Artists by Medium · Part 19 of 20
Assemblage creates new meaning by bringing ordinary or discarded things into physical relation. Drawers, printed scraps, machine parts, clothing, timber, and domestic objects retain traces of prior use even as artists turn them into reliefs, boxes, figures, or dense sculptural constructions.
These 30 artists favor material wit, memory, salvage, and transformation over a single house style. Museum collection records and artist portfolios provide the sample trail; because an assemblage may incorporate third-party material as well as a contemporary artist's composition, image reuse calls for an especially careful rights check.
Rights note: each featured work or portfolio sample is presented as a link only. No contemporary artwork or documentary photograph is reproduced.
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Artists in this article
- George Herms
- La Wilson
- Fred H. Roster
- L.V. Hull
- Oswaldo Viteri
- Pansy Stockton
- Simon Sparrow
- Norberto Roldan
- Samuel Levi Jones
- Robert Willms
- Audrey Barker
- Kris Kuksi
- Dale Copeland
- Janice Lowry
- Peter Hide
- Mahler B. Ryder
- Richard Ramsdell
- Cathy Cooper
- Gretchen Schoeninger Corazzo
- Varujan Boghosian
- Tal Avitzur
- Lezley Saar
- Jean Follett
- Melissa Stern
- Reginald Case
- Sara Rahbar
- Aldwyth
- H. C. Westermann
- Leonardo Drew
- Wallace Berman
30 artists working in Assemblage
1. George Herms link-only sample
The linked identity record describes George Herms as “American assemblage artist associated with California assemblage.”
The Librarian (1960) — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The Norton Simon Museum explicitly describes The Librarian as an assemblage and credits Herms.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
2. La Wilson link-only sample
The linked Wikidata identity record identifies La Wilson as item Q51977409 but supplies no fuller English biographical synopsis in this research package. This profile therefore does not add unsupported dates, nationality, training, or influences.
Selected assemblages — The source documents the Assemblage connection: Artforum's illustrated profile identifies Wilson's practice as assemblage and describes her constructions from found, discarded, and collected objects.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
3. Fred H. Roster link-only sample
The linked Wikidata identity record identifies Fred H. Roster as item Q5495336 but supplies no fuller English biographical synopsis in this research package. This profile therefore does not add unsupported dates, nationality, training, or influences.
Mouse Trap II (2002) — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The University of Hawaiʻi gallery visibly presents Roster's Mouse Trap II, credits the artist, and identifies its assembled materials as steel and wood.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
4. L.V. Hull link-only sample
The linked identity record describes L.V. Hull as “American artist.”
Selected found-object assemblages — The source documents the Assemblage connection: Souls Grown Deep's illustrated artist archive documents Hull's yard environment and assemblages made from found, discarded, and everyday objects.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
5. Oswaldo Viteri link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Oswaldo Viteri as “Ecuadorian artist (1931–2023).”
Assemblages (artist work group) — The source documents the Assemblage connection: Viteri's official work archive gives assemblage its own illustrated section; the National Museum of Visual Arts also documents his found-material assemblage practice.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
6. Pansy Stockton link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Pansy Stockton as “American artist.”
Boulder Falls — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The New Mexico Museum of Art presents Stockton's work; its institutional materials describe her practice as assemblage using found natural materials.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
7. Simon Sparrow link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Simon Sparrow as “American self-taught assemblage artist (1925–2000).”
Assemblage with Found Objects (after 1960) — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The Smithsonian American Art Museum credits Sparrow, classifies the exact work as Assemblage, and identifies its found costume jewelry, keychains, carved and painted wood, and other collaged materials.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
8. Norberto Roldan link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Norberto Roldan as “Filipino artist.”
F-16 — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The Guggenheim artist page explicitly characterizes Roldan's practice through assemblages of objects, text, and images and presents the named work F-16.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
9. Samuel Levi Jones link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Samuel Levi Jones as “American artist.”
Selected assemblage paintings — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The Whitney profile identifies Jones as an assemblage artist and describes his assemblage paintings made from deconstructed institutional texts, with a work online.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
10. Robert Willms link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Robert Willms as “Canadian sculptor and teacher (born 1969).”
Plowshares and Pruninghooks (2005) — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The illustrated profile identifies Willms and the pictured Plowshares and Pruninghooks and explicitly describes his practice as assembled abstract steel sculpture. Qualification: this is assembled steel sculpture within the article's combined assemblage and found-object scope.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
11. Audrey Barker link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Audrey Barker as “British artist (1932–2002).”
Compartments (1967) — The source documents the Assemblage connection: Lisson Gallery's archive describes and illustrates Barker's 1967 exhibition of assemblages made from drawers, boxes, shelves, and found objects.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
12. Kris Kuksi link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Kris Kuksi as “American artist (born 1973).”
Selected assemblage sculptures — The source documents the Assemblage connection: Kuksi's official illustrated portfolio explicitly presents his assemblage sculptures and their densely combined found and fabricated components.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
13. Dale Copeland link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Dale Copeland as “New Zealand collage and assemblage artist (born 1943).”
Selected assemblages — The source documents the Assemblage connection: Copeland's official illustrated site explicitly identifies her as an assemblage and collage artist and presents examples of the target-medium work.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
14. Janice Lowry link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Janice Lowry as “American artist.”
Selected box assemblages — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The Smithsonian Archives of American Art states that Lowry created collages and assemblages and describes her found-object box constructions.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
15. Peter Hide link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Peter Hide as “English-born abstract sculptor.”
Girder Structure (1978) — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The illustrated profile identifies Hide and his Girder Structure and explicitly describes his large welded constructions from rusted industrial scrap steel. Qualification: this is assembled scrap-steel sculpture within the article's combined assemblage and found-object scope.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
16. Mahler B. Ryder link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Mahler B. Ryder as “American mixed-media artist, educator (1937–1992).”
Selected late assemblages — The source documents the Assemblage connection: Ryder's illustrated official archive states that he became best known for assemblage and collage based on African American history and music.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
17. Richard Ramsdell link-only sample
The linked Wikidata identity record identifies Richard Ramsdell as item Q137863999 but supplies no fuller English biographical synopsis in this research package. This profile therefore does not add unsupported dates, nationality, training, or influences.
Photo assemblages — The source documents the Assemblage connection: Blue Sky Gallery's illustrated exhibition presents Ramsdell's photo-based work; the accompanying profile explicitly identifies his assemblage and re-appropriation of photographs and paintings.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
18. Cathy Cooper link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Cathy Cooper as “American painter.”
Selected found-object sculptures — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The linked profile identifies Cooper with assemblage and explicitly describes sculptures pieced together from fabric, found objects, and papier-mâché.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
19. Gretchen Schoeninger Corazzo link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Gretchen Schoeninger Corazzo as “American artist (1913–2016).”
Selected assemblages — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The linked profile identifies Corazzo and explicitly states that she created assemblages, including a found-object collage acquired by the Brauer Museum of Art.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
20. Varujan Boghosian link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Varujan Boghosian as “American artist (1926–2020).”
Study for Orpheus (1963) — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The estate's exact object record illustrates Study for Orpheus, credits Boghosian, and explicitly labels its medium Assemblage.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
21. Tal Avitzur link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Tal Avitzur as “Found object sculptor.”
Selected assemblage robots and found-object sculptures — The source documents the Assemblage connection: Avitzur's official illustrated page explicitly labels the works assemblage and found-object art and itemizes the salvaged components of named sculptures.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
22. Lezley Saar link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Lezley Saar as “African American artist (born 1953).”
Salon des Refusés (2017) — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The California African American Museum's illustrated exhibition page credits Saar and describes her combinations of paint, fabric, photographs, and found objects.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
23. Jean Follett link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Jean Follett as “American sculptor.”
Lady with the Open Door Stomach (1956) — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The Whitney Museum credits Follett and explicitly catalogues Lady with the Open Door Stomach as an assemblage.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
24. Melissa Stern link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Melissa Stern as “American artist.”
Selected assemblages — The source documents the Assemblage connection: Stern's illustrated official portfolio provides an Assemblage filter and labels multiple named projects as assemblage.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
25. Reginald Case link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Reginald Case as “American painter (1937 - 2009).”
Selected assemblages — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The Everson Museum's illustrated feature identifies Case and explicitly situates assemblage among his principal media and bodies of work.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
26. Sara Rahbar link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Sara Rahbar as “Iranian-born American artist (born 1976).”
Flag #48 / Narcissist (2014) — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The British Museum credits Rahbar and explicitly describes Narcissist as an assemblage of textiles, amulets, military decorations, cartridges, and a crucifix.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
27. Aldwyth link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Aldwyth as “American artist (1935–2026).”
Evolution of a Species — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The Ackland Art Museum documents an exhibition containing 34 assemblages and specifically describes the found-material assemblage Evolution of a Species.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
28. H. C. Westermann link-only sample
The linked identity record describes H. C. Westermann as “American sculptor (1922-1981).”
Great Mother Womb (1956–1957) — The source documents the Assemblage connection: LACMA's illustrated record credits Westermann and presents Great Mother Womb as a sculptural assemblage of laminated plywood, glass, and metal.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
29. Leonardo Drew link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Leonardo Drew as “American contemporary artist (born 1961).”
Untitled (1994) — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art credits Drew and explicitly describes Untitled as a wall-bound assemblage of painted and artificially aged materials.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
30. Wallace Berman link-only sample
The linked identity record describes Wallace Berman as “American artist (1926–1976).”
Untitled (1972) — The source documents the Assemblage connection: The Jewish Museum illustrates Berman's boxed found-material object, identifies its stone, wood, paint, Plexiglas, and screws, and explicitly discusses California Assemblage.
Sources: Identity source · Wikidata · Medium evidence
Method and source notes
- Norton Simon Museum: George Herms, The Librarian
- Lisson Gallery archive: Audrey Barker, Compartments
- Medium-specific discovery category for Assemblage
Selection excludes the previous 600-profile series and favors less familiar names where the evidence allows. The opening image is an original AI-assisted editorial visual made for this series, not a work by a featured artist. Featured works and documentary images are linked rather than reproduced because reuse rights were not cleared.
