Contemporary 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.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
Peaceful Pine - Abstract Colorful Original Landscape Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elisabeth Grace, a visionary artist based in Denver, CO (USA), is renowned for her immersive large-scale paintings, collages, murals, and installation art. With a BA in oil painting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Pond at the Farm - Contemporary Landscape Painting Water Blue Sky Trees, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary landscape oil painting on linen from Francis Sills' series of Water paintings. A pond reflects the blue sky and clouds overhead in this idyllic outdoor scene. A small pi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
City On The Sand - Contemporary African Landscape, Oil Pastel Painting
By Janusz Kokot
Located in Salzburg, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Untitled 1 - Contemporary Atmospheric River Landscape, Modern Nature Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
A few words of the artist about his art:
When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements, contrasts of verticals and levels. I juxtapose the smooth surfac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Winter Sport Athletes
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.l.
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite
Price includes $650 additional cost of framing.
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
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20th Century by Mario Schifano Untitled Enamel and acrylic on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Mario Schifano (Khoms, Libya, 1934 – Rome, Italy, 1998)
Title: Untitled (perhaps “The House”)
Medium: Enamel and acrylic on canvas
Year: 1990
Dimensions: 100 x 100 x 4 cm
Signed “Sch...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"Dripping Dots - Monet Lily Pads" Colorful Abstract Triptych Oil Painting Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses thick textured oils, glass, with gold flakes t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Single Hummingbird, Original Painting, Bird, Animal, Nature
Located in Deddington, GB
Single hummingbird, oil on panel by Angela Smith Hummingbird on a green background, perfectly painted with lots of detail.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Singl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The dream that came true - Ethereal atmospheric abstract landscape and waterfall
Located in Silverthorne, CO
"The dream that came true" is the first painting born in my new studio in the Colorado mountains...
A song to the craggy spires and valleys of the mind. To the water that runs throu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Propagation Study VI
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rhythm exists here on the farm, beginning with the sunrise and the sounds of nature awakening. My art is a reaction to this sense of place. Whether I’m in the studio, tending to th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Dye, Emulsion, Cotton Canvas, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic...
Point Reyes Afternoon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Point Reyes Afternoon - The painting was created in 2024 by celebrated American realist artist Willard Dixon, who has captured the undeniable beauty of the west for the past 35 years...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
PaperLandscape , Original Art Ready to Hang, made in Italy by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
PaperLandscape
Oil Paint and collage on Cotton Canvas
50x50 cm
2020
Ready to hang
certificate of authenticity included
One of a kind, non-reproducible
Marilina Marchica was born i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Handmade Paper
Sumach Moon - blue, orange, trees, moon, graphic, pop-art, landscape, acrylic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Charles Pachter returns to the Canadian wilderness for this painting. The internationally recognized pop artist has chosen to celebrate the sumach, a tree that is native to North America. Pachter’s sumach frames an orange harvest moon which appears in the fall. Farmers often use the light of this full moon to harvest their crops late into the night. Pachter’s moon is small and distant and the thin line of a lake and mountain in the background give the painting a greater depth of perspective.
A painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer and author Pachter is a graduate of University of Toronto...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Threefold Harmony - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Sam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
GROWING UP (#3) by Zoran Šimunović - Large framed painting, bright colours, dog
Located in Paris, FR
GROWING UP (#3) is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Zoran Šimunović, dimensions are 180 cm × 150 cm (70.9 × 59.1 in). The artwork is sold framed. Dimensions of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nellie Lake, Kitchen, Patterned Plates, Red Teapot, Teacups, Flowers, Botanical
Located in Kent, CT
A bright and inviting interior scene with colorful patterned china plates leaning beside a floral arrangement with green flowers in a vase on a kitchen counter and a crimson red teap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Under the Morello Cherries by Christophe Dupety - Colourful painting, berries
Located in Paris, FR
Under the Morello Cherries is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Christophe Dupety, dimensions are 89 × 116 cm (35 × 45.7 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rolling On Currents of Time
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. Please note that given the characteristics of the silver and gold leafing the work will photogr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Crowning Essence - 21st Century Mixed Media with Oil and African Women Fabrics
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Bakare Babatund...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Newsprint
Study for As If Eight - Contemporary Abstract Purple Blue Green Stripes, 2024
By Audrey Stone
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in acrylic on Yupo paper, gradient stripes of color in purple, pale blue and light green hues are vibrant and carefully ordered. Signed, dated and title...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
'BL' - abstract landscape - painterly - contemporary impressionism - colorful
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of pink, purple, blue and green.
Scotty Peek sees his work as a visual conflict of interest, creating representational landscape paintings from observati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Moment of Self-Actualization -21st Century Mixed Media with Oil, African Fabrics
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Bakare Babatund...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
"Love" Contemporary oil painting . Vertical large size . Female portrait
Located in Oslo, NO
Crafted with delicate brushstrokes in oil, my work captures a timeless moment of introspection and stillness. It embodies the deep connection with one's inner self, exploring the com...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Lilies In The Valley, Large gold painting with colorful nature, flower palette
Located in Dallas, TX
"Lilies in the Valley" is a stunning, elegant painting depicting a powerful, vibrant flowers in the surrounded by a rich golden background. Artist Anastasia Gklava is an expert at ap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Best Target Shot - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Horse Rider
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Bor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Jute, Mixed Media, Oil
Kyoto VII Landscape Silver Pavilion by Lumi Mizutani - Japanese style painting
Located in Paris, FR
Kyoto VII Landscape – Silver Pavilion is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with India ink, Japanese pigments and gold leaves on Japanese ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Peachy - Peaches Pine Trees Tulips Botanical Fruit Flowers Lake Landscape, 2019
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, a Michigan lake landscape with pine trees sets the backdrop for a still life arrangement of pink, white and orange flowers on a table wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Repose in Green, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A nude woman reclines, bathed in soft light against a dark green backdrop. Subtle brushstrokes accentuate the contours of her body, creating a sense of depth ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Now I Know My ABC's - Playful Lettering Typography Artwork and Dripping Colors
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
New York (Golden Hour) [Hand Embellished]
Located in New Orleans, LA
Giclee print on archival cold press cotton rag. Every print is uniquely hand embellished by the artist with gold acrylic paint. Edition 5 of 10 with 5 APs.
In this new series of pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Giclée
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[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Nude Man with Horse
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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"Neighbor" by Hiroshi Sato, Original Painting, Figurative Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Hiroshi Sato's "Neighbor" (2024) is an original oil on canvas artwork, measuring 38 x 90 inches.
"Neighbor" is sold unframed but is ready to hang. This unique artwork is perfect fo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Breathe Slowly/17
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Breathe Slowly/17” - This work is part of a series that encourages the observer to reflect and slow down in the fast pace of modern life. The lightness and spaciousness of the lands...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$572 Sale Price
20% Off
Today is a Gift 1 -Contemporary, 21st Century, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Learn from the past,
Live in the present,
Hope for the future,
Do your best today,
Never give up,
Improve your tomorrows.
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nige...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Anselm Kiefer, rare serigraph on paper
By Anselm Kiefer
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
This extremely rare work on paper by Anselm Kiefer is the one and only silkscreen and signed edition on paper Anselm Kiefer ever made. Printed on a prestigious BKF Rives Paper (fines...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper
Underneath It All
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elizabeth Geisler is best known for her dazzling contemporary water reflection paintings that bridge realism with abstraction. Up close, the paintings appear ambiguous and loose, yet...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Rider" Contemporary Black & White Western Cowboy Inspired Horse Riding Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract figurative painting by Frisco Pete, The Wild West Art Wrangler. The work features a central cowboy figure riding on horseback. Signed in the front lower right c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Indigo Wild II
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rhythm exists here on the farm, beginning with the sunrise and the sounds of nature awakening. My art is a reaction to this sense of place. Whether I’m in the studio, tending to th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Dye, Emulsion, Cotton Canvas, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic...
Reflections in the Twilight Oil Painting on Canvas Girls Guardian Angel In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Reflections in the Twilight Oil Painting on Canvas Girls Guardian Angel In Stock
Introduction: Step into the intriguing world of artist Suzan Schuttelaar and be enchanted by her vers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
L'Antagoniste- 21st Century Contemporary Figure Painting of a Bare Chest Man
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis
l'Antagoniste
80 x 70 cm
Oilpaint on wood (OSB board)
Tania Rivilis (born in Ukraine 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' from the Royal Society of Portra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Silent Protest. Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting conveys a moment of deep reflection and inner focus. It is a quiet assertion of its space and time, where there is no need for words. The subtle details of the setting e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
My Mormon Family, Swimming—After a Photograph by George Beard, 1895
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
My Mormon Family, Swimming—After a Photograph by George Beard, 1895
2005
Signed and dated, u.r.; Also signed, titled, and dated, verso
Oil on canvas
48...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
El Pariaso Perdido (Paradise Lost) Diptych, Two Female Nudes, Oil on Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
The piece is based in the narrative poem Paradise Lost, written by John Milton in 1667. The author does a self-interpretation of Adam and Eve’s original sin and their later exile fro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$6,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Hugged - Figurative Painting on Paper, Minimalist, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus)
In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
The Italian Table, Lobster, Original painting, Food art, Seafood, Mediterranean
Located in Deddington, GB
This contemporary still-life depicts two vibrant and juicy prawns with a lemon wedge on blue and white Mediterranean tiles. This box canvas is part of my MINI Tiles series, and is re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Next To You (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Pastel, Warm)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Genevieve Hamel
Next To You
Oil on Wood Panel
Year: 2024
Size: 12 x 12 x 1.625 inches
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-2094
There is always someone you can count on for anyt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Lucky 3, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Lucky 3" is a colorful and inspiring small painting on canvas. It is inspired by nature, flowers and blossoms. I used quality acrylics and sealed the painting against dust and UV ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Orchids, 2021 Ink pen, and watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Above The Crowd - Original Ricky Hunt Artwork Earthy Neon Rust Paint on Canvas
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s work is influenced by Egyptian hieroglyphs, graffiti and his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the canvas with unique imager...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Viridescence" Contemporary Landscape Painting
By Carol Young
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful contemporary landscape painting by Carol Young features a vibrant palette and captures three white and red barns surrounded by greenery under a turquoise blue sky. The ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Going Back - Framed Tennessee Arcylic Landscape Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Going Back
6.0 x 6.0 x 0.25, 10.0 lbs
Acrylic on board
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"In 'Going Back,' Lennox captures the quiet beauty of familiar landscapes just ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Landscape Cloud Dr. 064
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil
Banuso (Safe Space) - 21st Century Contemporary, Expressionist, Men, Earth Tone
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. (Issues b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Single Rower in Cattails
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.l.
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
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HEAT - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
Located in Salzburg, AT
This work is framed. Unframed size: 90x120 cm, framed 95x125 cm
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicol...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ornette by African American Artist Bai, Colorful Work on Paper
Located in New york, NY
A muted color acrylic and oil pastel of an androgenous subject with Modigliani eyes, Ornette by African American artist Bai is an enigmatic portrait made on 15” x 11” etching paper. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Leda and Swan. Inspired by Greek Mythology Symbolist Art Oil Painting 80x80cm
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
This evocative piece, "Leda and the Swan," draws inspiration from the rich tapestry of Greek mythology, reimagining the classic tale through a symbolist lens. The ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Blue Star" by Maura Petersen - Green and Blue Contemporary Abstract Woman Model
Located in Carmel, CA
Maura Petersen (American, born 1956)
"Blue Star" 2019
Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
In "Blue Star", Maura Petersen uses expressiv...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
Just The Way You Are 2 - 21st Century, Figurative, Mixed Media, Women, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Progressive Youth - Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Tim Okamura
Located in East Quogue, NY
Beautifully rendered large-scale contemporary figurative painting of two African American women. Oil and mixed media on canvas. Size: 76 × 60 in 193 × 152.4 cm
Through a mode of portrait painting that acknowledges tradition but also tries to capture the rawness and urgency of contemporary elements of street art, graffiti, and urban motifs, Tim Okamura seeks to celebrate the individual but also – and importantly – discover through his models, metaphors for greater aspects of the human condition.
Okamura uses an academic-based, realist approach to painting and incorporates the mark-making and spontaneous language of spray-painted graffiti, collage, and iconographic “signage” in an attempt to weave the nuances of relationships of ethnicity, social identity, and inner-city sub-culture into his subjects’ stories, as captured on canvas.
The stories that he has sought out in recent years have belonged primarily to African-American and minority subjects – in particular women – a segment of our society who he feels have been under-represented in the history of figurative painting and narrative works, and whose strength, courage and stoicism he most often finds very inspirational.
Tim Okamura’s work is represented in the permanent collections of the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Toronto Congress Center, the Hotel Arts in Calgary, Canada, the Jiménez Colón Museum, and Standard Chartered Bank in London, England.
Celebrity collectors include Uma Thurman, musicians John Mellencamp and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (The Roots), director Ben Younger and actors Bryan Greenberg, Vanessa Marcil, Annabella Sciorra, and Ethan Hawke, among others.
Exhibition History: Solo Retrospective - "This Story Has Not Yet Been Told...The Work of Tim Okamura," - The Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum, The Sonia Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, University of North Carolina (2013).
black history month, African American, portrait, figurative art, figurative painting, black portrait, female portrait, black women, black female, women's history, African American painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Contemporary paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary Paintings>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 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, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Hunt Slonem, Steven Miller, Howard Tangye, and Irena Orlov. 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 paintings, so small editions measuring 0.75 inches across are also available.
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