Explore Artists in New York

Find Contemporary, Modern, and Emerging Artists in New York

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Marianne Vitale

Marianne Vitale is an American artist known for her raw, aggressive sculptures and installations that often incorporate industrial materials and found objects. Her work frequently evokes a sense of primitive force and ritual, engaging with themes of destruction, transformation, and the untamed aspects of nature and society.

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New York, United States

Dana Schutz

Dana Schutz is an American painter celebrated for her expressive, often grotesque, figurative canvases. Her work depicts imagined scenarios and figures with vibrant colors and bold brushwork, exploring themes of human vulnerability, societal anxieties, and the absurd with a visceral energy.

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New York, United States

Ryan Sullivan

Ryan Sullivan is an American painter known for his dynamic, process-driven abstract canvases. His work features thick, viscous layers of paint that dry into richly textured, often volcanic surfaces, documenting the physical properties of the medium and the passage of time through its material transformation.

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New York, United States

William N. Copley

William N. Copley, known as CPLY, was an American painter and gallerist associated with Surrealism and Pop Art. His idiosyncratic style, characterized by satirical narratives and bold, graphic lines, often explored themes of eroticism, social mores, and the absurd, bridging European avant-garde with American pop culture.

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Jordan Wolfson

Jordan Wolfson is an American artist recognized for his provocative, technologically advanced sculptures, videos, and installations. His work often employs unsettling animatronics, digital animation, and found imagery to critically examine themes of violence, desire, and the uncomfortable truths embedded within contemporary culture and technology.

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New York, United States

Frank Benson

Frank Benson is an American sculptor known for his hyperrealistic figurative works, often rendered with a sleek, polished aesthetic. His practice frequently explores themes of identity, technology, and the contemporary body, capturing subjects with an uncanny precision that blurs the line between the real and the artificial.

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New York, United States

Shannon Ebner

Shannon Ebner is an American artist whose practice redefines the boundaries of photography through its engagement with language, text, and architecture. Her work often presents images of letters and words found in urban landscapes, exploring how meaning is constructed and perceived within visual culture.

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New York, United States

Jonathan Horowitz

Jonathan Horowitz is an American artist whose multifaceted practice critically examines media, politics, and consumer culture. His work, spanning video, sculpture, painting, and installation, often uses appropriation and humor to expose underlying ideological structures and societal contradictions.

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New York, United States

Michele Abeles

Michele Abeles is an American artist recognized for her innovative photographic works that deconstruct digital imagery and the nature of representation. Her practice often layers abstract patterns, found objects, and digital manipulations, creating complex compositions that question authenticity and perception in the digital age.

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New York, United States

Elizabeth Peyton

Elizabeth Peyton is an American painter celebrated for her intimate, evocative portraits of historical figures, celebrities, and close acquaintances. Her distinctive style, characterized by delicate brushwork and nuanced psychological insight, captures the essence of her subjects with a rare blend of reverence and raw emotion.

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