Joel Seow (b. 1997, Singapore) graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2022. Approaching contemporary representational painting with tenderness and a reverence for the craft, his works explore the tension between intimacy and urban isolation, and how one’s memory and state of mind interact with familiar spaces. Layered with personal symbolism and autobiographical experiences, the spaces, objects, and figures in his paintings shift between solidity and transience, directly engaging with the inevitable opacity inherent in creating deeply personal images. His works have been featured in exhibitions in both Singapore and the US. A strong believer in the power of art to inspire, he also has experience in art education and hopes to further that endeavour.