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  • Toshiko Okanoue

    Born in 1928, in Kochi, Japan, Toshiko Okanoue grew up in Tokyo. She began to make photo collages while she was studying fashion design and drawing in Bunka Gakuin in the early 1950s. When she first began working, she had very little art historical knowledge, and knew nothing of the Surrealist movement. In post-war Japan,…

  • Harvey Goldman

    Uriel, prophet of poetry, prince of presence, archangel of the sun, propounds a new troublous truth and suffers the slings and arrows of the celestial Czars.The tumultuous times are upon us. Oh, Nicolaus Copernicus, transcendental historian of heliocentric geometry, forgive us, absolve us, evolve us, if you can. The “visual music” collaborations of Jing Wang…

  • Salvador Dali Lives: Museum Brings Artist Back to Life with AI

    VIVA DALI: THE DALI MUSEUM BRINGS SALVADOR DALI BACK TO LIFE  THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Avant-garde Experience Announced on the 30th Anniversary of Dali’s Death Imagine Salvador Dali welcoming you to the Dali Museum as if he were alive today, sharing observations on current events and shedding light on the motivations behind his artwork. In April, that imagined…

  • Charles Burwell

    Artist Statement    At a very young age when I had only a vague idea of the meaning, it was predicted that I was an artist. This was from observations by my elementary school teachers and encouragement from my Mother, who not only appreciated art but was also a talented painter. The title of artist…

  • Joshua Osburg

    Joshua Osburg is a contemporary artist living and working in Saint Louis, Missouri. His primary mediums are oil paintings and graphite drawings. His work is inspired by his experience as an Iraq War Veteran and life before and after war. His art reflects the subconscious interests and endurances of those who have suffered trauma and…

  • Evan Lawrence

    Evan Lawrence creates strange and contemporary surreal art. Self-taught, Lawrence uses ambiguous symbolism to explore his transcendent visions. He is inspired by “the delusion of the beautiful things until the weird moments; represented by the emotional feeling of himself”. Lawrence’s work is part reminiscence and part artifact of his own inner meditations. Reflecting on past…

  • Anne Faith Nicholls

    About Anne Faith Nicholls Anne Faith Nicholls is an American contemporary artist based in California. Best recognized for her Neosurrealistic paintings, Nicholls has exhibited in collections, galleries, museums and fairs around the world, and also contributed to a variety of high profile commercial projects with renowned collaborators. Often exploring the subconcious, her works are layered…

  • The Art of Mark Hopkins

    Mark Hopkins Surrealism The landscapes of Mark Hopkins are as gorgeous as they are mind-bending. Hopkins’ surrealistic techniques include playful visual distortion, juxtaposed symbols, and abstract surrealism in combination with a mastery of the craft of painting. The first painting in the gallery above shows the Buddha hovering in the air in an archetypal temple.…

  • “Memento Mori” Exhibition

    Memento mori (Latin: “remember death”) is the theory and practice of reflection on mortality, especially as a means of considering the vanity of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits. The group exhibit at Star Gallery NYC will showcase the work of dozens of prominent artists’ personal explorations of this…

  • Pollination

    Virginia Stewart: Views From Within

    Artist Statement When I sit down to do my art, my intention is to create magic; to create a visual wonderland that brings the gift of insight into the realm of mystical perception. Like Zen, I feel I am a channel for the direct transmission of that phenomenon, the mysterious now. So, when I look…

  • Ben Ridgway

    Ben Ridgway is currently an Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California, USA. He has 15 years of professional experience as both a 3D artist in the video game industry and as a Professor. While in the games industry he helped to create games for Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft console systems.…

  • Victo Ngai

    Forbes 30 Under (Art and Style) honoree and Society of Illustrators New York Gold Medalist Victo Ngai 倪傳婧 is a Los Angeles based illustrator from Hong Kong, graduated from Rhode Island School of Design. “Victo” is not a boy nor a typo, but a nickname derived from Victoria – a leftover from the British colonization. Victo provides illustrations for…

  • Lindsay Pickett

    Lindsay Pickett’s gorgeous oil paintings of warped and distorted cityscapes transcend and confuse our orienting reflex in deeply surrealistic and magical ways. Artist Statement My main practice involves painting with oils on canvas, linen and board. I start with a basic study of a composition idea, usually in the form of a basic pencil drawing…

  • Waone (Interesni Kazki) Drawings

    Waone is an Artist / Muralist from Kyiv, Ukraine. ARTIST STATEMENT The main goal of my art is to find out who am I and explore the outside world.Viewing through the lens of the creative process gives me the possibilityto shift the focus away from the vanity of common life and tap into stranger invisible world,…

  • Eric Johnston’s Dream Realm

    Through the mindful practice of fine art and a passion for cultural affairs worldwide, Eric Johnston has created a distinctive visionary approach to his artwork. Every component of Eric’s artwork relies on one main objective, to precisely reveal a connection in the subconscious mind and alternative realms that cannot exist in our conscious reality. Using…