Contemporary Abstract Paintings
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
Pink Tenement House - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic and Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Xavi Carbonell, Untitled mixed media on paper, 2023
Located in New York, NY
Spanish artist Xavi Carbonell born 1971, actively paints like a child as an adult, and leaves all of his pieces "untitled" so that each viewer can create their own story. The result...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Per...
Xavi Carbonell, Untitled mixed media on paper, 2023
Located in New York, NY
Spanish artist Xavi Carbonell born 1971, actively paints like a child as an adult, and leaves all of his pieces "untitled" so that each viewer can create their own story. The result...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Per...
Xavi Carbonell, Untitled mixed media on paper, 2023
Located in New York, NY
Spanish artist Xavi Carbonell born 1971, actively paints like a child as an adult, and leaves all of his pieces "untitled" so that each viewer can create their own story. The result...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Per...
Xavi Carbonell, Untitled 2022, Abstract, Mixed media on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Spanish artist Xavi Carbonell born 1971, actively paints like a child as an adult, and leaves all of his pieces "untitled" so that each viewer can create their own story. The result...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Permanent Marker, Graphite
Xavi Carbonell, Untitled mixed media on paper, 2023
Located in New York, NY
Spanish artist Xavi Carbonell born 1971, actively paints like a child as an adult, and leaves all of his pieces "untitled" so that each viewer can create their own story. The result...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Per...
Xavi Carbonell, Untitled 2022, Abstract, Mixed media on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Spanish artist Xavi Carbonell born 1971, actively paints like a child as an adult, and leaves all of his pieces "untitled" so that each viewer can create their own story. The result...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Permanent Marker, Graphite
Tropical Fantasy Floral #2 Oil on Canvas By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Floral wall art depicting the luxury and abundance of the tropical floral jenra with large overlapping inventive flowers
Tropical Fantasy Floral #2' Oil on Canvas By Marc Zimmerman
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Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Silver Peace, Original painting, Birch Trees, Forest, Nature art, Framed acrylic
Located in Deddington, GB
An original acrylic painting of a silver birch trees. The canvas is splattered in whites, greys, yellows, greens and black, forming a beautiful detailed and vibrant forest.
ADDITION...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Free-Hand, Minimal, Cutwork: 'Burlesk'-In'
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen’s Cut Work series is a free hand paper cutting process that charts the contours of our ever-changing emotional experience through the movement of form, line, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"And the Time Turn Around", Contemporary, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Painting, Wood
Located in St. Louis, MO
Born in Columbus, Ohio in 1968, Ronald Johnson received an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2003. Since then, Johnson has exhibited widely both nationally and internatio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Polyurethane
Free-Hand, Minimal, Cutwork: 'NYC Four Piece-In'
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen’s Cut Work series is a free hand paper cutting process that charts the contours of our ever-changing emotional experience through the movement of form, line, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Free-Hand, Minimal, Cutwork: 'Black Red White-In'
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen’s Cut Work series is a free hand paper cutting process that charts the contours of our ever-changing emotional experience through the movement of form, line, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Free-Hand, Minimal, Cutwork: 'White Red Black-In'
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen’s Cut Work series is a free hand paper cutting process that charts the contours of our ever-changing emotional experience through the movement of form, line, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Free-Hand, Minimal, Cutwork: 'NYC in Gold'
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen’s Cut Work series is a free hand paper cutting process that charts the contours of our ever-changing emotional experience through the movement of form, line, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Voluptuous Rhythm in Blue - Large Floral Painting - Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
The painting comes with a certificate of authenticity and a letter of appraisal.
Marc Zimmerman creates playful p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Free-Hand, Minimal, Cutwork: 'NYC in Red-Out'
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen’s Cut Work series is a free hand paper cutting process that charts the contours of our ever-changing emotional experience through the movement of form, line, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Free-Hand, Minimal, Cutwork: 'Burlesk'-Out'
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen’s Cut Work series is a free hand paper cutting process that charts the contours of our ever-changing emotional experience through the movement of form, line, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Free-Hand, Minimal, Cutwork: 'NYC Red Four Piece-In'
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen’s Cut Work series is a free hand paper cutting process that charts the contours of our ever-changing emotional experience through the movement of form, line, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Spring Wheat, Hampshire, Original painting, Blue, Modern, Skyscape, Abstract art
Located in Deddington, GB
I spend many hours a week walking my young working cocker Scout, and I always carry a sketchbook with me. Hampshire is full of wheat fields and in the Spring the young grasses are an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
June on The Cove, Landscape, Waterscape, Reflections, Blue, Water, Horizontal
By Betty Ball
Located in Riverdale, NY
June On The Cove by Betty Ball is part of her Land and Sea series. It is Oil on Linen, 24x48. It has a white float frame. Framed size is 25.5 x 49.5. It is $2,895. It is a beaut...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Free-Hand, Minimal, Cutwork: 'NYC in Red-In'
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen’s Cut Work series is a free hand paper cutting process that charts the contours of our ever-changing emotional experience through the movement of form, line, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Matrix In Creation No 12
Located in Berlin, DE
Acrylic paint on canvas, 2015. It comes directly from the studio of the artist.
Height 65 in ( 165 cm ), Width 39.37 in ( 100 cm )
Matrix In Creation belongs to a line of more than 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Pigtail" Contemporary Abstract Blue & White Concentric Circle Shaped Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue and white abstract contemporary shaped painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: The work is a r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Salt Stone by Shirley Lewis Large Square Contemporary Blue Painting on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Shirley’s love of creating came at an early age. She learned many of her techniques from the time she spent with her depression-era grandmother, making artistic statements from items...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Encaustic
Mountain - Landscape Painting Blue White Red Grey Yellow Black
By Leith Ridley
Located in Sofia, BG
"Mountain" is a painting by the South African - French artist Leith Ridley.
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting mounted on linen canvas
STYLE: Abstract, Contemporary
Editi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Equipoise 2 - soft, contemporary, abstract, marble dust, wax, acrylic on canvas
By Ivo Stoyanov
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The allure of deep pink, a colour that evokes feelings of pure joy dominates the canvas in this enigmatic abstract painting by Ivo Stoyanov. The Canadian artist has become internatio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Marble
"((((()))))", Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas with Mixed Media, Colorful
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wool, Canvas, Thread, Plastic, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"End Stop" Contemporary Abstract Gray and Green Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Gray and green abstract contemporary concentric circle painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: The w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Joy of Summer Floral Mead, Original painting, Floral, Meadow, Landscape painting
Located in Deddington, GB
A wildly colourful floral meadow painting. Bold, bright, joyful and expressive in application and vibrant. Dense pattern inspired by my love of design and colour as well as gardens a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Earth XXXI - I - Original Abstract Textural Wall Sculpture Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Victoria Kovalenchikova’s abstract artworks are an outlook on the transformation of the world surrounding us; a shout in the cold infinity of cosmos. Kovalenchikova expresses through...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Oil
R. Poch WOMAN Lola acrylic painting
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
49 Lola 100x80_ cm acrylic painting
Born in Badalona (Barcelona).
Photographer and advertising film director.
Founding partner of the advertising production company La Cosa de las...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Red Sky at Night
Located in Columbia, MO
Amy Meyer studied art at University of Central Missouri, Indiana State University, and Columbia College, where she completed her degree in painting and drawing. Meyer deals in the el...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Wood Panel
R. Poch Brindis acrylic painting
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
120.Brindis acrylic painting
Born in Badalona (Barcelona).
Photographer and advertising film director.
Founding partner of the advertising production company La Cosa de las Pelicula...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Dallas, TX
Color Simplicity and Free Geometry
L7matrix came to a unique style through his experimentation – namely, he combines geometrical elements and very stylized color puzzles with reali...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Untitled 1 - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Urszula Wilk – artist statment:
I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting and its opposite – that is the physical finiteness of the painting. This phys...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Faces Painting by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Faces Painting by Marc Zimmerman.
The Faces painting embodies the profound connections and cherished relationships that enrich our lives.
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Falling Towards Myself, Bright Lapis Blue, Pink, Olive Green, Red, Yellow Ochre
By Janna Watson
Located in Kent, CT
Falling Towards Myself is a large-scale multicolored abstract painting with dramatic shades of Kelly green, vibrant cobalt lapis blue, yellow, ochre, peach and pale mint green agains...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Gouache, Wood Panel
Red Village by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings, whether deep mysterious jungle or delig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunkissed 4 - Original Abstract Artwork with Texture, Resin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nichole McDaniel's artistry unfolds as a captivating fusion of contemporary landscapes and abstract compositions, drawing inspiration from both local surroundings and her exploration...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Big Sur bouquet - Still-life Art by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
A floral, but instead of a vase it finds itself in a jungle setting. Rich reds weave amongst the large green leaves and white flowers creating fullness for this tropical jungle
Flor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
No Name
Located in Dallas, TX
Color Simplicity and Free Geometry
L7matrix came to a unique style through his experimentation – namely, he combines geometrical elements and very stylized color puzzles with reali...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Sydney Triptych - Fabric on Canvas - Abstract Art by Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
Sydney Triptych (3 panels) - Fabric on Canvas - Abstract Art by Beverly Bigwood
Each Panel is 26"x48"
Experience the captivating new art abstract collection by Beverly Bigwood, whe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media
Flowering - Handwoven Abstract Landscape, Contemporary Woven and Painted Artwork
Located in Salzburg, AT
From the series Horizons – Sunset 2023
Handwoven painting, linen, cotton yarn, acrylic textile paint, 65 x 50 cm.
‘Horizons’ are a symbiosis of two disciplines of art, Painting and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Textile, Cotton, Linen, Yarn, Acrylic
White No 9 - soft, contemporary, abstract, marble dust, wax, acrylic on canvas
By Ivo Stoyanov
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Lush layers of white paint in expressive brushstrokes form a geometric pattern that plays out across the canvas in this engaging abstract by Ivo Stoyanov. Internationally recognized ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Marble
Choreographer. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
In this Harlequin series work Berlin has The choreographer absent mindedly slipping on a ballet slipper. The hand is hardly discernible on the canvas as it is in his mind. His gaze a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Catching the Light: February Evening II, original painting, Contemporary
By Suzanne Winn
Located in Deddington, GB
Catching The Light: February Evening II by Suzanne Winn [2021]
My “Catching The Light Series” was painted during the winter of 2020/2021. During the darkest days of the pandemic, I ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Joy In The Unknown" - Original Abstract Landscape Painting
By Dana Cowie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Using an impasto, painterly technique Dana Cowie creates cubist-inspired farm and rural landscapes. Working within controlled color schemes, her artworks appear abstract up close and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“Doomed Romantic”, abstract, blue, green, black, pink, white, acrylic painting
By Sandra Cohen
Located in Natick, MA
Sandra Cohen’s “Doomed Romantic” is a 30 x 24 x .25 inch abstract acrylic painting on canvas board, loosely painted in blue, green, black, pink, red, and white. Stormy shapes of blac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Wollblume by Shirley Lewis Large Square Contemporary Blue Painting on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Shirley’s love of creating came at an early age. She learned many of her techniques from the time she spent with her depression-era grandmother, making artistic statements from items...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Encaustic
"Smart Biomass" Painting 28" x 24" inch by Gosha Ostretsov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Smart Biomass" Painting 28" x 24" inch by Gosha Ostretsov
Born in 1967, in Moscow
Lived in Paris for ten years (1988 - 1998), now lives and works in Moscow.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
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Category
20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sun Dial; Aged Drawing No. 20
Located in Dallas, TX
Static and dynamic symbols live, rotate, grow, die and explode underneath vaporous clouds of color or find respite in an interior structure. Man-made machines move with intention sur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Wax Crayon, Graphite
Path to Freedom, Original Painting, Landscape, Woods, Trees
Located in Deddington, GB
This treescape is full of colour to reflect the happiness I felt when I was walking along this lovely path which leads to the coast and out to freedom! It was winter but the sun was ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Charcoal, Oil
"Digital Relations and the Rescue Drone" 81" x 63" inch by Gosha Ostretsov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Digital Relations and the Rescue Drone" 81" x 63" inch by Gosha Ostretsov
Carpet, Wool, acrylic, varnish
Born in 1967, in Moscow
Lived in Paris for ten years (1988 - 1998), now li...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wool, Varnish, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Joy - 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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Red Sky in the Morning
Located in Columbia, MO
Amy Meyer studied art at University of Central Missouri, Indiana State University, and Columbia College, where she completed her degree in painting and drawing. Meyer deals in the el...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Wood Panel
Contraste
Located in PARIS, FR
François Benoit Lison (1968 - )
"Contraste"
Lacquer on canvas
100 x 81 cm 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.
2023
Born in Granville, France, on April 14, 1968, François Benoît-Lison began with a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lacquer
Personal Sun
Located in Dallas, TX
With its roots deeply intertwined in the enduring legacy of medieval and early Renaissance art, this pastel establishes a connection to artistic lineage and transports observers to t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Wax Crayon
Contemporary abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary abstract paintings 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 abstract paintings 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 Anastasia Pelias, Chelsea Davine, Waleria Matelska, and Anna Maria Caboni. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Fabric 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 abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 1.63 inches across are also available.