Leonora Carrington: Writer, Painter, Visionary

This special exhibition is an introduction to the remarkable life of Leonora Carrington, a Surrealist artist, sculptor and writer. During her lifetime, Carrington produced more than 2,000 paintings and authored several notable written works, earning the Women’s Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award in 1986. The exhibition will highlight Carrington’s written work, time as a painter and personal life.

Carrington’s most notable writings include “Down Below,” the 1943 memoir of her experiences in the asylum; “The House of Fear,” a collection of fantastical short stories; and her novel “The Hearing Trumpet,” an eco-feminist fairytale. In addition to excerpts from her acclaimed works, the exhibition will include a display of the artist’s books, photographs, digital versions of her paintings and a suite of etchings, which were produced in Tampa, Florida for Graphicstudio – USF Institute for Research in Art, where she worked with The Dalí’s director Hank Hine in 1998.

Curated by The Dalí’s Curator of Education, Peter Tush, Leonora Carrington: Writer, Painter, Visionary is part of the annual series of fall exhibitions focused on writers associated with Surrealism.

This exhibit will be held in the Raymond James Community Room and is free for all guests.