Ray Caesar (born October 26, 1958)[1] is an English digital surreal artist who lives and works in Arcadia, Canada.
[2] Inspired by surrealists such as Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dalí, Caesar's experiences at the Children Hospital deeply influenced his artwork.
According to an interview with ``Empty Lighthouse, Caesar begins his process with "automatic drawing, which is basically just letting your hand do first what your mind hasn't thought about."
Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy[6] curated issue #8 of A Magazine, in which he featured artwork by Ray Caesar as a source of creative inspiration.
In interviews, Caesar has revealed that he suffers from dissociative identity disorder, potentially due to witnessing traumatic events in his childhood including abuse, surgical reconstruction, and animal research.