Surrealism

Surrealism is an artistic and literary movement that emerged in the early 1920s, which emphasized the power of the unconscious mind and irrationality as a means of unlocking the creative potential of the human psyche. Surrealist artists and writers sought to explore the world of dreams, free association, and the subconscious in order to reveal deeper truths about the human experience.

  • Olga Koudi – Spiky Heads

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    Olga Koudi is an artist working with digital paintings. She lives and creates in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In her artworks, she talks about the body and nudity, introversion, and the Comfort Zone (both in society and in our own homes or minds). Despite the seriousness of these topics, there is always a drop of irony. […]

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  • Marisa S White: Certain These Clouds Go Somewhere

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    Certain These Clouds Go Somewhere is an unfinished series navigating the unchartered waters and skies of spirituality. Simply put, it’s a deep dive exploration into the artist’s psyche, pondering existential questions we all come to face. Why are we here? What is our purpose? What exists on the other side? Marisa lost herself in countless […]

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  • Michelle Concetta Surrealistic Collages

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    Michelle Concetta is a creator from the US currently based in Saudi Arabia. Prone to escapism from an early age, she finds comfort in the one thing that grounds her to the Real—creating art and shaping her world to fulfill her aesthetic yearnings. Self-taught, her talents cover a broad spectrum, but of late contemporary collage […]

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  • John Rego

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    John Rego is an illustrator and painter living in Jersey City, NJ. His work is inspired by the absurdities of the human and natural world, reportage illustration pop-surrealism and 19th Century scientific illustration. Rego has experience in editorial, fine art painting, package design, and narrative illustration.  Hunting Tapestries A small series of two paintings depicting […]

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  • Franc Kaiser’s Industrial Ecosystems

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    Franc Kaiser is a self-taught Swiss painter residing in Shanghai, China. Franc paints with acrylics on cardboard substrates. Each painting starts with an idea and sketch, and the composition is then penciled on a cardboard. The paintings progress in several stages, from a build-up of basic values with acrylic paint to detailed layers, which can […]

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