Amos Jin is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the intersection of surreal landscapes, organic forms, and digital nostalgia. Their paintings create immersive, impossible worlds—liminal spaces that evoke the feeling of a thought before it fully forms. Jin’s art merges elements of biology, memory, and cosmic balance, weaving themes of translucence, repetition, and the unseen forces that shape human existence.
Origin: Suzhou, China
Currently Exhibiting in: New York City
Website: Amos Jin
Social Media: Instagram: @acidfishtank
Bio
Amos Jin (b. 2002) is a painter, DJ, casting assistant, and tattoo artist currently based in New York. Born before the digital age fully took over, they have spent their life navigating a world of both physical and ephemeral realities, shaping a practice that blends analog nostalgia with surrealist, esoteric imagery.
Jin’s paintings exist in an endless macrocosm, where organic forms and cosmic structures mirror one another. Their dreamlike compositions incorporate influences from biology scans, deconstructed fashion, lost media, and spirituality, all merging into intricate, textural landscapes that blur the line between the digital and the physical. Inspired by the unpredictable beauty of oil spills, rust, and iridescent hues in nature, Jin’s translucent color palettes reflect an ever-shifting perspective, where color and form exist in perpetual transformation.
Their work is deeply rooted in the chaotic yet structured rhythm of the universe, drawing parallels between human consciousness and the vastness of space. Text often appears in their paintings—not as a direct narrative, but as a cryptic layer that evokes the same emotions as the visual elements. As a self-described observer of liminal states, Jin’s work captures the moment before understanding, the flickering uncertainty of memory, and the beauty of randomness within the larger order of existence.
Featured Artwork at Bushwick Gallery
Hypnosis
- Year of Creation: 2024
- Medium: Acrylic and Oil on Wood
- Dimensions: 35” x 48”
- Price: $6,102
- Description: Inspired by a discarded neurology book found on the street, Hypnosis reimagines a brain scan with iridescent hues. The piece explores the intersection of beauty and pain, structure and chaos, reflecting how human thought patterns mirror the infinite complexity of the universe.
Exhibition Information
March 2025: “Metamorphosis: Transformations in Art”
Curated by: Paridhi Chawla
Theme: Exploring transformation, change, and evolution through artistic expression.
Exhibition Dates: March 6 – March 13, 2025
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 6 | 6 PM – 8 PM
Guided audio experience
For accessibility, the full video transcript is provided below for those who prefer to read or are unable to listen.
“What does it mean to see within? In Hypnosis, Amos Jin reconstructs the human mind—not as a static organ, but as a shifting, breathing entity, caught between structure and dissolution. Inspired by a discarded neurology book, the painting transforms a brain scan into an iridescent landscape, where veins crack like rivers through a surreal terrain.
The composition pulses with tension: the familiar meets the unrecognizable, the organic becomes ethereal. Jin’s translucent hues mimic the dreamlike quality of memory—soft blues and violets dissolve into fiery reds, creating a sense of perpetual movement. Here, cognition is not a fixed state but a cycle of expansion and decay, thought and forgetting.
Rendered in acrylic and oil on wood, Hypnosis evokes the fragility of perception itself. The mind, like the cosmos, is infinite in its complexity—full of repetitions, distortions, and hidden depths. This is not a map of consciousness, but a portal into it, a reminder that understanding is always just out of reach.”