Top 50 Surrealist Artists You Need to Know About (And Their Iconic Work)

Zhou Song (b. 1982, Jiangxi) is a Beijing-based artist who graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 2006.

Jiayue Li is a San Francisco-based artist whose work explores the intersection of surrealism and femininity through dreamlike compositions. Originally from Chengdu, China, Jiayue's practice is centered on ethereal female figures, weaving together themes of identity, introspection, and transformation.

Gina, otherwise known as Paper Draper is primarily a collage artist who reworks by hand original vintage ephemera into new scenes and stories that play with humour, scale and perspective. Sometimes when a specific colour or shape is required she breaks out the paints to create mixed media pieces that move the surreal into contemporary pop Favouring a less is more approach to assembling and with a leaning towards mid-century imagery, she offers a nostalgic view with a wink and a smile.

Darcy Whent is a Welsh artist whose practice spans painting, drawing, and mixed media installation. Rooted in personal history, her work explores themes of memory, motherhood, identity, and emotional conflict, often blurring the lines between truth and fiction through the use of autofiction.

Anna Tenenbaum has a Master of Arts degree. She started her career as a jewllery designer and restorer, but one day a friend asked her to draw an illustration for his children's tales.