Pin ItArtist Calls Mixed Media Mash Up Artist Calls Accepted Artists Artist Launa D. Romoff Los Angeles, California USA #278 Double Eight Mixed Media Artist Statement I find material for my collages everywhere. Working in this medium has allowed me to see the beauty of the discarded and turn it into art. My images have two different manifestations. Some are internal, elusive and suggestive. Others are external, dynamic and engaged. They reflect my reality, which encompasses both. I have been inspired by the work of Kurt Schwitters, regarded by most as the 20th century master of collage. He once said, “How I use the materialRead More →

Pin ItOpen Art Calls Mixed Media Mash Up Open Art Calls Accepted Artists Artist Launa D. Romoff Los Angeles, California USA #390 Chinese Game Pieces Mixed Media Artist Statement I find material for my collages everywhere. Working in this medium has allowed me to see the beauty of the discarded and turn it into art. My images have two different manifestations. Some are internal, elusive and suggestive. Others are external, dynamic and engaged. They reflect my reality, which encompasses both. I have been inspired by the work of Kurt Schwitters, regarded by most as the 20th century master of collage. He once said, “How IRead More →

Pin ItArt Galleries Los Angeles Mixed Media Mash Up Artist Calls Accepted Artists Artist Dimitrina Kutriansky Collinsville, Illinois USA Left Behind Mixed Media Artist Statement “Left Behind” is a visual comment on the actual events that took place in Eastern Europe in the 1990s when droves of young people left their homelands to seek a better way of life. Villages were deserted, as homes that once enjoyed the unity of family were emptied, leaving them fragile and nostalgic, longing for the time when everything would return to the way it had previously existed. The image of the old man has universal meaning, as he couldRead More →

Pin ItArt Gallery Pasadena Mixed Media Mash Up Open Art Calls Accepted Artists Artist Melissa Chimera Makawao, Hawaii USA Bounty Mixed Media Artist Statement Melissa Chimera (b. 1972) is a conservationist and Honolulu native of Lebanese and Filipino ancestry. Her work contemplates the tipping point of endangerment, where heaven and hell sometimes co-exist. Her recent work creates a layered and complex iconography of sculptural compounds, oil and stitching on linen prompting questions about extinction, globalization and our role as humans in these processes. “Bounty” explores the fishing industry and the use of nets as tools of the trade. Chimera juxtaposes the catastrophic implications of theRead More →

Pin ItSouthern California Art Gallery Mixed Media Mash Up Art Contests Accepted Artists Artist Mary Flynn-Gillies Seattle, Washington USA Pomegranate Study Mixed Media Contemporary Art Galleries If you are interested in art collecting and would like to purchase this beautiful art, give our art galleries a call. Our art gallery is a wonderful place for art collectors. Our owner and curator is photographer Linnea Lenkus who has a passion for high quality art. Her goal is to promote artists in her Southern California art gallery.Read More →

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Pin ItArt Gallery Southern California Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Maria Aguilar Balsells Guatemala, Guatemala Baktun I Mixed Media Artist Statement I am influenced by the original and indigenous cultures of my country. The coming Era, Baktun 13, offers us the hope of change in which good things for humanity are close. “Baktun 13”, celebrates the arrival of this new era in a Series called “The Dance”. All dancers are inspired by a performer of the Mayan culture, Lissandro Guarcax community leader, teacher, recently dead. In my work, photographic resource has great significance. The texture of the skin in theRead More →

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Pin ItArt Gallery Los Angeles Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Artists Accepted Artists Artist Maria Aguilar Balsells Guatemala, Guatemala Baktun III Mixed Media Artist Statement I am influenced by the original and indigenous cultures of my country. The coming Era, Baktun 13, offers us the hope of change in which good things for humanity are close. “Baktun III”, celebrates the arrival of this new era in a Series called “The Dance”. All dancers are inspired by a performer of the Mayan culture, Lissandro Guarcax community leader, teacher, recently dead. In my work, photographic resource has great significance. The texture of the skin in theRead More →

Pin ItLos Angeles Art Gallery Mixed Media Mash Up Art Contests Accepted Artists Artist Michelle Darensbourg Lancaster, California USA New Chicago Mixed Media Artist Statement With my artwork I like to represent not only what is, but the possibility of what can be. The beauty of art is that it can be anything that actually exists in the natural world or something that you create in your own mind. This particular work was inspired by the beauty of the Chicago landscape and my vision of what it might be someday. In my version of the future, although the landscape is changing, the city still towersRead More →

Pin ItCall For Artists Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Artists Accepted Artists Artist Ilona Stanska Oslo, Norway Pink Boots Mixed Media Artist Statement My work explores the relationship between emerging sexualities and fetishes. With influences as diverse as Rubens and Van Gogh. These new variation are created from both extravagant style that emphasizes movement and rough beauty with its emotional honesty, and bold colour. Ever since I was a child I have been fascinated by the endless oscillation of the meaning of beauty. What starts out as contemplation soon becomes corrupted into a hegemony of temptation leaving only a sense of decadence and theRead More →

Pin ItJuried Art Exhibition Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Ilona Stanska Oslo, Norway Yellow Hair Mixed Media Artist Statement My work explores the relationship between emerging sexualities and fetishes. With influences as diverse as Rubens and Van Gogh. These new variation are created from both extravagant style that emphasizes movement and rough beauty with its emotional honesty, and bold colour. Ever since I was a child I have been fascinated by the endless oscillation of the meaning of beauty. What starts out as contemplation soon becomes corrupted into a hegemony of temptation leaving only a sense of decadence and theRead More →

Pin ItContemporary Art Gallery Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Peter Russom Port Kent, New York USA Inner Atlas Acrylic Painting Artist Statement The juxtaposition of images, suspended forms, and color systems offers the viewer perceptual options. Issues of faith and beauty are the primary catalysts within the conceptual framework of my paintings. The formal construction of “Inner Atlas” integrates corresponding elements that directed the “Wall and Sky” series. The red shape in the upper portion reference a person’s closed or open spiritual state and the physicality of the lower register functions as an abstraction of the landscape in which aRead More →

Pin ItContemporary Art Galleries Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Artists Accepted Artists Artist Peter Russom Port Kent, New York USA Slip Screen Acrylic Painting Artist Statement The juxtaposition of images, suspended forms, and color systems offers the viewer perceptual options. Issues of faith and beauty are the primary catalysts within the conceptual framework of my paintings. The formal construction of “Inner Atlas” integrates corresponding elements that directed the “Wall and Sky” series. The red shape in the upper portion reference a person’s closed or open spiritual state and the physicality of the lower register functions as an abstraction of the landscape in which aRead More →

Pin ItArt Collecting Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Ryota Matsumoto Tokyo, Japan Doubt Gives Birth to Ambiguous Inferences Mixed Media Artist Statement Ryota Matsumoto’s drawings develop and demonstrate the hybrid/multi-layered process, where varying scale, juxtaposition of different forms, intertwined textures/tones are applied to reinvent and question the spatial conditions of architectural drawings. The drawing explores a hybrid drawing technique combining both traditional media (ink, acrylic, and graphite) and digital media (algorithmic processing, scripting and image compositing with custom software ) . The work incorporates a perspective technique, Anamorphosis into the image on the left side. Blue and Silver ripples areRead More →

Pin ItArt Galleries Southern California Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Artists Accepted Artists Artist Ryota Matsumoto Tokyo, Japan Water, Hinge, Field Mixed Media Artist Statement Ryota Matsumoto’s drawings develop and demonstrate the hybrid/multi-layered process, where varying scale, juxtaposition of different forms, intertwined textures/tones are applied to reinvent and question the spatial conditions of architectural drawings. The drawing explores a hybrid drawing technique combining both traditional media (ink, acrylic, and graphite) and digital media (algorithmic processing, scripting and image compositing with custom software ) . Much of the structures of the world around us arise from conditions far from equilibrium… The views expressed by ourRead More →

Pin ItArt Collectors Mixed Media Mash Up Art Contests Accepted Artists Artist Ryota Matsumoto Tokyo, Japan Those Who Affirm the Spontaneity of Every Event Mixed Media Artist Statement Ryota Matsumoto’s drawings develop and demonstrate the hybrid/multi-layered process, where varying scale, juxtaposition of different forms, intertwined textures/tones are applied to reinvent and question the spatial conditions of architectural drawings. The drawing explores a hybrid drawing technique combining both traditional media (ink, acrylic, and graphite) and digital media (algorithmic processing, scripting and image compositing with custom software ) . The digitally manipulated collision and integration among different forms are the most integral elements of this work. TheRead More →

Pin ItArt Galleries Los Angeles Mixed Media Mash Up Artist Calls Accepted Artists Artist Sam Dorgan Cincinnati, Ohio USA Big Black #1 Mixed Media Artist Statement The pastiche of memory, thought, dreams, identity, and mystery co-mingle consciously and unconsciously. My work endeavors to redeem some aura of this existential hodgepodge. Everything connects seamlessly in the mental space yet seems strangely juxtaposed in reality. Art making is the only way I can conceive and exercise these mental realities into physical realities. In the making I can create signifiers to connect these disparate memories, feelings, visions, and desires. Somehow this archives and encapsulates my phenomenological investigations. TheRead More →

Pin ItSouthern California Art Galleries Mixed Media Mash Up Open Art Calls Accepted Artists Artist Sharon Kyle Kuhn San Francisco, California USA Beachfront Property Encaustic Painting Artist Statement I am attracted to the feel, texture and colors of found objects. I am intrigued with and seduced by the patterns and shapes seen in recycled construction materials, rusted objects and things left behind and often thrown away. These objects with a previous life or use are the foundation of what I construct and layer into my work. Inspiration comes to me in many ways. I mix unusual pigment and found objects along with damar resin andRead More →

Pin ItLos Angeles Art Galleries Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Sharon Kyle Kuhn San Francisco, California USA The One In Charge Encaustic Painting Artist Statement I am attracted to the feel, texture and colors of found objects. Materials with a previous life or use, or rusted or weathered wood materials left behind are the foundation of what I construct and layer into my work. I mix unusual pigment with damar resin and beeswax to create color and texture. I preserve the signature of our society’s disposable consumption in a medium that will last for future generations to discover. Like anRead More →

Pin ItArt Galleries Los Angeles Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Artists Accepted Artists Artist Virginia T Coleman Denver, Colorado USA A Cold Denver Night Mixed Media Artist Statement My piece, A Cold Denver Night describes and immolates what I believe art and cityscapes should be poetic visual representations. I take the architectural lines that delineate the shape of the environment and extrude them into space. The three dimensional shapes and lines are then placed upon a blank metal canvas to illuminate the emotional character of the environment. My artwork is an amalgamation of my multi -faceted background. I adumbrate drawings like an architect, dappleRead More →

Pin ItLos Angeles Art Galleries Mixed Media Mash Up Art Contests Accepted Artists Artist David Hamlow Good Thunder, Minnesota USA Reliquary 7 Mixed Media Artist Statement Reliquary 7 is part of a series of works created using the detritus from my own consumption-in this instance, paperboard and blister-plastic packaging. Housed within are a series of objects discovered in my father’s desk after his death in 2010. The work expresses our shared love for humble materiality. These stories are woven into the paintings with embedded mementos – such as maps, a broken mosaic tile, a film strip cell, a bike chain link, a “taverna” napkin- thatRead More →

Pin ItSouthern California Art Galleries Mixed Media Mash Up Open Art Calls Accepted Artists Artist David Hamlow Good Thunder, Minnesota USA Reliquary 6 Mixed Media Artist Statement Reliquary 6 is part of a series of works created using the detritus from my own consumption-in this instance, paperboard and blister-plastic packaging. Housed within are a series of objects discovered in my father’s desk after his death in 2010. The work expresses our shared love for humble materiality. The views expressed by our artists in their artist statements do not necessarily represent the views of our art galleries. Artists can be visually expressive but may verbally misrepresentRead More →

Pin ItArt Galleries Los Angeles Mixed Media Mash Up Artist Calls Accepted Artists Artist David Hamlow Good Thunder, Minnesota USA Reliquary 5 Mixed Media Artist Statement Reliquary 5 is part of a series of works created using the detritus from my own consumption-in this instance, paperboard and blister-plastic packaging. Housed within are a series of objects discovered in my father’s desk after his death in 2010. The work expresses our shared love for humble materiality. The views expressed by our artists in their artist statements do not necessarily represent the views of our art galleries. Artists can be visually expressive but may verbally misrepresent theirRead More →

Pin ItArt Collectors Mixed Media Mash Up Art Contests Accepted Artists Artist Constanza Gardeazabal Cambridge, Canada Porta In Italia Mixed Media Artist Statement On a recent bike trip through Italy, I was drawn to the rich colours and textures revealing the history of the places we visited. In this piece, I wish to share with the viewer the stories that unfolded before me. These are stories of ancestors, families, artisans, artists, and saints and their struggles along with their victories. These stories are woven into the paintings with embedded mementos – such as maps, a broken mosaic tile, a film strip cell, a bike chainRead More →

Pin ItArt Galleries Southern California Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Artists Accepted Artists Artist Benjamin Heneberry Los Angeles, California USA Five Six Seven Eight Mixed Media Artist Statement My work reflects my interest in history, memory, and transience. By basing my paintings around collage, most taken from pre-1960’s cultural/fashion magazines and newspapers, I seek not so much to re-contextualize historical imagery, but to de-contextualize it. My work is therefore most successful when its authorial intent is obscured – when “Statement” gives way to inquiry. The views expressed by our artists in their artist statements do not necessarily represent the views of our art galleries.Read More →

Pin ItArt Collecting Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Benjamin Heneberry Los Angeles, California USA Desire Unbound Mixed Media Artist Statement My work reflects my interest in history, memory, and transience. By basing my paintings around collage, most taken from pre-1960’s cultural/fashion magazines and newspapers, I seek not so much to re-contextualize historical imagery, but to de-contextualize it. My work is therefore most successful when its authorial intent is obscured – when “Statement” gives way to inquiry. The views expressed by our artists in their artist statements do not necessarily represent the views of our art galleries. Artists can be visuallyRead More →

Pin ItLA Art Galleries Mixed Media Mash Up Artist Calls Accepted Artists Artist Nicole Brauch Bothell, Washington USA Trading Peace for Quiet Mixed Media Artist Statement My work is derived from personal history – either told or uncovered. I document the memories of people, things and moments that continue to resonate in my life. It is my attempt to integrate and reconcile autobiographical motifs. I gather personal imagery from a rich archive of family photos, letters, books and historical images as well as found objects with meaning. My work is about who I am… where I have come from and what I believe to beRead More →

Pin ItArt Galleries LA Mixed Media Mash Up Open Art Calls Accepted Artists Artist Nicole Brauch Bothell, Washington USA World Where You Live Mixed Media Artist Statement My work is about who I am… where I have come from and what I believe to be sacred and enduring. I make art to challenge, calm, excite and satisfy the mind and heart. I share my work in hopes of leaving some permanent, telling mark on the world… that I Was Here. The views expressed by our artists in their artist statements do not necessarily represent the views of our art galleries. Artists can be visually expressiveRead More →

Pin ItPasadena Art Gallery Mixed Media Mash Up Artist Calls Accepted Artists Artist Mary Kay Stam Pasadena, California USA Jewels Bombs Mixed Media Art Collecting If you are interested in art collecting and would like to purchase this beautiful art, give our art galleries a call. Our art gallery is a wonderful place for art collectors. Our owner and curator is Linnea Lenkus, who has two Los Angeles portrait studios and has a passion for high quality art. Her goal is to promote artists in her Pasadena art gallery.Read More →

Pin ItPasadena Art Galleries Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Artists Accepted Artists Artist Jakub Pasierkiewicz Chatham, United Kingdom Transition I Mixed Media Artist Statement In my practice I find inspiration in the immediate surrounding, in an environment / a space which has been pre-owned or is undergoing constant transformations due to natural processes. By adopting found fragments of paper and other materials I observe the metamorphosis which has taken place and either follow the initial motif/ structure/ form or by ignoring this imprint of nature I try to discover a new potential by introducing new mechanisms in order to develop a new integrity. TheRead More →

Pin ItArt Galleries Pasadena Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Jakub Pasierkiewicz Chatham, United Kingdom Kontrerfekt Mixed Media Artist Statement In my practice I find inspiration in the immediate surrounding, in an environment / a space which has been pre-owned or is undergoing constant transformations due to natural processes. By adopting found fragments of paper and other materials I observe the metamorphosis which has taken place and either follow the initial motif/ structure/ form or by ignoring this imprint of nature I try to discover a new potential by introducing new mechanisms in order to develop a new integrity. The materialsRead More →

Pin ItJuried Art Exhibitions Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Artists Accepted Artists Artist Jakub Pasierkiewicz Chatham, United Kingdom Transition II Mixed Media Artist Statement In my practice I find inspiration in the immediate surrounding, in an environment / a space which has been pre-owned or is undergoing constant transformations due to natural processes. By adopting found fragments of paper and other materials I observe the metamorphosis which has taken place and either follow the initial motif/ structure/ form or by ignoring this imprint of nature I try to discover a new potential by introducing new mechanisms in order to develop a new integrity. TheRead More →

Pin ItArt Contests Mixed Media Mash Up Art Contests Accepted Artists Artist Kerri Lane Harpers Ferry , West Virginia USA Blue Tenacity Mixed Media Artist Statement This mixed media piece combines painting the nude body of a model, as well as the canvas background against which I position them – finishing the piece with my photography to capture the model and the background canvas melding into one final piece of art. A few years ago I picked up my first paint brush out of frustration and instantly fell in love with the freedom and creative expression with painting. Capturing the unique shape of each womanRead More →

Pin ItArtist Mixed Media Mash Up Open Art Calls Accepted Artists Artist Emily Williams Santa Monica, California USA Shadows: Clouds Mixed Media Artist Statement With “Shadows: Clouds,” I want to capture the feeling of quiet afternoons spent watching clouds drift by, seeing the shapes morph into different beings as the light shifts and time passes. I use origami-inspired paper folding to create sculptures that are geometric and precise, yet organic and fluid. When I begin a piece, I reference its inspirational object to guide the overall shape, but I let the path develop organically. Each element starts with the same movement, one simple fold, repeatedRead More →

Pin ItCall For Entries Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Emily Williams Santa Monica, California USA Shadows: Spanish Tile Mixed Media Artist Statement With “Shadows: Spanish Tile,” I want to capture the warmth radiating from the clay roofs of Los Angeles’ classic architecture. Like Spanish tiles, I see the rippled forms casting shadows to create cool and comfortable shade on sunny California days. I use origami-inspired paper folding to create sculptures that are geometric and precise, yet organic and fluid. When I begin a piece, I reference its inspirational object to guide the overall shape, but I let the path developRead More →

Pin ItContemporary Art Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Artists Accepted Artists Artist Peter Foesters Tongeren, Belgium The Fall Mixed Media Artist Statement This work I find pretty aggressive. The gaps look like impacts. I tried to bring e a large contrast in it. I used a knife for the first time on this work. The views expressed by our artists in their artist statements do not necessarily represent the views of our art galleries. Artists can be visually expressive but may verbally misrepresent their true intentions or ideas. Please note that we support expression, whether it is controversial or not, but our intention isRead More →

Pin ItLA Art Gallery Mixed Media Mash Up Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Peter Foesters Tongeren, Belgium Kiss the Sky Mixed Media Artist Statement I always bring depth in my work. Without depth its not completed. I like to use straight lines. For this work i was inspired by David Hockney’s landscapes. I like the less amount of colours, the shadows will do the rest. The views expressed by our artists in their artist statements do not necessarily represent the views of our art galleries. Artists can be visually expressive but may verbally misrepresent their true intentions or ideas. Please note that we supportRead More →