Jolene Lai

About

Jolene Lai is a Singapore-born artist and illustrator, born in 1980, who was raised in Singapore and is currently based in Los Angeles, though one source mentions Rhode Island. She studied painting at Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts (also referred to as LASALLE College of the Arts) in Singapore, followed by graphic design at UCLA, and worked briefly in movie-poster design at The Refinery Creative before dedicating herself to fine art around age 30. Her work features bold colors, intricate details, and a seductive aesthetic blending whimsy, melancholy, irony, and absurdity, often drawing from mythologies, Asian culture, Chinese folklore, fairytales, children's stories, fashion, cityscapes, and illustration, with elements of the beautiful and grotesque.

Pop Surrealism with bold colors, intricate details, whimsy, melancholy, and surreal elements from myth and folklore