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Contemporary Artists who Draw


Gary Simmons

Choose the contemporary artist from this list of many...

One of these artists will be the basis of your research paper and will be compared to a drawing from Prehistory to 1960.

Contemporary Artists Who Draw:


Njideka Akunyili
njidekaakunyili.com



Julian Beever
www.julianbeever.net/

Kent Bellows


Mary Borgman

Troy Brauntuch
www.troybrauntuch.com

Paul Caster
www.paulcaster.com



Paul Chiappe
www.paulchiappe.com/ 


Dragana Crnjak
www.draganacrnjak.com/

Susan D’Amato
www.susandamato.com > She has shown in the Art Gallery here at Cazenovia College!



Ann Diener
www.anndienerart.com


Bailey Doogan
www.baileydoogan.com



Alexandre Farto (aka Vhils)
www.alexandrefarto.com



Richard Forster
www.richardforster.net

Justin Francavilla
www.justinfrancavilla.com


Antonio Lopez Garcia




David Haines
www.davidhaines.org

Patrick Earl Hammie
patrickearlhammie.com/ >> He has shown in the Art Gallery here at Cazenovia College!

Meg Hitchcock
www.meghitchcock.com/

Salvador Jimenez
www.jimenezdesignart.com/

Sophie Jodoin
www.sophiejodoin.com/

Robert Longo
www.robertlongo.com/

Sangram Majumdar
www.sangrammajumdar.com/

Armin Mersmann
www.arminmersmann.com/

Antony Micallef
www.antonymicallef.com/

Ethan Murrow
bigpaperairplane.com/

Juan Perdiguero
www.juanperdiguero.com/

Julia Randall
www.julia-randall.com/

Deborah Rockman
www.deborahrockman.com/

Phil Scally
www.philscally.com/

Robert Schultz
www.schultzdrawings.com/

Jenny Scobel
jennyscobel.com/works

Shelby Shadwell
www.shelbyshadwell.com/

Joseph Stashkevetch
www.stashkevetch.com/

Daniel Zeller
www.pierogi2000.com/artists/daniel-zeller/

There are certainly many, many others...
DL Alvarez 
Francis Alÿs 
Ryoko Aoki 
Kaoru Arima 
Silvia Bächli 
Devendra Banhart 
Anna Barriball 
Shannon Bool 
Michaël Borremans 
Andrea Bowers 
Jesse Bransford 
Fernando Bryce 
Cai Guo-Qiang 
Ernesto Caivano 
Los Carpinteros 
Raimond Chaves 
Sandra Cinto 
Russell Crotty 
Roberto Cuoghi 
John Currin 
Amy Cutler 
Jeff Davis 
Tacita Dean 
Trisha Donnelly 
Marlene Dumas 
Sam Durant 
Marcel Dzama 
Memed Erdener 
Simon Evans 
Julie Evans > She has shown in the Art Gallery here at Cazenovia College!
Simon Faithfull 
Spencer Finch 
Urs Fischer 
Roland Flexner 
Ellen Gallagher 
Matt Greene 
Joseph Grigely 
Anna Sigmond Gudmundsdottir 
Daniel Guzman 
Sebastian Hammwöhner 
Trenton Doyle Hancock 
Björn Hegardt 
Arturo Herrera 
Nobuya Hoki 
Christian Holstad 
Huang Yong Ping 
Dean Hughes 
Gareth James 
Yun-Fei Ji 
Chris Johanson 
Kerstin Kartscher 
William Kentridge 
Toba Khedoori 
Dr. Lakra 
Michael Landy 
Ricardo Lanzarini 
Graham Little 
Mark Lombardi 
Mindaugas Lukosaitis 
Marco Maggi 
Frank Magnotta 
Mark Manders 
Yuri Masnyj 
Dominic McGill 
Julie Mehretu 
Jean-François Moriceau and Petra Mrzyk 
Claudia and Julia Müller 
Dave Muller 
Vik Muniz 
David Musgrave 
Wangechi Mutu 
Yoshitomo Nara 
Paul Noble 
Jockum Nordström 
Glexis Novoa 
Roman Ondák 
Robyn O’Neil 
Gabriel Orozco 
Pavel Pepperstein 
Peter Peri 
Dan Perjovschi 
Raymond Pettibon 
Elizabeth Peyton 
Chloe Piene 
Fernando Renes 
Robin Rhode 
Matthew Ritchie 
Frances Richardson 
Serse 
Silke Schatz 
Anne-Marie Schneider 
Steven Shearer 
David Shrigley 
Simone Shubuck 
James Siena 
Shahzia Sikander 
Lucy Skaer 
Torsten Slama 
Josh Smith 
Zak Smith 
Nedko Solakov 
Hayley Tompkins 
Susan Turcot 
Banks Violette 
Amelie von Wulffen 
Kara Walker 

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