About the Artist

Jack lives and works in Dorset in the UK. Born in Enugu, Nigeria in 1975 to Zambian and Scottish parents he draws upon a range of cultural and aesthetic influences in his work. He describes his ethnic identity as fluid and his investigation of visual language and media reflects this state of liminality.

He uses a variety of media in his work including digitally manipulated images, photography, printed textiles, painting and drawing. At the heart of his practice is drawing and painting. He responds to the world around him, especially to people and telling their stories has become his focus. The pattern, textiles and other imagery in his densely layered mixed media work all make reference to the complexity and ambiguity of contemporary experience.

If you are interested in a collaboration or commissioning a portrait then please use the contact form on this site or get in touch via Facebook or Instagram.

Exhibitions/Competitions:

2024 - Able-Graphy, group show, Old Broad Street, London
2023 - ING Discerning Eye, group show, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London
2023 - Movements that Matter, group show, Colt Technologies, London
2023 - Game Changers, group show, Bingham Riverhouse, Richmond, London
2023 - Portrait of a Top Boy, online group show, National Portrait Gallery, London
2023 - Jacksons Painting Prize, shortlisted , online group show
2023 - Portrait of a Top Boy, group show, Somerset House, London
2023 - Ruth Bochard Self Portrait Prize, shortlisted , online group show
2023 - Art Unlimited, finalist, group show, Art Unlimited Gallery, Bridport
2023 - Six at Eight, group show, Gallery 8, Duke Street, St James's, London
2022 - New Histories and Old Stories, solo show, Russell Cotes Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth
2022 - 169th RWA Annual Open, RWA, Bristol
2022 - Fusion, group show, 54 The Gallery, Mayfair, London
2022 - Dorset Arts Week, group show, Knighton House, Durweston, Dorset
2021 - Dorset Arts Week, group show, Bryanston School, Blandford Forum, Dorset
2018 - Artizan Summer Open, Artizan Gallery, Torquay, Devon
2018 - Dorset Arts Week, group show, Knighton House, Durweston, Dorset
2016 - Bryanston Today, group show, Mall Galleries, London
2014 - The Collective, group show, Valentine Gallery, Blandford Forum, Dorset
2013 - Group exhibition, Valentine Gallery, Blandford Forum, Dorset
2012 - Nine, group show, Valentine Gallery, Blandford Forum, Dorset
2011 - Nine, group show, Guggleton Gallery, Stalbridge, Dorset
2010 - Battersea Affordable At Fair, Battersea Arts Centre, London
2009 - Shoreham Art Fair, Shoreham, West Sussex
2009 - Out of Africa, group show, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville
2009 - The Presidents New Shirt, solo show, Artist Residence, Brighton
2005 to 2008 - Brighton Open Houses, Brighton
2001 - Brown World, group show, Brighton Media Centre Gallery, Brighton
1998 - Drawing Inspiration, group show, Angelus Gallery, Winchester
1997 - Virtually Painting, solo show, North Pole Gallery, Winchester

Media:
2023 - Make it At Market, Episode 13, BBC1 (Flabbergast TV)
2020 - Sky Portrait Artist of the Year, Episode 7, Sky Arts, (Storyvault Films)