Mark Ryden 'Creatura' Print Release Details
Artist: Mark Ryden
Title: Creatura
Medium: Lithograph
Size: 38 x 18 Inches
Edition: 500
Prices: $500
*available at Noon EST on Tuesday October 14th, 2025
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Mark Ryden, born January 20, 1963, in Medford, Oregon, is a seminal figure in the Pop Surrealism movement, often hailed as its godfather. After earning a BFA from Art Center College of Design in 1987, he spent a decade as a commercial artist, designing iconic album covers for Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
His 1998 solo debut, The Meat Show, launched a fine-art career famed for eerie, meticulous paintings that fuse Old Master technique with cartoon cuteness, Victorian kitsch, and spiritual symbols. Wide-eyed girls, skeletons, and slabs of meat recur beneath candy-colored glazes, inviting viewers into a dreamy, unsettling realm where innocence and decay coexist. Major retrospectives include Wondertoonel (2004) and Cámara de las Maravillas (2016), and in 2017 he designed sets and costumes for the American Ballet Theatre’s Whipped Cream. Ryden lives in Portland, Oregon, continuing to blur the boundaries between high art and pop culture.
