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Early life and education
James Seow is a Malaysian/British artist based in London. James Seow studied at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London 2009-2011. He received his MA in Printmaking from the Royal College of Art in 2014, where he developed work across a range of media and techniques, including print, photography, sculpture and installation. He explores connections between traditional Eastern art and the contemporary, using digital techniques and modern visual language to interrogate these connections. His work employs as a starting point traditional East-West representations of nature. He questions the historical forces that have deeply shaped our value judgements and aesthetic tastes.

Through print, photography, sculpture and installations, he explores how ideals of universal equality and harmony can be communicated.

He works primarily in print exploring the relationship between materials and techniques. Many of his pieces are site-specific, using architectural and spatial qualities as his starting point. Seow states that 'It is my intention to allow the viewer to embark on the psychological experience that the space evokes, which often closely links to its historical past'.

Since graduating from CSM, he has continued his art practice. A recent project ‘Invasive Species’ visualises a mythical, naturalistic space that balances reality and illusion through an East-West viewpoint that questions the perspective of one’s imagination, whilst referencing Old Master still-life paintings and their interest in hierarchy, symbolism and aesthetics.

Exhibitions
In James' recent artwork, Marine Garden of Eden

Garden Path-https://www.globegypsy.com/sensory-garden

“The Garden Path” blurs the boundaries of fine art and decorative art, part of a series of installation art started in 2014, the project is significant in James’s development not only as an artist but as a personal backlash against societal stereotypes.

http://www.cassone-art.com/art-news/2014/08/anise-gallery-graduate-show-opens/

In August 2014, James participated in Anise Gallery graduate show