15 Facts About Mark Ryden

Mark Ryden was born on January 20,1963 and is an American painter who is considered to be part of the Lowbrow art movement.

Mark Ryden was dubbed "the god-father of pop surrealism" by Interview magazine.

Mark Ryden has been described as a "relentless kitsch meister working in the tradition of Bosch, Dali, and Little Golden Books" and a master of Lowbrow style.

Mark Ryden's work has been described as having a pop-surrealist style that contains a nightmarish quality.

Mark Ryden was born in Medford, Oregon on January 20,1963, to Barbara and Keith Mark Ryden, and was raised in Southern California.

Mark Ryden's father was a painter who restored and customized cars.

Mark Ryden has two sisters and two brothers: his brother Keyth is an artist and works under the name KRK.

Mark Ryden graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in 1987.

From 1988 to 1998, Mark Ryden worked as a commercial artist.

Mark Ryden created book covers, including the Stephen King novels Desperation and The Regulators.

Mark Ryden explained, "Some people look at these massive trees and feel a sort of spiritual awe looking at them, and then other people just want to cut them up and sell them, they only see a commodity".

Mark Ryden has created limited editions of his art to raise money for the Sierra Club and Nature Conservancy.

Mark Ryden explored the line between attraction and repulsion to kitsch.

Mark Ryden developed costumes and sets for a two-act ballet titled Whipped Cream, which premiered in March 2017 at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California.

In 2022, it was announced that Mark Ryden had designed a series of limited-edition Barbies and accessories for Mattel.