Seon Powers

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 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. His work is concentrated on posthuman perceptions of painting and nature. He finds the intelligence of painting is analogous to the intelligence of nature, both explore transcendental and abstract perspectives through materiality and process. Observing nature through paint becomes a way to dream about our future through our origins.