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
Josephine - 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, Linen, Mixed Media, Oil
Buku Rover (traffic sign)
By Skylar Fein
Located in New Orleans, LA
SKYLAR FEIN was born in Greenwich Village and raised in the Bronx. He has had many careers including teaching nonviolent resistance under the umbrella of the Quakers, working for a g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Steel
Classical Nude, Pink Mixed-Media Art and Design Original Work on Paper
Located in New york, NY
Classical Nude, 2016 by Roberta Fineberg (RF) is a 13" x 10.75" photopolymer chine-colle monoprint on rag paper - signed, titled, and dated by the artist on verso (back of the work)....
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Ink, Rag Paper, Intaglio, Monoprint, Other Medium
"Kate Moss Nr. 8" Photography 58 × 53 1/2 in Edition 1/1 by Kate Garner
By Kate Garner
Located in Culver City, CA
"Kate Moss Nr. 8" Photography 58 × 53 1/2 in Edition 1/1 by Kate Garner
Signed on the back.
High Quality Print on Hahnemuhle paper using archival ink with red full diamond dust bac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Stretcher Bars, Glitter
Large Stag Head Sculpture: 'A Remembrance'
By Gin Stone
Located in New York, NY
Environmental Advocacy
"I will inhale smoke and exhale butterflies"
This quote, gleaned from a dream, encapsulates my need to take man’s pollution of this world and transform it into...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
((((())))) by Ethan Meyer, 2020, Mixed Media Colorful Abstract Painting, Canvas
By Ethan Meyer
Located in St. Louis, MO
"My work, both in painting and sculpture, involve networks of intricately connected, overlapping, and morphing shapes and patterns, reflecting the complex and ever-changing nature of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Wool, Canvas, Thread, Plastic, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Sunshine in My Pocket - Vibrant Colorful Floral Still Life 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Officina 3 By Imon Boy
Located in London, GB
Officina 3
By Imon Boy
Imon Boy is a Spanish graffiti writer and contemporary artist born in Málaga in 1991. He began his artistic journey at the age of 13, initially focusing on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Bomber Babe (1/2) - Colorful Figurative Cowgirl Pin-up Inspired Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jesse’s imagery often merges playful and gritty elements, blending floral patterns, vintage-inspired designs, and bold outlines with a touch of whimsy. His artwork exudes a sense of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Other Medium
"Wall of the Carry Outs, " Abstract Acrylic Collage signed by Joseph Rozman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Wall of the Carry Outs" is Wisconsin artist Joseph Rozman's 1968 signed acrylic collage.
36" x 29 1/2" art size
Joseph Rozman was born on December 26, 1944 in Milwaukee, WI. He wa...
Category
1960s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic
Cinemascope
By Robert Mars
Located in Tulsa, OK
ROBERT MARS
"Cinemascope"
• watercolor paper 300gsm cold press
19.00w x 25.00h x 1.00d in
Robert Mars stands as a vanguard in the contemporary art world, his work a vibrant homage t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Watercolor
After Picasso
Located in Phoenix, AZ
5024 spools of thread, aluminum ball chain and hanging apparatus, clear acrylic sphere, steel stand, edition 1 of 1
Devorah Sperber’s work exists at the intersection of art, science...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Metal, Steel
Mixed Media Abstract Modernist Painting Dean Nimmer
By Dean Nimmer
Located in Surfside, FL
Dean Nimmer (American, b. 1935). "Untitled". 1995. Multi-media on paper. Hand signed, dated, Verso.
Image: 17" x 10". Framed: 26" x 22".
Dean Nimmer has exhibited his art in over 2...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
3D works on found book pages: ''Hearken Hearse Heart"
By Valerie Huhn
Located in New York, NY
Fingerprints were once used as a symbolic action of pride, but in our society they have become a passive action—we are fingerprinted. We can use our fingerprints to unlock the data ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Agbomola 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Cultural Commentary, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In Agbomola’s embrace, wisdom blooms,
Elders’ teachings, in sacred rooms,
Knowledge of cosmos, in whispered tunes,
A legacy carried beneath sunlit dunes.
“If I had seen farther,” a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
'Horse Scorpion'
By Joshua Goode
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic
Glimpse #258
Located in Napa, CA
Oil, Wax, Pigment, Charcoal, and Graphite on Canvas
Alison Haley Paul is a contemporary painter of lavishly textured landscapes full of nuanced color. Her work conjures up connotati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Wax, Oil, Graphite, Pigment
The Joy of a Decision Made
Located in Zofingen, AG
The Joy of a Decision Made
That rare moment when anxiety gives way to clarity, and fear turns into relief. The choice has been made, and now all that remains is to breathe in freedom...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Acrylic
Agbomola 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Cultural Commentary, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In Agbomola’s embrace, wisdom blooms,
Elders’ teachings, in sacred rooms,
Knowledge of cosmos, in whispered tunes,
A legacy carried beneath sunlit dunes.
“If I had seen farther,” a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Q6
Located in New Orleans, LA
Non-objective artist AIMÉE FARNET SIEGEL works with color and line through the medium of found, hand-painted, and manipulated paper. Her works inhabit space outside the two-dimension...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Q Blaze
Located in New Orleans, LA
Non-objective artist AIMÉE FARNET SIEGEL works with color and line through the medium of found, hand-painted, and manipulated paper. Her works inhabit space outside the two-dimension...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Populus: Soul Affection" Three-Dimensional Painted Heart Sculpture with Frame
By Craig Alan
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Populus: Soul Affection III" is a framed three-dimensional mixed media work on fiberglass, depicting numerous figures in unique poses with paint dripping down the glossy surface of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Fiberglass
SUMMER WORMHOLE - Contemporary Mixed Media / Photorealism / Landscape
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original Mixed Media Piece by Eric Zener
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media
MS_04.2_24
Located in Napa, CA
Somewhere at the intersection of the uncertain and the inevitable, art happens. Robert R. Landry integrates traditional and digital tools at hand in an eclectic vocabulary of nonarbi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Showgirl 2
Located in Bozeman, MT
Enrique Gomez de Molina’s sculptures are fascinating, humorous and unsettling. He uses the parts of once living animals that he purchases online and from vendors and farmers. But unl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media
Careless Clouds- Soft Ocean Landscape Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charlotte Elizabeth has been working with paint professionally for over fifteen years. Elizabeth’s training in theatre design preceded a busy career as a Theatrical Scenic Artist in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Gold Leaf
Animal Vegetable Mineral - Contemporary Abstract Pattern Opal Mixed Media, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary artwork, crushed opal and aquamarine in light blue with dry pigment and wood ash are adhered with polymer medium to create a layered geometric pattern on light g...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Precious Stone, Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper
5 of Spades
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a painting of an abstracted and re-imagined playing card with birds and textures writing. This card in particular is the 5 of spades. The painting is mixed media on clayboard...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Music Room, Original Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A collage depicts an opulent interior blending fantasy, luxury, and eclectic design. A grand piano, ornate furniture, and striking decorative elements fill the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
"You've Been Dreaming" by Charles Patrick with Mixed Media White Butterflies
Located in Greenwich, CT
Charles Patrick
"You've Been Dreaming"
36 x 36 inches (Framed Size)
This work is sourced directly from the artist.
Butterflies cut from White Vellum, arranged in the shape of a target, and pinned with stainless steel entomology pins to canvas. Framed in a clear, plexiglass box.
About Charles Patrick
Charles Patrick is best known for his intricately cut paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper, Acrylic, Pins
Cassette Tape (Future Relic FR-04)
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Daniel Arsham
Cassette Tape (Future Relic FR-04)
2015
Plaster and broken glass with base
4 x 2 1/2 x 1/2 in.
Edition of 500
Sig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Q5
Located in New Orleans, LA
Non-objective artist Aimée Farnet Siegel works with color and line through the medium of hand-painted and manipulated paper. Her works inhabit space outside the two-dimensional plan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Jamie Dornan and David Gandy, Diptych. Intervened by the artists.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jamie Dornan and David Gandy, Diptych, 2017 by Hunter & Gatti
From the series of IWMYAS
Acrylic and oil-pastel black & white pigment print
Overall Frame size: 37 H x 56 W x 2 D in.
O...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment
Rectangles in Yellow Ocre #4
By Ryan Snow
Located in Napa, CA
Ryan Snow is an environmental artist creating visual meditations through abstract painting, analog photography and digital media. His field process explores the tranquility of mind a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Pigment
"Express Train", Solitary Woman Figure on Public Transport in Textile Collage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Express Train" is an original piece by Eustace Mamba and measures 36"h x 48"w x 1.5"d. This piece is made from cutting and sewing loose canvas and found materials together. Mamba cr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Foil
Encyclopedia of Toys
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: hardcover book, acrylic varnish
[New Orleans, LA ::: b. 1952 - Queens, NY]
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
"Drop It..." Contemporary Neutral Toned Social Commentary Collage Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary neutral toned social commentary collage by Texas based artist Ken Luce. Created using modified shooting range targets after experiencing an armed robbery, the work feat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Bomber Babe Pink (2/2) - Figurative Cowgirl Pin-up Inspired Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jesse’s imagery often merges playful and gritty elements, blending floral patterns, vintage-inspired designs, and bold outlines with a touch of whimsy. His artwork exudes a sense of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Other Medium
"Life In The Party Zone" Contemporary Graffiti Framed Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Life In The Party Zone is a framed mixed media work on canvas by Amber Goldhammer, with layers of hearts and the words "I Love You" in many different colors repeated throughout the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Survival of the Fittest
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: hardcover book, acrylic varnish
My decades-long career in contemporary jazz directly informs my work as a visual artist. Music, for me, has always had a visual component, with the diverse elements of music suggesting colors, shapes, and textures. The juxtaposition of abstract shapes which come together as I work on a book, is very much how I perceive the interplay of melody, harmony, and rhythm.
Improvisation is also key to my approach in both genres. Within a jazz ensemble...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Varnish
Blu (Original)
Located in Toronto, ON
8" x 24" framed
Original Acrylic on Panel
Hand Signed by Jaye Ouellette
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
"Orange Kobra", needlepoint embroidery, vintage telephone
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Yellow Kobra" is an original piece by Ulla-Stina Wikander as a free standing sculpture. This piece is made from sourced forest landscape vintage needlepoint embroidery and expertly ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Thread, Found Objects, Textile
Large fiber wall hangings: 'Yellow Fringe Gal 1 & 2'
Located in New York, NY
Theda Sandiford, is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Jersey City, NJ. Though art is engrained in her psyche, Theda’s first creative endeavors were in the music business as a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric
The Good Hunt: Day 2
Located in New Orleans, LA
Non-objective artist Aimée Farnet Siegel works with color and line through the medium of hand-painted and manipulated paper. Her works inhabit space outside the two-dimensional plan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Large Textile Wall Hanging Sculpture: 'Jumpsuit'
Located in New York, NY
Judy Rushin-Knopf (1959) was born in Dallas Texas and lives in Tallahasee, FL. Her work addresses bodies, access, and connection. She has exhibited her paintings, sculptures, and tex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Cotton, Yarn, Polyester, Glue, Acrylic
“A Light in the Dark Forest” Contemporary Neutral Tone Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract painting by Houston, TX artist Tra' Slaughter. The painting features a neutral toned background accented with expressive swatches of color in green, yellow, and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Coffee, Oil
Assyeria (1901)
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: hardcover book, acrylic varnish
[New Orleans, LA ::: b. 1952 - Queens, NY]
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Borrow Pit
Located in New Orleans, LA
GINA PHILLIPS is a mixed media, narrative artist who grew up in Kentucky and has lived in New Orleans since 1995. The imagery, stories and characters of both regions influence her wo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Muslin, Thread, Acrylic
"Gucci L3" Photography 36"D Edition 2/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Gucci L3" Photography 36"D Edition 2/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Print size 36 Inches diameter trim bleed
Artwork finished size 36 Inches diameter trim bleed
Limited edition 2 of 8
Medium...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Lenticular
Abstract Landscape #10
Located in New York City, NY
Fernanda Naman
Abstract Landscape #10, 2017
40 x 40 inches
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 6
C-Print
Gold Leaf
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Gold Leaf
Calibration
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: hardcover book, acrylic varnish
My decades-long career in contemporary jazz directly informs my work as a visual artist. Music, for me, has always had a visual component, w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Varnish
Cap sur Hong Kong
Located in Miami, FL
Martin Engler (b. 1953) was born in Grabs (SG), Switzerland. He now lives in Geneva. After studying art in Zurich he developed diverse techniques: mixed media, oil painting, collage,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Metal, Iron
Abstract pigment on canvas painting: 'Chimera'
By David Mellen
Located in New York, NY
David Mellen (b. 1970, Chicago, IL, USA) attended the American Academy of Art and exhibited his work in his hometown of Chicago until 1994, when he moved to Europe. Over the next fiv...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Pigment
Black and White Basket, Wounaan Tribe, Panama, Rainforest, Geometric, Round
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Black and White Basket, Wounaan Tribe, Panama, Rainforest, Geometric, round
The baskets are made by the Wounaan and Embera Indians from the Darien Rainfor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Organic Material
Ghost Souls I • # 3 of 18 • 42 cm x 59 cm
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ghost Souls I • 2022 • Edition of 18 prints.
A collaboration of photographer Angelika Büttner
and visual artist Laure Laferrerie.
All prints are numbered...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, Archival Paper
Caroline LaCava - Pink and Black Sunflower 3
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pink and Black Sunflower 3
18" x 7" x 7"
Venetian cobalt glass, black-out glass, neon gas, transformer
A hand-made ceiling-hung sculptural neon lig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glass, Neon Light
Tinder 1 - 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
Rhythm - 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
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.