Born to rebel in 1955, New York-based artist Joe Coleman has achieved mainstream acclaim in the past decade. Ironically, Coleman's artwork for the film Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer (1989) was considered too extreme for promotional use.

His arwork graced the cover of Adam Parfrey's seminal books Apocalypse Culture (Los Angeles: Feral House, 1991), Cult Rapture (Los Angeles: Feral House, 1995), and Apocalypse Culture II (Los Angeles: Feral House, 2000). Coleman's collections include Cosmic Retribution: The Infernal Art of Joe Coleman (Portland, OR: Feral House, 1992), Original Sin: The Visionary Art of Joe Coleman (New York: Heck Editions, 1997), and The Man of Sorrows (New York: Heck Editions, 1992). Coleman's projects have included the proto-punk band Steel Tips and appearances in the films Mondo New York (1988), Black Hearts Bleed Red (1992) and RIP: Rest In Pieces (1997), a feature length documentary on Coleman's life and work. He has had exhibitions in Boston, Hartford, Los Angeles, New York and Seattle. Major exhibitions have been featured at the Visionary Art Museum (Baltimore), the Wadsworth Athenium (Hartford), and the James Corcaran Gallery (Los Angeles).

While renegade Jungians like James Hillman and Thomas Moore have called for more artefacts of a Sadeian Vision, few artists have dared to progress through the necessary cathartic rites of passage. Legendary live performance art, vicious pranks and Outsider art have all been part of Joe Coleman's ever-expanding repertoire.

Discover for yourself the genius of the artist that many discerning fringe art critics have compared to Surrealist icon Salvador Dali.