Many different types of art have used fractals. The Sierpinski gasket is seen in the African Art pieces below:

There is a method in art which is similar to finger painting and results in fractal patterns in paint. This method consists of placing finger paint on a firm piece of paper and then placing another piece of paper on top of it and applying pressure. Then the two pieces of paper are pulled apart leaving a fractal pattern on the paper. Here are some examples:

Salvador Dali also created a picture which uses the idea of fractals to create his Visage of War so that each face has the eyes and mouth containing another face and so on.

The idea of fractals has also appeared in mandalas, which represent the universe in the hindu and Buddhist religion. The mandala consists of five circles with each circle containing five more circles:

In order to successfully create a work of art with fractals, the artist needs to have an understanding of mathematics as well as aesthetics. Some programmers have used the Mandelbrot set in creating art and have failed miserably in that they created works which were not aesthetically pleasing. In 1999, there was a fractal art contest. Here are some of the pieces submitted:

In addition to using fractals for works of art, they have also been used in movies. Star Trek II and The Last Carpenter have incorporated fractal art. As well fractals have appeared in Apollo 13, Dantes Peak, and Titanic. The ocean and waves in The Perfect Storm were also generated using fractals. There has also been work done with Fractal Tilings. Fathauer and Raedeschelders both did work with these tilings. Here is some of their work: