Painter Viktor Mitic is best known for his use of firearms as an artistic tool. Depictions of celebrities and historical figures riddled with bullet holes provocatively reflect on the senselessness of gun violence.
Mitic was born in Belgrade, then part of Yugoslavia and now the capital of Serbia. While in compulsory military service, Mitic came to see the gun as a potential medium for his art. He later moved to Canada, where he graduated with his BFA in 1995 from the University of Toronto. That year, he completed a portrait of Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, which he presented in a formal unveiling at the prime minister’s office in Ottawa.
Mitic’s fame grew in 2008 after he displayed his most controversial piece, Hole Jesus, at Trias Gallery in Toronto. It drew widespread media attention. Over the following years, he made more works featuring images of well-known people, shot up with a .22 caliber pistol.
Mitic has participated in exhibitions around the world, including a 2008 show at the Muramatsu Gallery in Tokyo. In 2010, he presented his acclaimed Art or War collection at Gallery Moos in Toronto.
Although he has produced art in other media — including sculptures — his bullet hole paintings remain in demand with collectors. Mitic continues to create art that intrigues and confounds critics and viewers.
On 1stDibs, explore a selection of Viktor Mitic’s abstract and figurative paintings, mixed media art and more.
Blazing Blue - large, graphic, figurative, pop-art, acrylic on canvas
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Viktor Mitic’s ‘Blazing Blue’ is part of a series of pop art paintings that illustrates life at the beach. The predominantly royal blue beach scene shows people clad in shorts walkin...
Canvas, Acrylic
$7,000
Whitehouse Kennedy - graphic pop-art, cultural America, gilded acrylic on canvas
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Whitehouse Kennedy inserts itself into dialogue with the pop celebrity style of Andy Warhol and the provocative juxtapositions of portrait and text by Barbara Kruger. Only this time ...
Gold Leaf
$8,000
Marc - graphic, portrait, pop-art style, cultural, acrylic painting on canvas
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Taking caricature portraiture to a new level, Viktor Mitic has portrayed 'Marc' in the guise of a zombified 1950s radio announcer. The bright blocks of co...
Gold Leaf
Bullet Hole Mickey - figurative, painting, pop-art, acrylic on canvas
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this provocative pop art painting by Viktor Mitic, Mickey Mouse, a much loved Disney character is rendered as a line drawing coloured in pale blue against a bright orange backgrou...
Canvas, Acrylic
$9,000
Cutter - graphic, pop-art, cultural, graffiti style, spray paint on canvas board
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Inspired by the imaginative, colourful art scrawled on walls in city alleyways, ‘Cutter’ is one of a series of graffiti style paintings recently created by Serbian-born Viktor Mitic. Mitic has been working in this playful pop-art style since the 1990’s. “It's a combination of people, forms and urban scenes. I also mark pieces with random wording to produce something that would resemble organic images as they would appear on the street. These are mostly done in Toronto or NYC.” Viktor Mitic He earned a BFA from the University of Toronto in 1995 with studies in art history at Sheridan College. He has exhibited his post-Pop inspired...
Canvas, Spray Paint, Board
$15,000
Safe Harbour - large, graphic, figurative, pop-art, cultural, acrylic on canvas
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The painting is based on a real confrontation provoked by chainsaw wielding Proud Boys in a Toronto park. Strategically executed bullet holes pierce the canvas creating a tension bet...
Gold Leaf
$5,600Sale Price|20% Off
Self Portrait (Selfie) - graphic, pop-art, acrylic painting on canvas
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Utilizing a pop-inspired aesthetic with bold colour blocks and a simplified portraiture design, Mitic riffs on the ubiquitous selfie culture, comical filters, and more deeply, survei...
Gold Leaf
$1,525
H 30 in W 40 in
Today is the Day to Say I Love You - Abstract Mixed Media Graffiti Inspired Art
By Amber Goldhammer
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...
Canvas, Latex, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$1,525
H 36 in W 36 in
Watching The World Carry On - Abstract Brown Tone Figurative Mixed Media Art
By Amber Goldhammer
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...
Canvas, Latex, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$1,525
H 30 in W 40 in
The Best is Yet to Come For You - Abstract Mixed Media Graffiti Inspired Artwork
By Amber Goldhammer
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...
Canvas, Latex, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$2,175
H 48 in W 24 in
Island Life - Abstract Colorful Feminine Figurative Acrylic Artwork Beach Scene
By Courtney Simone
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Southern California native Courtney Simone seamlessly blends her passion for abstract art with the exploration of everyday beauty, resulting in exuberantly inspired abstract figurati...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,500
H 36 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
"Paris in Gold and Silver" Abstract French Haute Couture Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Silver, Gold Leaf
$4,000
H 72 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
"Recycling Post" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 72 x 48 in by Yoram Katz
By Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Recycling Post" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 72 x 48 in by Yoram Katz Medium: Used items, Enamel and Spray paint on Canvas Size framed: 73.5 x 49.5 in ABOUT THE ARTIST: Born in Is...
Enamel
$935
H 16 in W 20 in
Soliloquy in Bloom - Colorful Abstract Feminine Figurative Still Life Painting
By Courtney Simone
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Southern California native Courtney Simone seamlessly blends her passion for abstract art with the exploration of everyday beauty, resulting in exuberantly inspired abstract figurati...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,475
H 24 in W 30 in
Held By Stillness - Colorful Abstract Feminine Figurative Landscape Art
By Courtney Simone
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Southern California native Courtney Simone seamlessly blends her passion for abstract art with the exploration of everyday beauty, resulting in exuberantly inspired abstract figurati...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Real Time Investor" Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas
By Chris RWK
Located in Southampton, NY
We are please to announce that our gallery is now representing the larger collectible works on canvas of Chris RWK. This painting titled "Real Time Investor" features his iconic Robo...
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
8:48 PM
By Marius Messinese
Located in La Baule-Escoublac, FR
In his very Californian settings, Marius Messinese creates an environment that is both synthetic and realistic, halfway between seduction and intrigue. At the crossroads of different...
Canvas, Acrylic
Space Junk 22 - Vibrant Original Acrylic Artwork 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 his creative life. He covers the canvas with unique imagery...
Gold Leaf
$6,300
H 50 in W 50 in
First Date - Original Colorful Figurative Abstract Textural Mixed Media Artwork
By Olympio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This textural mixed-media painting on canvas by Togolese artist Olympio delivers an unfiltered glimpse into the artist's soul through a powerful blend of texture, energy, and abstrac...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Sold
H 25 in W 50 in
Rain Dance No 1 - large, muted, gestural abstract landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Art and nature collide in this ethereal abstract painting—one of a series created en plein air by Viktor Mitic. The ‘rain paintings’ are evocative landscapes rendered in expressive b...
Gold Leaf