About the artist

Ty Le Roux is a multimedia artist whose work explores surrealism and consciousness through the lens of personal memory, cultural detritus, and subconscious symbolism.

Inspired by creators like David Lynch, Remedios Varo, and William Mortensen, Le Roux embraces the imperfect and the unconventional as he reaches across mediums. He believe that art’s raw edges — those gaps in mastery or unexpected flaws — carry a certain humanity that sterile perfection cannot replicate. In an age increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, he finds deep value in the unmistakable “fingerprint” of the artist: the irregular, emotional, and mysterious.

The goal is not to overwhelm the viewer with detail, but to invite them into a world that feels familiar yet hauntingly elusive — where a statue glimpsed six years ago might suddenly reappear in the mind, telling a new story this time around. Each piece begins with a feeling or concept — a whisper of a world — and evolves during the layering process into something often unexpected, often more revealing than intended.

Toon Purgatory, for instance, began with the idea: “long-forgotten cartoon characters wandering a purgatory void, dreaming of life in the real world.” What emerged spoke more deeply to memory, longing, and the myth of lost childhood:

Ultimately, Le Roux’s work is a meditation on transformation, memory, and the unknown. He is grateful for the opportunity to share these inner worlds, and he hopes that in them, viewers may find portals into worlds of their own.