Dream States and Shifting Forms: Inside surREAL at Jane St. Art

Jane St Art presents an exciting group exhibition, surREAL, that opens a portal into worlds where works drift between myth, memory, distortion, and psychological landscape, transforming familiar forms into something uncanny and emotionally charged.

What does surREAL mean?
Above and beyond the real, where meaning hovers just out of reach, and everything is almost understood.

From the narrative surrealism of Lauren Bergman to the atmospheric and enigmatic visions created by artists including Lucinda Abra, Emily Clark, Meredith Morabito, and Yoonmi Lee, the exhibition moves through dream logic and psychological terrain with a sense of both unease and wonder.

Featured artists: Lucinda Abra, Lauren Bergman, Edward Burden, Emily Clark, Len Jenkin, Moshe Katvan, Casey Kavanagh, Josh Kramb, Yoonmi Lee, Scott Lewis, Meredith Morabito, Grey Ivor Morris, Betsey Regan and Lisa Samalin.

surREAL | Jane St. Art 

11 Jane Street, Ste. A, Saugerties, NY
May 16 – June 19, 2026

Lucinda Abra

Lucinda Abra is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores dream states, symbolism, and emotional transformation through richly layered imagery. Her practice often merges the mystical with the psychological, creating visual narratives that feel both intimate and otherworldly.

Emily Clark

Born in Manhattan and trained at the High School of Music and Art and City College of New York, Emily Clark has balanced careers in both the culinary and medical worlds while continuously maintaining a painting practice. Her work reflects a lifelong engagement with observation, character, and atmosphere.

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Yoonmi Lee

Yoonmi Lee creates poetic, psychologically charged works that merge memory, identity, and dreamlike symbolism. Her imagery often balances delicacy with disquiet, inviting viewers into emotionally layered inner worlds.

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Lauren Bergman

Lauren Bergman is a figurative narrative painter whose work exists at the intersection of myth and social realism. Through symbolic imagery, she explores female identity, cultural instability, and the tension between beauty and unease in contemporary life.

Moshe Katvan

Moshe Katvan is a longtime commercial photographer and fine artist who studied at the School of Visual Arts. Since the pandemic, he has expanded into drawing and painting, developing a deeply personal visual language rooted in observation, experimentation, and surreal transformation.

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Scott Lewis

Scott Lewis is a visual artist whose work explores abstraction, symbolism, and altered perception through immersive forms and layered textures. His practice frequently engages themes of transformation and the instability of visual reality.

Edward Burden

Edward Burden’s work navigates surreal and conceptual territory through layered visual storytelling and imaginative composition. His practice frequently examines memory, perception, and the shifting line between reality and invention.

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Len Jenkin

Len Jenkin is a writer and visual artist based in upstate New York whose work embraces absurdity, dark humor, and poetic surrealism. His art and writing often blur narrative logic, creating uncanny worlds charged with theatrical energy.

Josh Kramb

Josh Kramb’s work investigates surreal environments and fragmented narratives through inventive compositions and atmospheric imagery. His pieces often evoke suspended moments that feel simultaneously familiar and uncanny.

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Grey Ivor Morris

Grey Ivor Morris is a multidisciplinary artist working across mixed media, sculpture, photography, and encaustic processes. Drawing inspiration from both contemporary culture and the natural world, his work combines beauty, tension, and psychological depth.

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Lisa Samalin

Born in New York City in 1947, Lisa Samalin has worked across painting, murals, textile design, and interactive installation throughout her artistic career. Her work embraces imagination, play, and visual storytelling with a deeply personal and expressive sensibility.

Meredith Morabito

Meredith Morabito is a sculptor and photographer based in Saugerties, New York, known for expressive figurative sculpture and intimate wildlife photography. She has curated exhibitions, directed artist residencies, and created work inspired by animals, storytelling, and human vulnerability.

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Betsey Regan

Betsey Regan has exhibited extensively throughout New York and New Jersey for more than four decades, earning numerous awards and fellowships for her psychologically charged paintings. After losing her home and studio during Hurricane Sandy, she relocated to Woodstock, where she continues to create emotionally resonant and visionary work.

Casey Kavanagh

Casey Kavanagh creates work that moves fluidly between dream imagery, psychological symbolism, and contemporary mythology. Their practice often combines humor, tension, and imaginative distortion to explore emotional and subconscious landscapes.

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Photos courtesy of Jane St. Art

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