Jaime Jackson

Birmingham

Jaime has a painting practice and a digital and visual art socially engaged practice, co-producing nature connectivity artwork with vulnerable communities in the UK West Midlands. He collaborates with climate and ecology crisis scientists, including sociology, human and environmental geography, marine science, ethnobotany and eco-psychology. He develops collaborative art practices to communicate and interpret climate change science through the lens of biophilia (love of nature). Born in Oxford Jaime has a degree in Fine Art Painting from Coventry University and trained in Arts Management at Sussex University. Jaime is a co-director for Culture Declares Emergency CIC, director of the visual art organization Salt Road, associate artist for Climate Museum UK, director of the sustainability charity New Leaf, member of the biophilic city network, member of Climate Psychology Alliance and co-chair of the Arts Council England funded Leominster Cultural Consortium. His passion and understanding of nature comes from his experiences as a child presenter over 7 years for BBC Radio Oxford’s Nature Trail, a weekly program recorded with nature experts on locations across the South Midlands and South of England. Jaime was the lease holder and founder of Phoenix Gallery and Studios in Brighton in 1991. originally Eye Level, which provides studio spaces and workshops for over 100 artists and runs a visual art exhibition program. He was a public art officer and public art consultant for over 10 years for Arts Council and across the UK public and private sectors. Salt Road is a visual artist project organization based in the UK West Midlands, formed in 2005 by lead artists Dr Sally Payen and Jaime Jackson. Specializing in Arts Council England funded nature based socially engaged practice and collaborative action with climate and ecology scientists. They have commissioned over 20 artists working with partner organizations to help people positively respond to the nature and climate crisis. www.jaimejackson.org www.saltroad.org.uk