
MEET DAVID MASTERS:
THE VISION BEHIND SURREAL24SEVEN
Surreal24seven | David Masters
I’m David Masters, known as Surreal24seven, a digital artist shaped by survival and transformation. Raised in New York, I moved to Los Angeles at 16, where I appeared in guest roles on TV shows before spending over a decade in Guatemala. There, I worked in my father’s family business until it was violently seized, leaving me stranded in a windowless room with only faint WiFi as a lifeline. From that isolation, I created surreal stories through art - a path out of confinement and toward Chicago.
My process fuses technology and lived experience, blending hundreds of AI-generated photographs in Photoshop and Lightroom to create layered digital artworks rich with symbolism. My art is my voice - raw, sometimes childlike, always unfiltered. If a piece doesn’t stir thought or feeling, it’s a failure. Using metaphors and symbols, I tell stories in every piece. In one work, a woman sits in a glass box, representing my confinement in Guatemala. She rests on suitcases, symbolizing my readiness to leave for Chicago, while billboards outside display snakes and butterflies - signs of the universe spiritually cheering my transformation.
Collectors embrace my work’s depth and honesty. Accepted into SuperRare - an elite platform representing less than 1% of artists - my art has been exhibited in galleries and won contests, appearing on global billboards. Through NFTs and commissions, each piece offers collectors a fragment of my journey of survival and reinvention.
I’m now building toward Chicago, where my art has already been exhibited, with plans to expand through gallery shows, commissions, and NFTs. Each artwork is a story preserved and transformed. Explore my portfolio, and if a piece speaks to you, make it part of your narrative.