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Custom Wood Frames for Contemporary Art

Frames for Contemporary Art


Paradisio is the first choice of curators and artists for the finest in solid hardwood custom contemporary art framing. Each hand-made Paradisio contemporary art frame is as unique as the piece of wood from which it comes, with natural variations in grain, color, and figuration. It's the art of nature expressing the nature of your art.

Custom Wood Art Framing


Karl Blossfeldt, White Byrony, 1942, photogravure
Classic Series Cocobolo Frame
With strict attention to detail, Paradisio frames are custom made from hand-selected rough timber and finished to our most exacting specifications. Each frame features perfectly-fitted miters and hand-cut, key-joined corners to enhance structural strength and beauty, ensuring that your frame will last for generations while providing a distinctive look and the inimitable air of quality workmanship.

Based in the beautiful Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts, Paradisio is dedicated to providing you with the finest sustainably-harvested exotic hardwood frames available today. Our custom framing can be found surrounding the work of celebrated contemporary artists like Forrest Moses, Jerry Uelsmann, Karl Blossfeldt, and Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison in fine collections, galleries, museums, and exhibitions nationwide.

We work closely with curators, professional framers, and artists to select the right wood and frame style for each individual work or body of work.

Paradisio frames are only available wholesale, to the trade.


“The frame is a work of art. “
Nancy Spector   
Curator of Contemporary Art and Director of Curatorial Affairs   
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York