James Jean
James Jean, a Taiwanese-born artist raised in New Jersey and now living in LA, stands as a dynamic force within the realm of contemporary art. Trained at the esteemed School of Visual Arts in New York City, Jean's oeuvre is renowned for its captivating blend of Asian and Western influences, manifesting in mesmerizing illustrations and paintings.
James Jean started out by creating covers, especially for DC comics and other well-known employers such as Time Magazine, Prada or Rolling Stone.
The hallmark of James Jean's work lies in its intricate details and ethereal compositions, often imbued with a hint of darkness that lends a distinct and alluring quality to his visual language. His large-scale paintings transport viewers into fantastical realms, where symbolic and allegorical figures intermingle with contemporary imagery, evoking a sense of timelessness and depth.
Exploring themes of identity and transformation with profound insight, Jean's art resonates on both personal and universal levels. His creations have graced the covers of magazines, adorned album sleeves, and commanded attention in galleries across the globe, earning him prestigious accolades such as the Eisner Awards. Yet, beyond mere commercial success, Jean's work serves as a catalyst for introspection and wonder, beckoning viewers to delve into the boundless realms of imagination where reality seamlessly merges with fantasy.
James Jean's prints and limited editions are of exceptional quality, in addition to having a unique aesthetic, great care has been taken in their creation.
Adrift, Mixed Media on Four Canvases, 180 x 88", 2015
2025
Featuring intricate foil detailing, rich embossing, and sculptural, glass-like enhancements that elevate every contour of the artwork.
85 × 58.4 cm /33-1/2" x 23
✔ Limited edition
✔ Signed and numbered
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Created at the request of Guillermo del Toro, this Frankenstein poster honors his vision for the film as the pinnacle of his career. The special edition showcases the most intricate embossing to date, with layered foil embellishments and precise gloss detailing that bring every fiber of muscle to life under shifting light.
This signed and numbered piece is a time-limited multiprocess print, crafted to match the ambition of del Toro’s masterpiece.
2024
The second printing of an in-depth catalog of James Jean’s solo show that is currently traveling through multiple museums in China
31.27 × 23.50 × 3.18 cm | 12 5/16 x 9.25 x 1.25 inches
✔ Numbered edition of 1000
✔ Signed and foil stamped bookplate
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Eternal Spiral – Coral is the second printing of an in-depth catalog of James Jean’s solo show between 2022-2024. With 290 pages, it features never-before-published works, expansive gatefolds, an animated lenticular image, and essays in English and Chinese. This additional printing of the catalog features a new cloth color, a new tipped-in plate cover image featuring Descendent VI with intricate gloss details, and a signed foil stamped bookplate within.
The book is beautifully produced, with a solid hardcover binding, thick premium paper, and artwork reproductions that are crisp, vivid, and full of depth. A true showcase of James Jean’s visual world, a pleasure for longtime admirers and a captivating introduction for new audiences alike.
2025
Printed acrylic panel with red foil, housed in a hand-finished wooden frame with aluminum backing.
61 × 70.5 × 2.5 cm | 24" × 27 ¾" × 1"
✔ Rare and limited edition of 30
✔ Signed and numbered
✔ Sculptural details and enhancements
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Year of the Snake — Laminyx is the second object from Lamina (@studiolamina), the ongoing collaboration between artist James Jean and master printmaker Brad Keech.
This edition is encased in a custom, hand-finished frame designed to hold a printed acrylic panel. Intricate red foil lines appear suspended between layers of opacity and light. The acrylic’s optical depth saturates the image, while the luminous foil beneath creates a striking parallax effect—a first in Jean and Keech’s decades-long partnership.
The sculpted frame features three sinuous grooves, echoing the serpents in the artwork.
On the reverse, a signed, embossed certificate of authenticity is embedded behind an aluminum plate.
2025
James Jean (Self released)
Bibliophile II is a signed and numbered, time-limited edition of multiprocess prints.
Intricate foil detailing and sculptural glass-like enhancements
63.5 × 51.7 cm | 25 × 20-3/8 inch
✔ Timed limited-edition
✔ Signed and numbered
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As the bookworm crawls over the spine and peers over the headband, the Bibliophile reads beneath a makeshift shelter. The pages become armor against the external world, while a battlefield of words takes shape within. The vast library teems with life as characters burst forth from the bindings. Having devoured countless volumes, the worm transforms into a moth—forever embossed in paper.
2025
Giclée print with holographic and foil detailing
62.2 × 54.9 cm | 24-1/2" x 21-5/8"
✔ Time limited edition
✔ Signed and numbered
✔ Sculptural details and enhancements
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Year of the Snake presents three serpents entwined with orchids, their jeweled skins shedding like cloisonné to reveal renewal and transformation. Symbolizing rebirth and fleeting beauty, this signed and numbered multiprocess print was released as a 24-hour, time-limited edition, never to be produced again.
2025
James Jean (Self released)
Teatime III is a signed and numbered time-limited edition of giclée prints.
55.9 × 43.18 cm | 22 x 17-9/16 inch
✔ Timed limited-edition
✔ Signed and numbered
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In an ocean of uncertainty, a child glimpses a shadow gliding beneath the waves. Holding their breath, they reach out—and from the water bursts a magic carp. A creature of resilience, the carp swims against the strongest currents, leaping from challenge to challenge, rising to greatness. It is an ancient symbol of perseverance, fortune, abundance, and harmony—a reminder that transformation awaits those with the courage to ascend.
2025
James Jean (Self released)
Teatime III is a signed and numbered time-limited edition of giclée prints.
68,58 × 53,34 cm | 27-3/16" x 21-13/16" inch
✔ Timed limited-edition
✔ Signed and numbered
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Originally from the painting on acrylic Teatime III was released 2024, in this year, James Jean released the time limited edition. The item is available for purchase, but the shipping will be following the official shipment from the artist.
2025
Avant arte
Frosted resin sculpture with transparent acrylic maze and stick.
30 × 22.6 × 15.9 cm / 11.8 × 8.9 × 5.9 in
✔ Limited edition of 376
✔ Signature and edition number engraved on underside
✔Arrives with a certificate of authenticity.
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First depicted in a 2008 painting, Maze is poised in a quiet moment of reflection. James Jean reimagines his muse Maze as a frosted resin sculpture, symbolizing personal journey and freedom. Light filters through her translucent form, accompanied by a separate labyrinth and stick for assembly.
2025
Giclée print with holographic and foil detailing
66.04 x 48.58cm ｜26 x 19-1/8 in
✔ Time limited edition
✔ Signed and numbered
✔ Sculptural details and enhancements
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The priestess dances with serpents, bridging spiritual and waking worlds. Whispering prayers of renewal and transformation, she frees snakes to deliver messages. Amid shedding cycles of rebirth, her jeweled dress mirrors serpent scales. Below, a python coils, renewing a Descendent within sacred fluids, birthing eternal youth under Lichun’s light.
2024
James Jean
Print with holographic and foil detailing and other sculptural details and enhancements
99 × 54.6 cm / 39 x 21-1/2 inches
✔ Limited edition, time limited
✔ Signed and numbered by the artist
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Adrift III is a signed, numbered time-limited edition of multiprocess prints featuring a figure inspired by Millais's Ophelia, floating in a stormy sea encircled by protective mythical birds. Nearby, a boy slices the phoenix’s feathers as a white rabbit observes. This groundbreaking piece showcases the largest contiguous embossing die ever created, blending James Jean and Brad Keech’s innovative multiprocess printmaking techniques. The artwork features embossed relief, opalescent floral highlights, and frosted and clear foil-embellished waves, with delicate silver foil woven throughout. Building on the success of the original Adrift, Adrift III redefines artistic excellence and is set to become a classic.
2024
James Jean
Screenprint and Intricate foil detailing Sculptural details and enhancements
61 × 46.4 cm | 24 × 18 1/4 in
✔ Limited edition of 530
✔ Signed and numbered by the artist
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Mountain is a signed, numbered, time-limited edition of multiprocess prints available for 24 hours.
The artwork reflects the boy gathering crumbling blocks from the quarry, his tumpline—a tool used by Nepalese porters and indigenous peoples—bearing the weight via his spine, linking mind and burden. The rubble forms a mountain of fragmented memory, representing forgotten Chinese radicals from the artist’s past. Growing up in the U.S., the artist lost their native tongue, replacing it with drawing. While the fluidity of Chinese calligraphy influenced their art, the words grew heavy, distorted, and broken, embodying an architecture of regret.
2025
Print with holographic and foil detailing and other sculptural glass-like details and enhancements
63.5 × 51.4 cm | 25″ × 20¼″ in
✔ Limited edition of 1007
✔ Signed and numbered by the artist
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Adrift III is a signed, numbered time-limited edition of multiprocess prints. Suspended between ocean and sky, the figure moves through an ongoing cycle of change. Colorful waves draw her beneath the surface, illuminated by a soft bioluminescent glow, before she dissolves into the air and reappears as a storm above another sea. The work explores transformation, movement, and the fluid relationship between nature and identity.