Sean Powers

ARTIST BIO

Sean Powers (b. 1992) is an American artist living and working in London, UK. He graduated with a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2014, and an MA Painting degree from the Royal College of Art in 2024. His recent exhibitions include: Waiting Room, Whiteshepherd Gallery, London, UK; Coda, Thameside Studios, London, UK; Backscatter, Chilli Art Projects, London, UK; The Watcher, J/M Gallery, London, UK; Omnipotence of Dreams, Salford Art Museum, Manchester, UK; Satellite Paradise, Rhett Baruch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Open Call 2024, Me Paints Me; RCA Painting Degree Show 2024, London, UK; Caper, Greatorex St., London, UK; Things That Matter, AMP Gallery, London, UK; Junctures, Chilli Art Projects, London, UK; Risovision, The Print Shop LA, Los Angeles, CA; Greetings From Home, Glorious Flaming Particles, The Print Shop LA, Los Angeles, CA. He’s also a recipient of the 2024 Cass Art Prize Student Award.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My paintings are like ecotones, existing between multiple states. An ecotone is an area that straddles an in-between zone where several ecosystems overlap and a rich biodiversity can flourish. I'm interested in this idea as a structure for paintings to contemplate multiple experiences. My work is concentrated on posthuman perceptions of painting and nature. I find the intelligence of painting is analogous to the intelligence of nature, and I explore both as transcendental and abstract perspectives through materiality and process. Observing nature through paint becomes a way to dream about our future through our origins.