Art for Joshua Sim, then, is the reality situated behind the veil that everyone wears throughout each day of their lives. It is this veil that has been constructed by the world to which people have been thrown upon, remaining glued to their bodies to calm the chaos that is materialist reality. Art, then, is that underlying layer of truth—where dimensions and meanings weaken their grip around the psyche, and imagination reaches its true freedom. No longer bound to any fixed concept, art acts as the piercing nexus that helps break free from self-made prisons and dispositions, allowing one to reach their rightful, inherited pandemonium.

Joshua Sim is an emerging lens-based artist from Melbourne, Australia. His critical yet expressive approach to seeing the world is grounded in his experiences of growing up mixed-race in Australia, as well as his unique mix of interests that compel him to explore the complexities of the human condition. He has held a number of exhibitions and galleries across Melbourne and has relocated his practice to New York and beyond in hopes of continuing to create dialogue about shared experiences of belonging, alienation, liberty, and what justice means in today’s world.