mixed media Archives — Colossal

a detail of a sculpture made of tightly meandering textile, resembling coral

Recycled Materials Draw Attention to Ocean Plastics in Ana Brecevic’s Assemblages

May 14, 2025

a cavernous gallery space with a large sculpture of a very long stretch limo made of cardboard and a huge orange safety cone in the foreground

‘Level Up’ by GAFFA Transports Us to an Uncanny Parking Garage

May 12, 2025

a small sculpture of a slice of layer cake on an ornate pink plate, next to a gold fork, with realistic frosting details and embroidery on that looks like the texture of fluffy sponge

Delight in Heather Rios’s Delectable Cakes Made from Polymer Clay and Embroidery

March 17, 2025

a three-dimensional wall sculpture of a cartoonish scene in which a variety of rooms and platforms are framed by a stairway and numerous green steel beams

Rooms and Buildings Have a Life of Their Own in Eamon Monaghan’s Uncanny Dioramas

February 19, 2025

a 1/35-scale miniature sculpture of an imagined post-apocalyptic house with a hand holding the base for scale

Simon Laveuve’s 1/35-Scale Dwellings Hint at a Post-Apocalyptic Way of Life

February 3, 2025

a detail of an installation of various handmade fur and seal skin mittens illuminated in a gallery

Sonya Kelliher-Combs Merges Collective Knowledge and Native Alaskan Heritage in Mixed Media

December 26, 2024

a sculpture of an abstract house made from ceramics, found objects, photographs, and other mixed media

A Changing Community and Lived Experiences Converge in Leroy Johnson’s Mixed-Media Houses

December 23, 2024

an abstract glass sculpture in the form of an Aztec calendar with numerous mixed-media details and patterns

Einar and Jamex de la Torre’s Monumental Glass Assemblages Hurtle Through ‘Collidoscope’

December 5, 2024

an abstract sculpture of an orb covered in crystals, attached to a disk

Celestial Forms Erupt and Tumble in Lauren Fensterstock’s Jewel-Encrusted Sculptures

November 18, 2024

a folk-art-inspired drawing of a white wolf or fox with images in its outline of a figure, plants, a sun, and other natural details

Michael McGrath Summons Symbolism and a Folk Art Style in Expressive Paintings

November 6, 2024

a collaged portrait of three young boys wearing yellow shirts, standing with their hands on their chests in front of a background of black-and-white photos

Collaged Portraits by Emma Odumade Draw on the Past to Face the Future

October 8, 2024

an installation view of an exhibition featuring pink walls, green turf on the floor, and a pink Datsun in the center

Frosted Works by Yvette Mayorga Divulge Issues That Are Anything but Saccharine

October 1, 2024

a large figure with a gold-yellow gown stands with outstretched arms. a circular display is on the floor in front of it

In ‘Spirit Level,’ Tau Lewis’s Monumental Figures Usher in an Unearthly World

September 6, 2024

an abstract mixed-media artwork of a symmetrical shape made of repeating lines made with reeds and wire on paper

Katrine Hildebrandt Embraces Symmetry in Paper, Wire, and Reed

September 4, 2024

a mixed-media collage of two Black hands holding a selection of blue wildflowers

Embraced by Wildflowers, Black Figures Emerge Defiantly Resilient in Yashua Klos’s Collaged Portraits

August 20, 2024