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: 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.
Within my paintings acidic colored landscapes reverberate with an essence of science fiction. Pareidolia pulls images of nature out of geological and pixelated textures before they dissolve into psychedelic patterns. The movement of consciousness between nature and abstraction is key in my process. It's like finding a ufo and learning how it works, a metaphysical reverse engineering in paint. How can I paint across the vastness of experience, the measurement of observation and the impossibility of imagination? Abstraction is a frame of mind that breaks apart and reinvents the fundamentals of nature. I'm interested in an unknown future concerning how I will see in a posthuman world.