Amy Jackson (born 1986 in Leeds) is an English artist based in London and Leeds. Jackson studied at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art at the University of Oxford, 2005 - 2008 and Leeds College of Art and Design, 2003 - 2004.
She is a conceptual artist with 15 years’ experience blending concept, philosophy, nature and science to create meticulous immersive experiences in traditional galleries and unconventional spaces.
Key themes of her work include the environment, social media, social inequalities, mental health and critically, how these themes are inextricably linked. Jackson’s work often exists outside of the ‘white cube’ and inside the communities it touches.
Her experience spans public speaking on climate change and group and solo exhibitions. She has exhibited at Modern Art Oxford, Kensington + Chelsea Art Week and Whitechapel Gallery. Her work includes, video, public art, print, photography and street art.
Projects
- Amy Jackson, Little Voices at Kensington + Chelsea Art WeekLittle Voices brought an eclectic mix of LIVE art to a secret location in Kensington and Chelsea, London. The piece reveals how artists today are mobilising action on climate change and inequality to create a better tomorrow. Little Voices is an art piece comprising sculpture, performance, spoken word and visual art. Both emerging and established artists will address the topic: transforming society to solve the climate crisis and the greatest inequalities of our time. The project includes lo
- After Greed Became Form - Group ExhibitionAfter Greed Became Form seeks to articulate the absurdity we are living through whilst reimagining the world we want to see. After Greed Becomes Form seeks to comment on the strange dystopia we find ourselves in, the inequalities which run deep and the lack of reality of it all. In this eerie elitist abyss where we barter ‘likes’ and ‘shares’, in the new attention economy, we forget our humanity and empower the most unscrupulous of machines along the way. Since Andy Warhol’s infamous celebra
Projects credited in
- CooltzineA one-day simultaneous exhibition + creative conference across several countries Cooltsalon currently operates on three levels: as an exposure platform, a creative network, and an arts and cross-disciplinary events curator. Over the years, Cooltsalon’s mission has grown into giving exposure to individual voices hidden behind the collective city life. These opportunities were presented in various ways – find out more here: https://cooltsalon.com/projects/ THE ‘COOLTZINE’ IDEA Cooltsalon does
Work history
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ArtistSelf Employed
London, United KingdomFreelance
Amy Jackson studied at The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art at The University of Oxford in 2008. She is a conceptual artist with 15 years’ experience blending concept, philosophy, nature and science to create meticulous immersive experiences in traditional galleries and unconventional spaces.
Jackson’s experience spans public speaking on the environment, climate change and group and solo exhibitions. She has exhibited at Modern Art Oxford, Kensington + Chelsea Art Week and Whitechapel Gallery. Her work includes, video, public art, print and street art.
Skills
- Conceptual art
- Art
- Exhibition
- Curation
- Sustainability
- Sustainability Strategy
- Sustainability Reporting
- Environmental Art
- Street art
- Interior Design
Education
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Master of ArtsRuskin School of Art, University of Oxford
- Oxford, United Kingdom
Awards
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Kevin Slingsby Prize for Funnel VisionRuskin School of Art, University of Oxford
The Kevin Slingsby Prize for Funnel Vision is open to all undergraduates at the Ruskin School of Art for work in any media. The prize was established in 2006 to celebrate the life and work of Kevin Slingsby, who taught at the Ruskin for 21 years and had a profound effect on the hundreds of students he worked with. The judges look for creative and original thinking and the prize is awarded on those grounds, rather than for a specific piece of work and regardless of media.The OUP Pirye PrizeOxford University Press
The OUP Pirye Prize (value: £1,000) is an annual commission which provides an opportunity to create site specific work as public art in the OUP Bookshop on the High Street in Oxford.
The Pirye Prize was named after Dr Pirye, an early 16th century tenant of the Bookshop site and the judging panel has included well-known names of the art world including Adrian Searle, Andrew Wilson, Sarah Kent, Ossian Ward.+ Show more