Caroline Japal (b. 1996, Birmingham, AL; lives and works in New York City, NY) is an artist, photographer, and art director. She has an intense interest in Black Southern American life, which influences her to create work that explores the connections between identity and place by combining moving and still images, printmaking, and object-making. She uses archival research, first-hand accounts, and personal artifacts to create work that explores the interconnectedness of Black artists and the ties they have to their individual histories, grown and nurtured in the American South.

She has received her MA in Design for Art Direction with Distinction from the University of the Arts London, London College of Communications, and her BFA in Photography and Painting from the University of Alabama.

In 2017, Japal founded Art Concept Magazine, her first major creative project, and served as Photo Desk Editor at The Crimson White newspaper. The year after, she served as an Art Director for Belladonna Magazine and alongside Tryna B Studios founder, Leslie Gomez, until joining the creative agency Cultured to Create in 2019, as Art Director and Installation Logistics Coordinator.  After moving to London in 2022, Japal has begun creating work closely related to her roots in Alabama and the Deep South. Through her projects Akin and suBlack, she explores her genealogy, family history, and the connection her work as a Southern Black artist has to her homeplace. She is currently in preproduction for her film, suBLACK.