Contemporary Abstract Photography
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
Lucia at Fifteen Behind the Forest - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lucia at Fifteen Behind the Forest - 2019
30 x 40 cm,
Edition of 10 + 2 Artist Proofs.
Photograph printed in Hanemühle Baryta Photo Rag 340gr,
based on a Fuji Instant Film original...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Stahlwerk 014 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial photography, Germany, industrial area
Located in Paris, FR
Stahlwerk 014 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions:
*80 × ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Creature II ( 48 x 68" / 122 x 173cm )
Located in San Francisco, CA
CREATURE II by Christian Stoll
from a series of still life photographs capturing fantastical creatures made of found objects and organic materials
( 48 x 68" / 122 x 173cm )
editio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Solar Plants 010 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, blue, view
Located in Paris, FR
Solar Plants 010 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions:
*90 cm × 6...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Recordings (Olvidado). Abstract color photograph
By Javier Rey
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Recordings is a collection series of experiences with different men who have passed through my life sporadically. During this process, I collect the peak moment of joy, the ecstasy o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Wisley 7 by Giles Revell - Abstract Photography, Pop Art, Colour, Flowers
By Giles Revell
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order and lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
Wisley 7 is a vibrant Archival Pigment Print available in an Edition of 10...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital
Dreamscape (Wastelands) - Contemporary, Abstract, Polaroid, Expired, Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dreamscape (Wastelands), 2003
20x20cm
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist inventor...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Bog Plants 003 by Bernhard Lang - Close-up photography, vivid tones, flora
Located in Paris, FR
The Bog Plants 003 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is a Fine Art Print on Hahnemüle Paper.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Carrara I - large format framed photograph of iconic Italian marble quarry
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Signed large scale original framed photograph of the Mediterranean marble quarries in Carrara, Italy, iconic material source of classic Italian art and architecture, captured with a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigme...
"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 Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Strangers (Deconstructivism) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Strangers (Deconstructive) - 2022
Edition of 10,
49x48cm.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Artist inventory number: 18894.
Signature label and certificate.
Not mounted. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"Submersion SM6" Abstract Photography 48" x 48" in Ed. 1/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Submersion SM6" Abstract Photography 48" x 48" in Ed. 1/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Submersion series.
Title of artwork: SM6
Year: 2010
Medium: Photography
Print size: 48x48 Inches trim b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
"Submersion SM12" Photography 48" x 48" inch Edition 1/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Submersion SM12" Photography 48" x 48" inch Edition 1/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Submersion series.
Title of artwork: SM6
Year: 2010
Medium: Photography
Print size: 48x48 Inches trim bl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Spark - underwater nude photograph - series Reflections - archival pigment print
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Spark” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series REFLECTIONS - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as they bring up recollections of masterpiec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Anomalous
Located in Storrs, CT
"Anomalous" is a part of Christopher Kennedy's "Surrealism" series that uses his abstract PhotoLuminism technique combined in this case with a boat and a puffin from the real world t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Suprematism Nr. 111 Esoteric Composition – Ola Kolehmainen, Art , Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland)
Suprematism Nr. 111 Esoteric Composition, 2020
Analogue film, ink print in Artist Frame
Sheet 105 x 85 cm (41 3/8 x 33 1/2 in.)
Edition of 5, plus 2 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Marrying an Apple Tree (Negative) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Marrying an Apple Tree (Negative) - 2020
60x50cm,
Edition of 10.
Giclée Print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta (glossy), based on a Peel Apart Polaroid Film (not mounted).
Signed on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Hong Kong Block by Chris Frazer Smith - Contemporary Travel Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order and lead times are between 15-20 days.
Hong Kong Block is a dynamic C-Type Matte Print by Contemporary photographer Chris F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
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 Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Untitled (Traintracks) - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Traintracks) - The last Picture Show - 2004,
38x37cm. Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled X by Matthieu Venot - Abstract photography, architecture, urban, city
Located in Paris, FR
Untitled X, Urban Nautilus series, is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Matthieu Venot.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dime...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
Boy at Twelve - Contemporary, Polaroid, Childhood
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Boy at Twelve - 2019 -
40x50cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival Print on Canson Barita Fiber Rag 340gr,
based on a reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negative (not mounted...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Essence of Life
Located in Storrs, CT
"Essence of Life" is a part of Christopher Kennedy's "Trees Revered" series. Please note that the image without the frame is a better representation of the actual image.
"This parti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Metamorphosis
Located in New York City, NY
Fernanda Naman
Metamorphosis (Triptych)
94 x 55 inches (each)
94 x 165 (total)
Edition of 9
Plexiglas Mounting
Also available in:
50 x 30 inches (each)
50 x 90 inches (total)
Edit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Breathing III (Deconstructivism) - Contemporary, Expired Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Breathing III (Deconstructivism) - 2015
20x20cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid,
Artist Inventory 15808.
Signature label and Certificate.
Not mounted.
T...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Recordings IX. Abstract color photograph from the Recording Series
By Javier Rey
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Recordings is a collection series of experiences with different men who have passed through my life sporadically. During this process, I collect the peak moment of joy, the ecstasy o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Abstract Landscape #11
Located in New York City, NY
Fernanda Naman
Abstract Landscape #11, 2017
40 x 40 inches
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 6
C-Print
Gold Leaf
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Planes VII
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Planes VII - 2008
50x50cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory #4650.
Not mounted.
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Suprematism Nr. 103 Pantheon – Ola Kolehmainen, Contemporary Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland)
Suprematism Nr. 103 Pantheon, 2020
Archive photo (1933) ink print in Artist Frame
Sheet 68 x 48 cm (26 3/4 x 18 7/8 in.)
Edition of 6, plus 2 AP; Ed....
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Breathing IV (Deconstructivism) - Contemporary, Expired Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Breathing IV (Deconstructivism) - 2015
- about the narrative potential of images.
20x20cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid,
Artist Inventory 15834.
Signatur...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Baltic Lagoons 012 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, turquoise
Located in Paris, FR
Baltic Lagoons 012 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions:
*90 cm ×...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
'Cicatrices 3' Large scale photo. Agave leaf, female tropical blue teal green
Located in Penzance, GB
'Cicatrices (3)'
Limited edition archival photograph. Unframed, hand signed and numbered
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Scars of birthing in the unfolding leaf pattern of the giant graceful Agave. The sensual contradictions of silken flesh and the protective spines are a contemplation of motherhood's journey, the unfolding narrative impressed eternally upon the skin.
Sophia's poetic photographs are an exploration of the balance in all things: in the sensual interplay of light and shadow; in wild raw energy and serene stillness; in joy and pain; in the enduring and the effervescent. They are a contemplation of the awareness that everything in existence is temporary, they speak of the ephemeral nature of all things. Moments, feelings, experiences cherished and appreciated in their impermanence, for that is where the beauty comes from. 'I work with time, and the immeasurable spaces of experience within... tangible traces, evidence left behind, records; process in action, stilled'.
40 x 60 inches
Limited edition of 25
Archival Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® paper, one of the most beautiful and high quality art papers available. The luxurious matt finish provides a reflection free image that is rich in detail, depth and tone.
Hand signed, titled and numbered to the lower right corner on an approximately 1 inch white border.
Each print comes with a Certificate of Authenticity featuring a signature and edition number.
* Please note that images of the artwork in situ and framed are an indication of how the piece can look, and in the context of other artworks. The artwork is being sold unframed.
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About The Artist
Sophia Milligan...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Clouds Above the Moon - Planet of the Apes 04 - 21st Century, Polaroid, Abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Clouds above the Moon - Planet of the Apes 04 - 1999
58x56cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid.
Signature labe...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Waterhole - Planet of the Apes 05 - 21st Century, Polaroid, Abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Waterhole - Planet of the Apes 05 - 1999
58x56cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certif...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$1,050 Sale Price
30% Off
Locker Room (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Analog, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Locker Room (Suburbia) 2004, 40x40cm, Edition of 1/5, analog C-Print based, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive papter, matte surface in her own Color lab in Berlin ba...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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 Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
III, Photography, Limited Edition
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition of 10
Framed size 27 x 37 cm
All works are Archival Pigment prints, floating in an all black wooden frame behind museums glass.
More sizes on request.
Sara Punt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Erik at Fifteen - Contemporary, Polaroid, Childhood
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Erik at Fifteen - 2019 -
20x25cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Photograph printed in Canson Barita Fiber Rag 340gr,
based on a reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negative
(not...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
I am fleeting #8 and Mirages #6, Diptych. Color Photography
By Javier Rey
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Is a project that debates through the photographic image, the importance that humans have assigned to ourselves, and proposes a reconciliation with the reality of our own insignifica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Travel/Happiness I by Matthieu Venot - Abstract photography, architecture, moon
Located in Paris, FR
Travel/Happiness I is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Matthieu Venot.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions:
*30 cm x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
Suprematism Nr. 106 Circles in Red, Blue and – Ola Kolehmainen, Art , Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland)
Suprematism Nr. 105 Circles and a bulb, 2020
Analogue film, ink print in Artist Frame
Sheet 135 x 135 cm (53 1/8 x 53 1/8 in.)
Edition of 4, plus 2 A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Untitled (Traintracks) - based on the Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Traintracks) - The Last Picture Show - 2004,
38x37cm.
Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Ar...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Summer 2023 - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Summer 2023 -
60x50cm,
Edition of 7, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Fiber Rag 340gr,
based on an original peel apart Polaroid Negative Film (not moun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
'Yellow is the Dawning of May' Large scale photograph flowers blue green pastel
Located in Penzance, GB
'Yellow is the Dawning of May' 60 x 40" Master Edition
Limited edition (1 of 5) archival photograph, hand signed and numbered. Unframed
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Illuminated among painted po...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Digital...
Chromatagenous
By Paula Sciuk
Located in Buffalo, NY
Artist Statement: My work focuses on the surface tension within reflective surfaces exploring diverse and abstract forms. The imagery is fluid, caught in the instant between space an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Archival Ink
"Cans" framed photograph
Located in New York, NY
40"x50" C print photograph mounted and framed in high quality, hand crafted shadowbox frame. The final framed dimensions are: 52.5"x32.5"x2.25"
C Print Photograph edition of 5 signe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Western Landscape 8, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Western Landscape 7, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
In my art practice, I create imaginary landscapes and atmospheres through a mixed-media process based in photogr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
H2O IV - large format photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic pool reflections paintings by artist David Hockney
40 x 32 inches...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
The Bog Renaturated 013 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial view photography, blue colour
Located in Paris, FR
The Bog Renaturated 013 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is an archival pigment print on Hahnemüle Fine Art Paper.
This photograph is sold u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Pigment
2 Face II
Located in München, BY
This abstract photography shows a face of a man. One part of the face is starring at you the other part you can see from the side.
ALEXANDER PALACIOS is a young high talented pho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Cascade (Kings Road) - observations at the Schindler House in Los Angeles
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In Kings Road (2022) Mona Kuhn lyrically reconsiders the realms of time and space within the midcentury architectural elements of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles. Built by Austrian architect Rudolph M. Schindler in 1922, the house was both a social and design experiment and an avant-garde hub for intellectuals and artists in the 1920s and ’30s.
The body of works incorporates chromogenic color prints, reflecting vignettes and materials of the building's emotional architecture, juxtaposition with unique solarized gelatin silver prints capturing traces of an ethereal human presence.
Cascade (2022)
Kings Road: A Rudolph Schindler House
60" x 45" / 152cm x 114cm / edition of 3
40" x 30" / 102cm x 76cm /edition of 12
limited edition photograph printed under artist supervision + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature label (8x10")
signed/editioned/dated/titled by the artist + stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
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About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes & Succulents in 2018. In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road (2022) with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum traveling exhibition shown in Europe and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Solo Exhibitions
2025
Mona Kuhn: Y Tu Desnudo será Un Gran Poema, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Lianzhou Museum of Photography, China
2024
Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Moonlight II - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 24" x 36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and sophisticated underwater photograph of a young naked woman swimming in the pool. This is a monochrome photograph close to black and white with reach aquatic tint. T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hong Kong Apartments I by Chris Frazer Smith - Contemporary Travel Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order and lead times are between 15-20 days.
Hong Kong Apartments I is a dynamic C-Type Matte Print by Contemporary photographer ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color
N°6, Illusions by Matthieu Venot - Close-up photography, architecture, blue
Located in Paris, FR
N°6, Illusions is a work by contemporary French photographer Matthieu Venot from the series 'Illusions'.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
Finished Bridge (Stay) - Contemporary, Abstract, New York, USA, Polaroid, Blue
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's work was used for Marc Forster's movie 'Stay'. Featuring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling. Naomi and Ryan were both portraying artists and Stefanie's ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Life on Mars (My Desert Living Project)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Life on Mars - 2022
Edition of 10,
40x30cm,
Archival Fine Art Paper.
Artist inventory E004.
Signature label and Certificate.
Not mounted.
'Life on Mars' series is part of my ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Pigment
I am fleeting #14. From I am fleeting Series
By Javier Rey
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Is a project that debates through the photographic image, the importance that humans have assigned to ourselves, and proposes a reconciliation with the reality of our own insignifica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
'Cicatrices 2' Large scale photo. Agave leaf, desert, tropical blue teal green
Located in Penzance, GB
'Cicatrices (2)'
Limited edition archival photograph. Unframed, hand signed and numbered
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Scars of birthing in the unfolding leaf pattern of the giant graceful Agav...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Bavarian Forest 002 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, autumn
Located in Paris, FR
Bavarian Forest 002 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions:
*90 × 6...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
I am fleeting #4 and #6, Diptych. From I am fleeting Series
By Javier Rey
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Is a project that debates through the photographic image, the importance that humans have assigned to ourselves, and proposes a reconciliation with the reality of our own insignifica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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