Shaylin Wallace

Artist Statement

I create surreal digital collages using Photoshop. By digitally combining, cutting and pasting photos together, I turn ordinary images into extraordinary surreal masterpieces. I use collage as a way to capture and bring my innermost thoughts, feelings and imaginative ideas to life. Many of my works center around the divine connection between humans, nature, and the universe. My speciality is blending flowers, portraits and elements of the natural world together, creating vulnerable, yet stunning series of artworks. I have many unique surreal styles that can be very minimalistic, colorful, amusing and powerful.

Artist Bio

Shaylin Wallace (b.1999) is a Jamaican-American surreal collage artist from Wilmington Delaware, based in Washington, DC. Wallace started exploring surrealism in her teenage years, intrigued by surreal paintings. She began her digital collage journey by editing her own photographs on her cellphone using photo-editing apps. Her pastime hobby steadily became her passion. After graduating high school, Wallace enrolled at Salisbury University, receiving her BFA in Graphic Design in Spring, 2021. She used her newfound design knowledge to grow her freelance business, SMW Visuals. Wallace has had her works exhibited in the United States and internationally including New York, Florida, Georgia, Italy, Portugal, and Dubai. In the fall of 2023, Wallace had her very first solo exhibition at the Delaware Contemporary Platform Gallery. Her solo exhibition honored her childhood home, neighborhood and the city she grew up in.