Print MA, Royal College of Art, 2024
Sean Pearl's practice uses printmaking to explore the tension between historical reference and contemporary life, questioning how cultural motifs and everyday objects take on exaggerated significance. With recurring British imagery – Union Jacks, tea and café culture – Pearl's work critiques the ways in which banality is elevated through design, nostalgia, and abstraction. He combines traditional methods such as etching, silkscreen, letterpress, and embossing with unconventional materials like coffee stains and burns.