Katie Pell American, 1965-2019

Neo-Surrealism, defined as a revival of the Surrealism literary and artistic genre, seeks to emulate the complex and often irrational visions of the unconscious mind. As seen in Katie Pell’s dreamlike Waiting for You, in witty René Magritte fashion, Pell channels the sky and connects with surrealist themes of liminality. Pell described her work with "Some of us build our own mythology out of our environment, our desires, and our own furious defiance at our genetic mediocrity. I hope my work can ignite or describe the excitement of our pointless and forgettable lives, and reaffirm the value of our gorgeous desperation.”