Frida Kahlo: “Vorrei essere ciò che ho voglia di essere”

Vorrei poter fare tutto ciò che mi piace dietro il sipario della "follia".

Allora: disporrei fiori, tutto il giorno,

dipingerei; dolore, amore e tenerezza,

riderei quanto mi pare della stupidità degli altri, e tutti direbbero: "Poverina, è pazza!"

Tina Cassati | Surreal fashion

Berlin based artist Tina Cassati, makes costumes (sculpture le mode and giardino di arte), ruffs, hats-, bags - and shoes-, jewelry objects into modern surreale digital-photo-art worlds and illustrations.

She paints, sews, draws, photographs, digital collage - mixed media, collage, illustration.

She does not care about genres.

Her work is influenced by Renaissance, Baroque, Traditional Clothing (Folk Costumes) fairy tales. To her, fashion is fine art.

Keith Perelli, 1968 | Surrealist painter

Keith Perelli is a figurative artist exploring male portraiture through the lens of personal, social and political issues.

The abstract and surrealist sensibilities in his work stems from both his interest in the work produced and taught at the University of New Orleans by prominent local professors in the field of painting.

His graduate work at the University of Cincinnati in sculpture and installation focused on the on complex social and political ramifications of HIV and and the AIDS crisis of the 80ś and 90ś.

Daria Petrilli, 1970 | Pop-Surrealist Illustrator

Daria Petrilli is an award winning illustrator, born in Rome, Italy.

After graduating with an MA in Communication and Design at the Università La Sapienza, she took on various agency roles as a graphic designer and illustrator in Rome.

Later she moved to London, where she completed a Diploma in Experimental Illustration at the LCC - part of the University of the Arts London, achieving the highest possible grade.

Yana Movchan, 1971 | Magic Realism painter

Ukrainian-born Canadian painter Yanina (Yana) Movchan was born in Kiev.

Yana’s sublime mastery of the technique and structure of Renaissance painting combines with the instinctive symbolism of "magical realism" to create a personal neo-realist idiom.

Her work is formal, yet playful; contemporary, yet timeless; and joyous, yet mysterious, evocative and dreamlike.

Witali Żuk (Vitus), 1973 | Fantastic painter

Bиталий Жук (Витус) / Witali Żuk (alias Vitus) was born in Minsk.

Witali graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Ilya Repin in St. Petersburg.

Witalis' picture differs good choice of colors and the wonderful play of light.

Witali attaches great the value of detail in his works, which create an unforgettable atmosphere of the picture.

Rob Gonsalves | Magic realism painter

Robert "Rob" Gonsalves (1959-2017) was an award winning Canadian painter of magic realism -surrealism.

He produces original works, limited edition prints and illustrations for his own books.

Lorenzo Quinn, 1966 | Figurative sculptor

Contemporary Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn is a leading figurative sculptor whose work is inspired by such masters as Michelangelo, Bernini and Rodin.

Exhibited internationally, his monumental public art and smaller, more intimate pieces transmit his passion for eternal values and authentic emotions.

He is best known for expressive recreations of human hands:

"I wanted to sculpt what is considered the hardest and most technically challenging part of the human body", he asserts.

"The hand holds so much power - the power to love, to hate, to create, to destroy".

Ric Nagualero | Surrealist / Outdoor painter

Ric Nagualero (1972-2022) was an internationally collected, award winning wilderness painter and outdoors man, with more than 12 years of professional experience in his field.

He's the man behind one of the most popular YouTube channels on the subject of outdoor plein air painting and wilderness painting adventures.

"With a bit of "know how" everyone can learn how to paint, you just need the basics, patience and to practice, practice, practice the skills you are taught, so you can “earn” and keep them for as long as you live" - Ric Nagualero.

Vincenzo Cardarelli | I gabbiani / Seagulls

Non so dove i gabbiani abbiano il nido,

ove trovino pace.

Io son come loro

in perpetuo volo.

La vita la sfioro

com'essi l'acqua ad acciuffare il cibo.

Jimmy Lawlor, 1967 | Surrealist painter

Berit Kruger-Johnsen | Romantic Surrealist painter

Growing up in Oslo, Norway, nature has always played a major part in Berit Kruger-Johnsen's life.

She studied for a degree in biology and upon completion was accepted into the only graphic design school in Oslo at that time.

The only artist in my family was my grandfather, who never met. It was crazy during the Depression era and was institutionalized. I think it would be fair to say that whenever an artist or not entitled connotations in my family.

Citazioni da Picasso: "Dipingere non è un'operazione estetica.."

• "Quando uno inizia un ritratto e cerca per successive eliminazioni di trovare la forma pura... si finisce inevitabilmente con un uovo.."

• "La pittura non è fatta per decorare gli appartamenti. È uno strumento di guerra offensiva e difensiva contro il nemico".

Guernica, 1937 by Pablo Picasso

During the war, Picasso was visited by Nazi Ambassador Otto Abetz in his Parisian studio.

The latter came upon a picture of Guernica, which had been sent to New York by the painter as soon as the Exhibition was over.

He asked: "Did you really do this?" to which Picasso answered: "No, You did".

Guernica is Pablo Picasso's monumental 1937 oil painting that stands as one of the most powerful and famous anti-war statements in history.

Painted in response to the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War, the artwork captures the universal suffering and brutality of conflict through its chaotic imagery and stark monochrome palette.

Andrew Hem, 1981 | Pop Surrealist painter

The Cambodian-born artist Andrew Hem was born during his parents’ flight from Cambodia in the wake of the Khmer Rouge genocide and his upbringing was influenced by the rural heritage of his ancestors and the urban sensibility of Los Angeles, where his family came to reside.

Being positioned within these cultural dichotomies fostered an aesthetic inspired by graffiti, as well as tribal and supernatural imagery.

Describing his compositions as dreamlike memories inspired by personal experiences, Hem’s ethereal paintings function as a window overlooking the invisible realm of the human spirit.

Jean-Paul Avisse, 1948 | Surrealist painter

Jean-Paul Avisse, French painter, is a rare and unique artistic genius of unquestionable depth, scope and power.

A self taught master of incredible details and universal concepts.

Taking over eight weeks to complete each original intricate painting.

First time viewers are further amazed to learn that Mr. Avisse creates each original painting by hand, using no computers, photographs or air-brushed techniques.

Robert Zeller | Surrealist painter

Robert Zeller is a visual artist, writer and curator who received a BFA from a joint program of the Boston Museum School and Tufts University and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art.

He maintains studio practices in both Brooklyn and Long Island, where he creates Surrealist-inspired work.

His writing and curatorial projects feed of of his creative studio practice and vice-versa.

His art has been exhibited in New York City at 511, Booth, Forbes, Palo and Robilant+Voena galleries.

Oleg Oprisco, 1987 | Surrealist / Conceptual photographer

Ukrainian Fine Art photographer Oleg Oprisco is born in the small town of Lviv, in western Ukraine.

Oprisco is known for his conceptual shots that involve elaborately constructed props and scenes that capture his distinct sense of surreality.

Relying on neutrals and subdued tones rather than a bold color palette, the mysterious, dreamlike images tend to center on a single figure within a quiet and unoccupied landscape.

Theodoros Pantaleon (1945-2025) | Surrealist painter

Theodoros Pantaleon / Θεόδωρος Πανταλέων (1945-2025) was a Greek surrealist painter and engraver.

He studied graphic arts at the Athens Technological Institute Doxiadis School taught by A. Tassos, A. Asteriadis, I. Dekoulakos, G. Georgiadis and S. Lydakis.

In his works, he uses typical elements of surrealism, while he adds elements of mannerism with portraits where he uses dreamy and imaginary sets.

Victor Bregeda, 1963 | Surrealist painter

Victor Viktorovich Bregeda /Виктор Викторович Брегеда is an Russian painter working in the surrealism* and metarealism styles.

He was born in the Russian city of Taganrog into a family of painters. He was attracted by the Dutch school of painting.

Remedios Varo | Surrealist painter

Remedios Varo’s paintings combine Surrealist influences with a distinctive style that evokes mystical or eerie adventures.

She had a life philosophy of non-conformity and a personal story marked by dislocation and tumult.

During her childhood in Spain, Varo was influenced by her engineer father, who taught her to draw, and her strict Catholic schooling, against which she rebelled.