 His work was also included in the international exhibitions "Contemporary Painting in Canada" at Addison Gallery of American Art (Andover MA) in 1942, and "Canadian Art 1760 - 1943" at the Yale University Art Gallery in 1944.Turned down as a war artist due to the importance of his work at the Montreal Standard, in 1944 Surrey and reporter Mavis Gallant selected and captioned some of the first Holocaust photographs published in North America.In 1945 Surrey's first solo exhibition was held at L'Art Français (now Valentin Gallery).