Mixed Media

Angela Grossman

May 15, 2012
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Angela Grossman

Angela Grossman is a Canadian artist who uses photographs, discarded materials, and paint to create intricate collages, graphic and gripping, with a forceful social narrative.
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Kim Hee-Soo

May 14, 2012
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Kim Hee-Soo

Kim Hee-Soo is a collage artist based out of South Korea. “For some time, I have been fascinated with the idea of the collective whole: the idea that all things are comprised of collective parts. This idea can be seen everywhere. The mountains, water and wind together compose the earth, yet. The earth is...
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The Return of Henrique Oliveira

May 14, 2012
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The Return of Henrique Oliveira

Henrique Oliveira is the man! Mr. Oliveira was featured back in February 2011 and made it onto our EK TOP 100 of 2011. Based out of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Oliveira creates amazingly huge “dimensional” wall sculptural/installation pieces out of hundreds of pieces of wood and PVC pipes…so beautiful and yet grotesquely intrusive.
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Matt Wisniewski Revisit

May 14, 2012
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Matt Wisniewski Revisit

Matt Wisniewski makes crazy amazing digital photo collages. Featured back in November, his latest work is is equally mesmerizing…
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Tom Sachs

May 12, 2012
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Tom Sachs

Tom Sachs is a London based sculptor, best known for his elaborate recreations of various Modern icons, all of them masterpieces of engineering and design of one kind or another. With a modern contemporary approach, his creations vary from NASA machinery, alcohol suitcase to a Chanel guillotine.
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Baptiste Debombourg

May 11, 2012
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Baptiste Debombourg

Baptiste Debombourg is an amazing and talented artist hailing from France who creates sculptural and installation pieces out of various materials, such as paper, metal, wood, staples, taxidermy, glass, and feathers to name just a few. Keep creating Mr. Debombourg, keep creating!
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EK Interview: Yuta Onoda

May 9, 2012
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EK Interview: Yuta Onoda

Yuta Onoda is an illustrator and painter based out of Toronto, Canada, but originally hailing from Japan.  He has had a number of different clients over the past years, and has showed at several galleries in that time as well.  He frequently incorporates humans and animals into his work, emphasizing both our connection and departure...
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Picasso’s Light Drawings

May 8, 2012
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Picasso’s Light Drawings

Pablo Picasso was a world-reknown painter, sculptor and contemporary artist – one of the most influential figures of the art world in the 20th century, and founder of the cubist movement. His art ranges from the simplistic to the spectacular, and his peculiar view of the world is captured in this fascinating LIFE magazine...
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Erika Iris Simmons

May 6, 2012
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Erika Iris Simmons

Erika Iris Simmons is a mixed media artist based out of St. Louis, Missouri. She originally trained in contemporary make-up and wandered off into creating optical illusions through physical artworks. Within her series, she portrays important figures and role models throughout history by using spools of film to cutting out newspaper.
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Julien Salaud

May 3, 2012
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Julien Salaud

Art work revolving around geometric and mathematical equations is the immediate, natural impressions I perceive…the themes and my personal revelations based on Julien Salaud’s work. The French artist uses threads, nails, and taxidermy based on mythical creatures.
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Chris Jones

May 3, 2012
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Chris Jones

Chris Jones, born in Preston, England and currently living and working in both London and NYC, makes his art out of magazines and used books.  Pretty wicked cool, if you ask me.
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Kim Joon Revisit

May 3, 2012
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Kim Joon Revisit

Kim Joon is an artist hailing from Korea who uses contorted/distorted compositions of the human body as his canvas; He adorns skin with complex patterns, recognizable symbols and textures to create his pieces. Kim was featured in 2010 by Bunnyman so i had to see more.
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Firelei Báez

May 2, 2012
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Firelei Báez

Firelei Báez… pretty pictures from the Dominican Republic.
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Levi Van Veluw

May 1, 2012
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Levi Van Veluw

Levi Van Veluw , the absolute king of using his body as a canvas, strikes again in a simpler, curious way …
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Mario Soria

April 29, 2012
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Mario Soria

Mario Soria hails from Barcelona, Spain who creates very unique paintings that combines stylistic traits from American Pop art, European surrealism, as well as taking a page from advertising and the world of cultural icons. Soria incorporates many little gems in his pieces that a casual viewer may over look as he incorporates many...
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Erin Case

April 26, 2012
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Erin Case

Erin Case is an collage artist that slaps up a series of photos, which results in a surreal juxtaposition. She is based out of Midland, Michigan, where she is achieving her degree in Fine Arts.
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BRETT AMORY: WAITING 101 @ OUTSIDERS

April 26, 2012
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BRETT AMORY: WAITING 101 @ OUTSIDERS

Once upon-a-long-time-ago in S.F. (well before our little baby known as EK.com was born) -we met Brett Amory and we are proud to say we have identified his talent at an early stage and have been following him ever since.  Constantly pushing himself into new territory, Mr. Amory has gone on to turn into a...
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Ian Francis

April 25, 2012
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Ian Francis

Top 100 artist Ian Francis is a killer from the UK.  I’m guessing these pieces are even more impressive in person.  Is it me, or is the UK just blowing up with talent these days?  Previously featured here and here.
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Sammy Slabbinck

April 25, 2012
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Sammy Slabbinck

Sammy Slabbinck is a Belgian artist who combines photographs (mostly vintage) with contemporary compositional styles to create dynamic collage prints. Slabbinck’s pieces has a kind of humor and subtle social commentary that can easily be overlooked by the casual viewer. Definitely go check out Slabbinck’s site to take a look at more of his...
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