Contemporary Mixed Media
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
For Jeannette's Mother
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
Tossed
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
Sahar Silhouette
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
Moody Blue
Located in Wilton, CT
old cotton, rayon ribbon, thread, miniature wood clothespins
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Cotton
Cinnamon - Karol Jersak - Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Minimalist White Paper work 2024 - 'Impronta 05'
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Silvia De Marchi (b. 1967, Melzo, Italy) is an Italian painter currently based in Italy and represented by the Grège Gallery. Her artistic practice reflects a deep exploration of ma...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Glue, Ink, Mixed Media
Money Lending Business
Located in Manchester, GB
Jasper Leadbeater, Money Lending Business, 2025
Upcycled shotgun shells and spraypaint
58 x 70 cm (22.8 x 27.56 in)
Edition of 6
Jasper is completely self taught. Having started...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
John Lennon
Located in Manchester, GB
Baggrz, Lennon, 2024
Lego mosaic with colours to resemble that of a work produced using oils with black box frame
94 x 94cm (37.01 x 37.01 in)
Original Artwork
Baggrz was born,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Though The Looking Glass
By Zoa Ace
Located in Nashville, TN
This whimsical mixed media collage by Zoa Ace reimagines imagery from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll with a vibrant, surreal twist. At the center, Alice emerges from an o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Marilyn
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006) was an Italian artist and leading figure of post-war European art. He is best known for creating layered collage-like works from torn film and advertising p...
Category
1990s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Screen
"Reading", Landscape embroidery covering book, coffee mug and pen sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Reading" is an original piece by Ulla-Stina Wikander that can be wall-mounted or be free standing. This piece is made from sourcing vintage needlepoint embroidery and expertly wrapp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Thread, Found Objects, Textile
Centrifuge. 2018. Paper, mixed media, 38x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
By using mixed media and expressive sketching techniques the artist Maris Abilevs manages to convey the atmosphere of intimacy, eroticism and arousal
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen, Stencil
"Blue Impressions" by Steven H. Rehfeld - Textured Blue Contemporary Abstract
Located in Carmel, CA
Steven H. Rehfeld (American, born 1954)
"Blue Impressions" 1980
Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Paper, Tape, Graphite, Ink, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting....
Category
1980s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Tape, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Graphite, Stretcher Bars
Coffee Peloton Series XVI, Eliza Southwood, Affordable Art, Original Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Peloton Series XVI by Eliza Southwood [2021]
original
Coffee on paper
Image size: H:64.2 cm x W:94.6 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:64.2 cm x W:94.6 cm x D:0.1cm
Sold U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Coffee
Full moon. 2018. Paper, mixed media, 38x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
By using mixed media and expressive sketching techniques the artist Maris Abilevs manages to convey the atmosphere of intimacy, eroticism and arousal
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen, Stencil
Tall Story - Large Abstract Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Since 2008, Tina Bluefield has been drawn to the world of large-scale abstraction, exploring the relationship between color, form, and the natural landscapes that inspire her.
She g...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"DNA, The Dissection (Version 6)", Sewn Mixed Media, Anatomy Motif, Hands, colla
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"DNA, The Dissection (Version 6)" is a piece by Eustace Mamba made from sewn mixed media. This piece measures 17"h x 12 "w unframed.
"Black Subjectivity and Afro-Pessimism continue...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Textile, Paint, Mixed Media
To Tell Such Stories - 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
"Flag" mixed media artwork by artist Raphael Mazzucco
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Flag" signed mixed media artwork by artist Raphael Mazzucco.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Pink Lady Walking Left - Abstract Flamingo Painting on Paper in Gold Frame
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Compassion Factory (Factory 49, From FundaMENTAL Factory Series)
By Kathy Kissik
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Kathy Kissik’s Compassion Factory (2024), part of her FundaMENTAL Factory Series at Factory 49, is a striking mixed-media artwork that combines collage, acrylic paint, found objects,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
"Askew/ Ask You/ Achoo" Vibrant Abstract Paper Collage by Shawn Theodore
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Askew/ Ask You/ Achoo" is an original piece by Shawn Theodore made from hand-crafted paper collage and acrylic and archival ink on Epson Hot Press Natural paper on wood panel. Theod...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Sunrise. 2020. Paper, mixed media, 94x63 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The abstract series of sizable works done in a mixed-media technique pays homage to the great modernists and abstract expressionists such as Mondrian, Kandinsky, Still and Motherwell...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Felt Pen, Stencil
Gill Storr, In the Woods, Original Mixed Media Woodland Art
By Gill Storr
Located in Deddington, GB
In the Woods [2020]
Original
Abstract
Mixed media: Acrylics, straw, gel medium. Hahnemuhle German Etching 310gsm on board.
Image size: H:59 cm x W:42 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:59 cm x W:42 cm x D:1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
A mixed media piece using textured layers to express the feel of being in the woods. "The piece has twigs and straw within the structure. Neutral colours. This is a path I walk quite frequently with my dogs."
Gill Storr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
Rollo
Located in New York, NY
Benny Andrews was an African-American artist, activist and educator. Born in Plainview, Georgia, Andrews earned a BFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1...
Category
1970s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Foil
Lace. 2021. Paper, mixed media, 63x94 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The abstract series of sizable works done in a mixed-media technique pays homage to the great modernists and abstract expressionists such as Mondrian, Kandinsky, Still and Motherwell...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Felt Pen, Stencil
Sarah Berger, Gold Spectacular, Original Abstract Landscape Painting
By Sarah Berger
Located in Deddington, GB
Gold Spectacular [2021]
Original
Landscapes and seascapes
Acrylic on stretched canvas
Image size: H:100 cm x W:120 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W:120 cm x D:4cm
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Canoe and Tornado" Abstract Contemporary Mixed Media
By Toby Topek
Located in Houston, TX
Minimal abstract style mixed media work by contemporary artist Toby Topek. The work is signed, titled, and dated on the back. It is framed in a white frame with a white matte.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 8 in x W 10 in.
Artist Biography:
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Topek grew up in Houston. She has studied archaeology, art, architecture, the environment, culture and history in Mexico, the Mediterranean, North Africa, Near East, Adriatic, Brazil and Canada. She lived and worked in Greece and Turkey part–time, 1984– 1988. Her work has been exhibited at the Whitney Bank Museum Branch–Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Fort Worth Modern Art Museum, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Galveston Art Center, the International Sculpture Conference Houston, College of the Mainland, Lawndale Art Center, Diverseworks, Women and Their Work-Austin, Transco Gallery and Project Row Houses. In 2000, she completed eleven 10 foot marble mosaic medallion...
Category
1990s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Casein
Robert Mapplethorpe - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
About the medium, Canson's paper
Canson is a 500-year-old brand of fine art paper known for its high-quality, durable, and versatile papers for drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
My World is Full of Possibilities - Red/Green
By Arica Hilton
Located in Chicago, IL
My World is Full of Possibilities - Red/Green
2021
Mixed media, acrylic paint and archival print on acrylic, recycled plastic, gold leaf, and mirror.
Arica Hilton's "My World is Fu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Gold Leaf
On the Runway, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Shapely bodies painted all in blue hues pose at ease against a golden background. "In this painting, I depicted four graceful women figures in a floral and my...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
The Room of Necessary Tears - Painting by Dario Cusani - 1994
Located in Roma, IT
INTERIOR
The same year 1988, a few months after the start of "chromatic", the research "Interni" was born from the cult of the house that the Neapolitans have and moreover from the l...
Category
1990s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic
AI Verde - Print by Dario Cusani - 2024
Located in Roma, IT
TECHNIQUE PHOTO-PAINTING- DIGITAL PROCESSING
The technique used was defined as PHOTO-PAINTING by the art critic Silvia Pegoraro of Ravenna Italy and was my invention in 1994. In fact...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Digital
Rough Fiber Scarf
Located in Dallas, TX
The first edition to wear. The striking orange roughfiber work is brought to life by printing on high-quality satin silk and can be admired or worn....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Silk, Screen
Once Again: Boom III, Mixed Media Abstract Contemporary Collage
By Michelle Fierro
Located in Surfside, FL
Michelle Fierro (born January 6, 1967) is an American artist.
She went to college at California State University in 1992, and then Claremont Graduate school in 1995. She is well known for her pieces "American Myths (1996)" and "Once again: the birds (1997)".
Fierro was featured in the book, "25 Women In...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
The Horse Whisperer, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jennifer Ross captures a moment of quiet connection with her signature eggshell collage technique. A horse stands peacefully still as a delicate bird flu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Frida Kahlo 6, Mixed Media on Canvas
By Tony Rubino
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Memory I- Colourful, Playful Figurative City: Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Framed Size - 65 x 65 cm
Born in Persia Gohar Goddard was educated in France and the foothills of the Himalayas. She came to England in her teens, working for a variety of organisat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Spirit, mixed media, 57 x 49 inches. Atmospheric painting
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Resin
Glacier (organic, landscape, abstract, pink, blue)
Located in New York, NY
Mixed media work on paper.
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Pendant Light
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Andre Butzer
Title: Pendant Light
Year: 2021
Medium: Pendant light individually painted and signed by Andre Butzer. Includes hardcover volume in clamshell box...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glass, Acrylic
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Located in Mill Valley, CA
An altered book of beautiful art.
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper
Ears of the Year, mixed media, 24 x 24 inches. Abstract work of comic character
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Limited Edition Sublimation Print on Silk - Golden Undergrowth
Located in Vilnius, LT
This contemporary artwork, crafted using a sublimation process, offers an exquisite transfer of vivid imagery onto silk through eco-friendly, water-based sublimation inks.
Its hybr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Silk, Mixed Media, Color, Digital
Fenix #10
Located in New York City, NY
Fernanda Naman
Fenix #10, 2016
40 x 40 inches
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 9
C-Print
Gold Leaf
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Gold Leaf
Dogwood Flower - Dramatic Abstract Purple Botanical Floral Still Life Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Xiao Wen Xu is a Chinese-born Canadian artist based in Toronto, Canada, Her artistic practice is deeply influenced by her profound appreciation for the natural world. This artwork is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Powder Coating, Watercolor
INIZIO AVORIO III
By Kim Fonder
Located in Tulsa, OK
INDACO COLLAGE III by Kim Fonder is a mixed media on handmade paper, pigment, mica, on burlap over panel measures 24.00 X 24.00 in and is priced at $800.
Kim Fonder loves texture an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Burlap, Plexiglass, Paper, Mixed Media
To Break, To Blossom 24-08
Located in New York, NY
Aida experiences resilience: she paints, she breaks and she rebuilds. Watercolor, subtle and delicate, turns into great sculpture. The beauty of scars in her work — imperfect and fra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Seeds 4
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Graphite, acrylic gel medium, acrylics and oils on paper
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Graphite
"Butterfly Harmony" mixed media portrait of woman with butterflies
By Janice Frame
Located in Edgartown, MA
"As an African-American artist in today’s world, I embody the vast differences found in our collective backgrounds. I view them as cultural assets. We are always self discovering and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Epoxy Resin, Paint, Paper, Mixed Media
Julia Adams, Blue and White Vases 2, Affordable Art, Contemporary Still Life Art
By Julia Adams
Located in Deddington, GB
Blue and White Vases 2 [2021]
Original
Still Life
Mixed media on canvas
Canvas Size: H:20 cm x W:20 cm x D:1.5cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
French Contemporary Art by Elodie Dollat - Monochrome Bleu II
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Cypher #25
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Framed mixed-media painting on paper.
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Flaming Heart Boot
Located in Bozeman, MT
Jane Reichle is an hand embroidery and textile artist based in Austin, Texas. When most people hear "embroidery," they think of pastel flowers and domesticity. This is not the case f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Muslin, Thread
"Vietnam, Untitled" signed mixed media artwork by artist Raphael Mazzucco
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Vietnam, Untitled" mixed media artwork by artist Raphael Mazzucco.
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
"Fault Line" Metal Wall Mount Abstract Sculpture Modern Mural
Located in Benahavis, ES
The modern Wall Sculpture " Fault Line ” is a unique metal Mural made from a burnout mold by David Marshall in 2021, sand cast in brass and steel in our foundry, handcrafted by the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Metal, Brass, Steel
'Speak to My Heart No. 1' - figurative - black & white - cut paper - embrace
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is a black and white figurative work made of cut paper.
Jerushia Graham is an Atlanta-based artist whose work straddles various media, including printmaking, book arts and fiber arts...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Archival Paper
Julia Adams, Chinese Vases, Original Interior Painting, Contemporary Art
By Julia Adams
Located in Deddington, GB
Julia Adams
Chinese Vases
Original Interior Painting
Mixed Media on Canvas
Canvas Size: H 20cm x W 20cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, 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.