“Outer Shell” from Dixie Hollins High School sophomore Riley Pitzen. Taught by Kristen Pineda. Digital art. Credit: Riley Pitzen

One of this spring's greatest discoveries at The Dalí Museum comes not from its main exhibit, Dalí/Duchamp, but from the Student Surrealist Art Exhibit starting March 17. Check out our media gallery of a sampling of Tampa Bay students' surrealist art you'll see in the show. 


“Outer Shell” from Dixie Hollins High School sophomore Riley Pitzen. Taught by Kristen Pineda. Digital art. Credit: Riley Pitzen
“Surface” by 9th grade Gibbs High student Ella Dayton-Yaeger. Taught by Justin McAllister. Mixed media. Credit: Ella Dayton-Yaeger
“Hidden Creature” from Tarpon Springs High School junior Stephanie Babjak. Taught by Jessica Marmorale. Watercolor. Credit: Stephanie Babjak
“Here and There” from Jada Calhoun, a seventh-grader at Hopkins Middle School. Taught by Julie Smith. Watercolor and colored pencil. Credit: Jada Calhoun
“Subway” from Gibbs High School sophomore Cameron Creech. Taught by Yoko Nagami. Mixed media. Credit: Cameron Creech
“Encoded Inside” from Maria Dusa, a seventh-grader from Seminole Middle School. Taught by Laura Botsford. Digital art. Credit: Maria Dusa
“Virgin and Gator” from Osceola Fundamental High School junior Kaitlyn Kennedy. Taight by Ted Locascio. Mixed media. Credit: Kaitlyn Kennedy
“Just Tell Me I Am Pretty” from Clearwater High senior Christina Zimmerman. Taught by Clayton Burkey. Pastel. Credit: Christina Zimmerman
“Aoiku” from Veronica Mackenzie-Santiago, an eighth-grader at Safety Harbor Middle School. Taught by Nicole Giovagnoli Eiler. Mixed media. Credit: Veronica Mackenzie-Santiago
“Portrait of a Young Damsel” from Rayna Reissman, an eighth-grader at Hopkins Middle School. Taught by Sandra Bourne. Mixed media. Credit: Rayna Reissman