2026 Bets

Interested in art investment on emerging artists or just wanted to know what are the most recent developments in visual art? Hereunder different ways to understand and identify the trends and the artists born after 1985 that will rise and lead the coming years. 

Focus on the data

Artists list

List of 1300+ visual artists born after 1985

Ranking by Max Price

Ranking by Max Price of visual artists born after 1985 

Ranking by yearly growth

Ranking by Price Growth of visual artists born after 1985

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Ranking Yearly Growth For Artists Born After 1985 Xlsx
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Deeper findings

Highlights of new visual artists trends

Max Price trends

Even if this channel doesn't focus on digital artists it's easy to see that the market's demand and prices is very high with artists like PAK, HOOBS or FEWOCIOUS. Abstract artists also on top and among them a special signature with the neo-rococo artist Flora YUKHNOVICH!

Growth by year trends

Almost the same conclusion as before with still more domination of digital art. To be noticed, Z Gen artists already appear in this ranking with high figures!

Style's trends

Migration and cross-cultures:
Lead by Maria BERRIO, Jordan CASTEEL, new generation artists are exploring the migration consequences and cross-cultures integration:
Golden NAMUYIMBA, Cornelious ANNOR, Stefania TEJADA, Kristen LIU-WONG, Violet HWAMI-KUDZANAI, Gisela McDANIEL...

Human body explorations and distortion 
Revisiting masters like Freud or Schiele, young artists are re-defining bodies in their environment: Nathan CHANTOB, Gabriela REYNA, Anna PARK, WANG Qiqi, Elsa ROUY, Shaquelle WHYTE, Bobbi ESSERS, Sonia JIA, Lorenzo AMOS...

Pastel color and aesthetic
Still a solid trend leading by Asian artists: QI Lei, TREIBER Fabian, WANG Jian, TANG Shuo, Jonathan CHAPLINE, Sarah LEE, JI Xin, Kyle SCHEURMANN, Kseniga RAI, Daisy DODD-NOBLE, Zoe WALSY, Kyle DUNN, Ella WALKER, Joaquim VALDEZ.... 

A brief conclusion: After mass consumption period that also affected the art market, for the coming years collectors should be more selective and look for qualitative, unique, distinctive artworks. Look for artists that have this sense of storytelling and put their heart, passion and messages in their paintings!