite

Magic & Leaves, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Every year, Melissa finds herself enchanted with the changing colors of the season. She created this piece as a tribute to the beauty of the autumn leaves. Sh...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

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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