Jamie Tan's paintings are an exploration of colours, interpreted through their juxtaposition in his iconic rectangular frames, which are at once happy and playful, and yet provide a sense of depth, mystery and unease. For Jamie, colours embody the spirit of freedom, where they seemingly expand, recede and overlap within their own boundaries. In his artworks, Tan explores the interaction of colours and how we perceive them — colours seem static by themselves but enter a transformative, ever-shifting state when relative to their surroundings. His experiments with the nuance of hues and repetitive but shifting lines create both stillness and movement, and propel the viewer though the center of each canvas.

Tan received his BA (First class honours) in Fine Arts from LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, awarded by Goldsmith University of London, in 2017. Since his graduation, Tan has participated in several group exhibitions and regional art fairs in Malaysia and Singapore, such as Art Stage Singapore 2018, Art Expo Malaysia 2017 and 2018. Tan held solo exhibitions, Planes of Paradise, and Takes Two to Tango at TAKSU Gallery, respectively in Kuala Lumpur in 2018 and Singapore in 2019. In 2020, Tan took part in the duo exhibition Offline Colour together with Jamie Teo at Art Porters Gallery.