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Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
"Removal of Self #70" Photography 22" x 14.5" inch Edition 1/1 by Ben Cope
By Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"Removal of Self #70" Photography 22" x 14.5" inch Edition 1/1 by Ben Cope
Medium: Photo on deconstructed paper
Ben Cope is a Georgia native graduating from Columbus State Univers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
"Paradigm" (FRAMED) Photography 24" x 36" in Edition of 5 by Viktorija Pashuta
Located in Culver City, CA
"Paradigm" (FRAMED) Photography 24" x 36" in Edition of 5 by Viktorija Pashuta
Comes in white frame as shown on photos.
Latvian born Viktorija Pashuta is internationally published...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Bay of Poets - Mediterranean landscape on cotton canvas, limited edition 2 of 5
Located in London, GB
'Bay of Poets' 2024
Cotton canvas print.
A timeless monochrome Mediterranean landscape, captured with a large-format 4x5 film camera and developed in the artist’s studio.
Printed ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Cotton Canvas
Frozen Birch Tree, minimalist photograph, winter landscape, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art winter landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity inclu...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Stranger - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Landscape, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stranger - 2016
50x50 cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016 - ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Frozen Apple Trees, Panorama Photograph, limited edition, fine art mono print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Panorama Landscape. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed wit...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ancient Laurisilva Forest, curved Tree, monochrome photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Mystical forest with bent trees, Fanal, Madeira, Portugal. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and n...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Peony No.11 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition 20
Located in London, GB
Peony No.11 printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta fine art paper, this limited edition piece measures 40 x 32 cm and is part of an exclusive series of 20 prints, each hand-...
Category
Naturalistic 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
On the Rhodes again - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'On the Rhodes again'
part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid,
not mounted.
Signed on the back...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Talking in your Sleep (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Talking in your Sleep (Bombay Beach) - 2023
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventor...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Ashtray Heart - Original Polaroid - Unique piece
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ashtray Heart - 2019
Original Polaroid - Unique Piece,
signed and titled on back.
7.8 x 7,7cm (image area)
10.7 x 8.7 cm ( including white Polaroid frame)
Artist inventory PL2019...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Synchronicity - Original Polaroid - Unique Piece
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Synchronicity - 2020
Original Polaroid - Unique Piece 1/1,
signed and titled on back.
7.8 x 7,7cm (image area)
10.7 x 8.7 cm ( including white Polaroid frame)
Artist inventory P...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Equilibrium - Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Equilibrium - 2020
20x25cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-948.
Not...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Sundays (Heavenly Falls) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sundays (Heavenly Falls) - 2016
40x50cm,
Edition 1/10,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid
Certificate and signature label. Artist inventory number: 19717.
Not mounted.
Stef...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Hoarfrosted Trees, minimalist photograph, winter landscape, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art winter landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity inclu...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Poppy bud - black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
Poppy Bud captures a quiet, transitional moment in nature—the fragile opening of a poppy bud. The tightly closed bud, with its textured, velvety surface, contrasts beautifully with t...
Category
Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Zwei" Photography 31" x 39" in Edition of 7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Zwei" Photography 31" x 39" in Edition of 7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 24" x 29.5" in
Edition of 7: 31" x 39" in
Ed...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
"Submission" Shibari Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 1/15 by Aaron Mcpolin
Located in Culver City, CA
"Submission" Shibari Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 1/15 by Aaron Mcpolin
Medium: Archival Giclee Print
Available sizes:
Edition of 15 24" x 24" inch
Edition of 7 30" x 30" inc...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bodice of a Man and Man in Tunic. From The Blanco - Black and White Series
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Bodice of a Man and Man in Tunic, Diptych
From The Blanco - Black and White Series
Overall size: 36 in H x 48 in W.
Individual size: 36 in H x 24 in W.
Edition of 10
Unframed
For t...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Poppy No.7 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
Poppy No.7 printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta fine art paper, this limited edition piece measures 40 x 32 cm and is part of an exclusive series of 20 prints, each hand-s...
Category
Naturalistic 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Dulce Periculum - Polaroid, Color, Women, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dulce Periculum - 2020
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-90...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Poppy No.4 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
Poppy No.4 printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta fine art paper, this limited edition piece measures 32 x 32 cm and is part of an exclusive series of 20 prints, each hand-s...
Category
Naturalistic 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Sundays (Heavenly Falls) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Sundays (Heavenly Falls) - 2016
20x25cm,
Edition 1/10,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid
Certificate and signature label. Artist inventory number: 19717.01.
Not mounted.
...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
64x48" Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"ELVIS BY ANDY WARHOL" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images.
Archival photographic paper
Framin...
Category
American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Dust and Horses" 40x50 Black and White Photography Wild Horses Mustangs Photo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of North American Wild Horses
Photography by Shane Russeck
Printed on archival luster paper
Edition of 12
Signed and numbered
Fram...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Morning Glory (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Morning Glory (Till Death do us Part) - 2005,
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Ar...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The bitter end - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The bitter end - 2020
60x48cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-963.
Not mo...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Schism - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Schism - 2021
60x80cm,
Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2021-1083.
Not mounte...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Bay of Poets - Mediterranean landscape on cotton canvas, limited edition 2 of 5
Located in London, GB
'Bay of Poets' 2024
Cotton canvas print.
A timeless monochrome Mediterranean landscape, captured with a large-format 4x5 film camera and developed in the artist’s studio.
Printed ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Cotton Canvas
She Disappeared into Complete Silence (AD7809) - large scale abstract photograph
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In the series 'She Disappeared into Complete Silence' (2014) Mona Kuhn takes a new direction into abstraction.
She turns to a highly austere and restrained reductionist geometry and distilled formal purity, connecting the interior to the exterior, the visible to the hidden. These reflections cause one to linger, as they merge to create a dynamic equilibrium of tension, spaces and rythms.
AD7809 (She Disappeared into Complete Silence)
60" x 45" / 152cm x 114cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
40" x 30" / 102cm x 76cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
limited edition photograph is printed under artist supervision and accompanied by a signed artist certificate:
artist signature labels are 8x10 in size, signed, editioned, dated and titled by the artist, and stamped for authenticity label
__________________
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.
Mona 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, Kuhn's monograph titled Bushes and Succulents has been published by Stanley/Barker Editions, with a debut at Jeu de Paume in Paris, in 2019. A stunning career retrospective of Mona Kuhn's works has been published by Thames & Hudson, Spring 2021. Kuhn's forthcoming publication Kings Road, will be published and released by Steid this Fall 2021.
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
2021
Mona Kuhn: Works, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
Mona Kuhn: Works, Flowers Gallery, London
Mona Kuhn: Works, Galerie XII, Los Angeles + Paris + Shanghai
Mona Kuhn: 835 Kings Road, Art, Design and Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara
2020
Still Light, Jardin du Bra'haus, Montée du Château, Clervaux, Luxembourg
Mona Kuhn: Early Depictions, Flowers Gallery, London
Mona Kuhn: Intimate, UP Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2019
Bushes and Succulents, Euqinom Gallery, San Francisco
Mona Kuhn: She Disappeared, Jackson Fine Art...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
"Pygmalion and Galatea" Photography 16" x 16" in Edition of 24 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pygmalion and Galatea" Photography 16" x 16" in Edition of 24 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube....
Category
Surrealist 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Miss Ada" Black & White Photography 31" x 31" in Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Miss Ada" Black & White Photography 31" x 31" in Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
Category
Surrealist 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Out of reach -Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Out of reach - 2020
20x25cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-9475
No...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Wild Water Canyon, landscape photograph, limited edition fine art archival print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate o...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs.
Archival C-Print print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label, art...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Bend and break - Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bend and break - 2020
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-958.
No...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Poppy No.5 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
Poppy No.5 printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta fine art paper, this limited edition piece measures 40 x 32 cm and is part of an exclusive series of 20 prints, each hand-s...
Category
Naturalistic 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Apriel - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 18 x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"Apriel" captures a serene underwater moment in striking black and white. This fine art underwater photograph showcases delicate interplay between light, shadow, and movement as hair...
Category
Photorealist 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sunbeams - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 35x23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white nude photograph of a young woman wrapped in sunbeams.
There were five grandpianos at her house, a pool on the third floor, and a sad man on the bottom of ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Eve Arnold - Audrey Hepburn in Paris, Photography 1968, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
American Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X in Chicago, Illinois in 1961.
All available sizes and editions:
24" x 20", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
34" x 24", Ed...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frozen Apple Trees - Limited Edition, Black and White Landscape Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnem...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Poppy bud - black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
Poppy Bud captures a quiet, transitional moment in nature—the fragile opening of a poppy bud. The tightly closed bud, with its textured, velvety surface, contrasts beautifully with t...
Category
Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Single Dahlia - black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
Single Dahlia is a minimalist study of natural beauty, showcasing a single dahlia resting delicately against a stark white background. The simplicity of the composition highlights th...
Category
Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Black Blooms - Limited Edition Large Format Floral Photography on Fine Art Paper
Located in London, GB
‘Black Blooms’ was photographed in London, United Kingdom, in 2024 using a 4x5 large-format Linhof camera. This black-and-white analogue photograph captures the minimalist beauty of ...
Category
Minimalist 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Icarus, Nude, Fine Art Photography
Located in München, BY
Image size 55 x 70 cm
Limited Edition of 12
Platinum Print
Framed with Wengé and Passepartout
Framed Size 92 x 112 cm
signed on extra certificate
Evocative, sensual and voluptuous, ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Poppy No.3 - black and white floral photography, Limited edition 4 of 20.
Located in London, GB
'Poppy’ photographed in London, United Kingdom 2023.
It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera.
Giclée print on Hahnemühle phot...
Category
Naturalistic 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Giclée
"New Moon" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" in Edition 2/3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"New Moon" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" in Edition 2/3 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Passionflower No. 1
Located in Denton, TX
Edition 15
Signed, titled, dated, print type and numbered by David Johndrow
Platinum palladium print, 10 x 10 in.
While integrating photography and his passion for gardening, David ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
She Disappeared into Complete Silence (AD14558) - large abstract photograph
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In the series 'She Disappeared into Complete Silence' (2014) Mona Kuhn takes a new direction into abstraction. She turns to a highly austere and restrained reductionist geometry and distilled formal purity, connecting the interior to the exterior, the visible to the hidden. These reflections cause one to linger, as they merge to create a dynamic equilibrium of tension, spaces and rythms.
AD14558 (She Disappeared into Complete Silence)
60" x 45" / 152cm x 114cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
40" x 30" / 102cm x 76cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
limited edition photograph is printed under artist supervision and accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature labels are 8x10 in size
signed, editioned, dated and titled by the artist, and stamped for authenticity
label
__________________
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.
Mona 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, Kuhn's monograph titled Bushes and Succulents has been published by Stanley/Barker Editions, with a debut at Jeu de Paume in Paris, In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road 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: Works, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
2024
Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair, Galerie XII, Los Angeles
Mona Kuhn: Between Modernism and Surrealism, Houk Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Galerie XII, Paris, France
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Kunsthaus-Göttingen, Germany
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta
2022
Mona Kuhn: 835 Kings Road, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara
2021
Mona Kuhn: Works, Galerie XII, Paris
Mona Kuhn: Works, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
Mona Kuhn: Works, Flowers Gallery, London
Mona Kuhn: Works, Galerie XII, Los Angeles + Paris + Shanghai
Mona Kuhn: 835 Kings Road, Art, Design and Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara
2020
Still Light, Jardin du Bra'haus, Montée du Château, Clervaux, Luxembourg
Mona Kuhn: Early Depictions, Flowers Gallery, London
Mona Kuhn: Intimate, UP Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2019
Bushes and Succulents, Euqinom Gallery, San Francisco
Mona Kuhn: She Disappeared, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta
Mona Kuhn: Experimental, Fruit Factory, Durham Triangle, North Carolina
2018
Mona Kuhn: New Works, Part II, Galerie Catherine Hug, Paris, France
2017
Mona Kuhn: The First Chapter, Euqinom Projects, San Francisco, California
2016
Mona Kuhn: New Works, Galerie Catherine Hug, Paris, France
Acido Dorado, Galeria Pilar Serra, Madrid, Spain
Mona Kuhn: New Works, Euqinom Gallery, San Francisco, California
2015
Private, Ravestijn Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Private, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna, Austria
2014
Acido Dorado, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
Acido Dorado, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
Private, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2012
Bordeaux Series, Galerie Particuliere, Paris, France
Native, Galeria Pilar Serra, Madrid, Spain
Bordeaux Series, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Bordeaux, Flowers Gallery, New York
Native, Brancolini Grimaldi, Florence, Italy
2011
Bordeaux, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
2010
Native, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
Native, Flowers Gallery, New York
2009
Native, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Native, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2008
Evidence, Jarach Gallery, Venice, Italy
2007
Evidence, Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, California
Evidence, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
Mona Kuhn, Estiarte Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Evidence, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Less Than Innocent, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2005
Mona Kuhn – Recent Color Work, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
Mona Kuhn-Close, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Unbounded Youth, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2004
Mona Kuhn-Color, Camerawork, Berlin, Germany
New Work, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Corporeal Space, Galerie F5.6, Munique, Germany
Mona Kuhn - Color Photographs, Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, California
Still Memory, PhotoEye...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Born a Lion, contemporary, wildlife, black and white photography, Lion
Located in München, BY
Edition of 12
more sizes on request
A Portrait of big majestic male lion lying in the sun.
Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. His photographs are amo...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Melt with You - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Melt with You' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019
20x20cm,
Edition of 7/7 and 2 Artist Proofs available.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certifi...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Peony No.10 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition 20
Located in London, GB
Peony No.10 printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta fine art paper, this limited edition piece measures 40 x 32 cm and is part of an exclusive series of 20 prints, each hand-...
Category
Naturalistic 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Dust and Horses 50x60 Black and White Photography Wild Horses Mustangs Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of North American Wild Horses
Photography by Shane Russeck
Printed on archival luster paper
Framing available. Inquire for rates.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Redwood, Forest, Mammut Trees, California, Monochrome, Limited Edition Landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art American Landscape Photograph. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
40x60 Lion Portrait, Black and White Lion Photography Photograph Signed Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an African Lion.
40x60
Signed and numbered
Edition of 10
Archival Pigment print.
Framing available. Inquire for rates.
FREE SHIPPING
Shane Ru...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Arches on Catedrais Beach, Seascape, Black and White Photograph, Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Long Exposure Seascape - Landscape Photograph. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authent...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
All my most Beautiful
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
All my most Beautiful - 2016,
20x20cm.
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventory PL...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Attracted by the Sea, minimalist photograph, limited edition seascape print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tessellate - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tessellate - 2023,
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2024-007.
...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Confinement
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Confinement – 2020
Edition of 7 + 2 Artist Proof
Archival Print, based on a Polaroid
Signed on the back with certificate
Artist inventory: PL2020-858
Unframed
Kirsten Thys van den A...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Disorder (Bombay Beach) - Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Disorder (Bombay Beach) - 2023
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2023-12. ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"Men 2" Black & White Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Men 2" Black & White Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube....
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Seascape XV - large format photograph of monochrome water surface and clouds
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mesmerizing large scale photograph from artist's Seascape series, a body of works capturing the tactile surfaces and monochromatic nature of oceanic water and cloudscapes
Seascape ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Untitled (Nr. 1036) Photography 36" x 44" Edition of 12 by Rowan Daly
By Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 1036) Photography 36" x 44" Edition of 12 by Rowan Daly
Unframed - ships rolled in a tube
Ben Cope + Rowan Daly Off the Grid
Off the Grid is the culmination of a s...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Alabaster Coast, Etretat, long exposure photograph, limited edition seascape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Alabaster coast with the Sea Arch and the cliffs of Estate in Normandy, France. Archival pigment ink print ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
BERT STERN - THE LAST SITTING - MARILYN LOOKING AT YOU, 1962. Photography, icons
By Bert Stern
Located in Madrid, Madrid
The Last Sitting - Marilyn Looking at You
Date of creation: 2011
Medium: Iris pigment print
Edition: 72
Size: 48 x 33 cm
Condition: In perfect condition, never framed
Description: ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Pigment
Grain by Grain - black and white abstract photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
"Grain by Grain" is a poetic exploration of identity and transformation, captured in Ugne’s signature monochromatic style. This evocative photograph contemplates the interplay betwee...
Category
Naturalistic 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
The Boys, Montreuil – Paris 1962: Christer Strömholm’s Most Iconic Photograph
Located in Stockholm, SE
Among Christer Strömholm’s most iconic images is Pojkarna, taken in the Paris suburb of Montreuil in 1962. Two small boys, one curious and leaning i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Pigment
Sundays (Heavenly Falls) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Sundays (Heavenly Falls) - 2016
20x25cm,
Edition 1/10,
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid from the making of the documentary "instant dreams".
Certificate and signature label....
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Peony No.7 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition of 5
Located in London, GB
'Peony No.7’ photographed in London, United Kingdom 2023.
It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera.
Giclée print on Hahnemühle...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
Untitled Sequence (Stranger than Paradise) - Polaroid, Landscape Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cowboys and Angels), 2005
50x39cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
artist Inventory No. ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Poppy No.9 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
Poppy No.9 printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta fine art paper, this limited edition piece measures 40 x 32 cm and is part of an exclusive series of 20 prints, each hand-s...
Category
Naturalistic 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Female Nude, Black and White Photography of Woman in Nature, Kate #6
Located in New york, NY
Kate #6, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is a 10” x 8” signed black and white photograph, stamped "vintage" by the Freed estate on verso (back of photo). For the series K...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
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