Mark Ryden 'Meat Magi' Sculpture Release Details

Artist: Mark Ryden
Title: Meat Magi
Medium: Mixed Media on Tin
Size: 13.8 x 20.2 x 25.4 cm
Edition: 500
Price: HKD 4,550

*available at 10pm EST on Sunday Decmber 7th, 2025

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Mark Ryden is a prominent contemporary artist known for his unique and captivating style that blends elements of pop culture with surreal and often dark imagery. His work, frequently referred to as "Pop Surrealism" or sometimes "lowbrow art," typically features characters that evoke a sense of childhood nostalgia mixed with a slightly unsettling, melancholic atmosphere.

Ryden's artistic universe is populated by a recurring cast of characters: wide-eyed girls with pale skin, historical figures like Abraham Lincoln (often depicted in unusual contexts), bees, meat, and various adorable-yet-creepy stuffed animals. These elements are meticulously rendered with a technique that recalls classical painting styles, giving his modern, bizarre subjects a timeless quality.

The themes in his work often delve into the convergence of innocence and mystery, beauty and decay. He explores consumerism, the environment, and the mysteries of life and death, presenting these complex ideas through a filter of highly stylized, almost cartoonish aesthetics. The viewer is drawn in by the saccharine sweetness of the visuals only to be confronted with deeper, more provocative subtext. His rich use of color and intricate details creates visually dense compositions that reward close inspection.

Throughout his career, Ryden has maintained a distinct and instantly recognizable visual signature. His elaborate and highly theatrical exhibitions are eagerly anticipated cultural events. His art challenges conventional notions of fine art by drawing inspiration from the mundane and transforming it into something extraordinary and profoundly strange. He remains one of the most influential and discussed artists of his generation, celebrated for creating a truly original and unforgettable world on canvas.

Mark Ryden 'Eye Am' Show Opens Tonight

Artist: Mark Ryden
Title: Eye Am Art Show
Date: October 30th - December 20th, 2025
Venue: Perrotin Los Angeles
Address: 5036 W. Pico Blvd

*doors open at 5pm on Thursday October 20th, 2025

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Artist Statement

I always feel a certain resistance when asked to write or speak about my work. Painting, for me, begins where language ends. Words are linear - paintings are not. I’m interested in many things: sacred geometry, mysticism, consciousness, natural history, art history. Some are mysterious by nature, others more structured and concrete. But even with the more rational subjects, I’m not drawn to explaining them in my work. To analyze them would be to miss the point. What I’m really trying to paint is what can’t be said - the felt experience of something just beyond the edge of articulation. Not a thing to define, but something to feel.

I believe imagination has been undervalued in favor of intellectual interpretation. In the modern world, people are quick to search for verbal meaning, for an articulated answer, for a neat idea to attach to a piece of art. But that kind of meaning is not my goal. Mystery is. I want my paintings to carry unexplained secrets. “Secret” and “scared" share the same etymological root. I’m trying to paint what is sacred. I want to build a quiet bridge between this world and the other one, a glimpse of the invisible merging with the visible. In making the work for Eye Am, I did my best to let go of conscious restraints. I tried not to paint what I thought I should paint. I tried to make art only for myself. Paradoxically, I believe that’s the most honest way to reach anyone else. Each painting usually begins with something real and personal. Often it's a fragment drawn from my extensive collection of imagery, books, ephemera, toys, statues, icons. I’m an iconophile at heart.

I believe in the power of the image to speak directly to the soul, bypassing the verbal mind. There’s a passage I love from Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now: “All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.” I’ve found this to be true. Real creativity doesn’t come from thinking harder; it comes from stopping thought long enough for something deeper to emerge. The mind can then shape what arises, but it can’t summon it. In that stillness, something ancient and essential can appear. That is the source I try to paint from - not for certainty, but for wonder.

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.

Mark Ryden 'Pink Pop' Barbie Print Release Details

Artist: Mark Ryden
Title: Pink Pop
Medium: Lithograph Print
Size: 34.5 x 26 Inches
Edition: 1,000 & 50 A/P's
Price: $400

Check it out HERE

*available Thursday November 10th, 2022 at 9pm EST

Mark Ryden 'Pink Pop' Barbie Series Release Details

Artist: Mark Ryden
Title: Pink Pop Barbie
Medium: Mattel Barbie Dolls

Check it out HERE

*available November 18th, 2022 at Noon EST

*unfortunately Nature Queen is a one of a kind on display at the Kasmin Gallery pop-up event.

Mark Ryden 'Snow Yak' Tree Ornament Available

Artist: Mark Ryden
Title: Snow Yak
Medium: Christmas Tree Ornament
Size: 4 x 4 x 3.5 Inches
Edition: 250
Price: $175

Check it out HERE

Mark Ryden 'Whipped Cream' T-Shirts Available

Artist: Mark Ryden

Title: Whipped Cream

Medium: Pink or Black T-Shirts
Size: SM-XXL
Edition: No Clue
Price: $30

Check it out HERE

*they have stickers too

Mark Ryden 'Queen Bee' Print Release Details

Artist: Mark Ryden

Title: Queen Bee

Medium: Lithograph
Size: 33 x 23.5 Inches
Edition: 500 + 250
Price: $500

Check it out HERE

*available at 11am EST on Monday November 21st

Mark Ryden 'Aurora' Print Release Details

Artist: Mark Ryden
Title: Aurora
Medium: Lithograph Print
Size: 21.25 x 39 Inches
Edition: 500
Price: $500 Each

Check it out HERE

*available at 11am EST on Monday November 30th

Mark Ryden 'Parlor' Print Release Details

Artist: Mark Ryden
Title: Parlor
Medium: Lithograph Print
Size: 38.5 x 26 Inches
Edition: 500
Price: $500

Check it out HERE

**available at 11am EST on Tuesday June 3rd