The illustrations and personal work of artist Jay Torres have a dark surrealist edge. The El Paso-raised artist, now based in Pasadena, moves between analogue and digital tools to craft his creations.
“The common themes of brightly colored figures in barren landscapes, nightmarish portraits, and Catholic iconographies all combine quiet and aloof dreaminess with political and literary discourse,” La Luz de Jesus has said of the artist. “There are certainly lurid themes at play in most of Jay’s work but never polemical. The abject here shape a uniquely hypnagogic and surreal aesthetic that is more welcoming than it is confrontational.”
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Chinese-born, London-based artist 
In the series “Marquees Tropica,” illustrator 
Born in Hong Kong, raised in Vancouver, educated in Denmark, and currently residing in Berlin – 
Micha Huigen’s illustrations dissect and reassemble everyday objects into surreal machines. The artist’s work, both in personal and commissioned forms, are marked by elegant and bold linework. Huigen has crafted album art, music videos, magazines, and other editorial work.