Kim Jade Jackson (b.1975, South Africa) is a contemporary visual artist who graduated with a distinction in BA FA (Hons) majoring in design at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

In 2020 Kim was chosen as an international artist in a London exhibition “Women To Watch” curated by Zeynep Utku.

Kim has lived in South Africa and Britain but now resides in the United States.

The subject matter is influenced by Kim’s duality. The design world of permanence reflects a deep interest in philosophical and esoteric themes that permeate her work.

She plays with subtle innuendos to sex, recycling, biology, psychology, nature, and the notions of use, misuse, and waste. Her series explore intimacy with oneself, each other, our immediate environments as well as humans’ relationship to nature.

Intimacy for the future of humanity is interwoven throughout her themes to be challenged and explored.

Kim moved to London in 1998 where she worked for a decade in the design world with Kelly Hoppen as her right-hand. This diverse role included styling and directing photoshoots of vast interiors around Europe as well as designing products such as furniture, fabric rugs, glassware, ceramics, and designing British Airways first-class cabins.

Kim also consulted for many years as artistic director to Carrol Boyes, the iconic South African design entrepreneur.

Her mother, Barbara Jackson, and sister, Martine Jackson-Klotz, are both celebrated ceramists. 

Kim is a board member of Monkeybiz, a South African woman’s bead art empowerment non-profit.  She has also co-produced a short documentary with the National Geographic team about the women and the art of African beadwork.  

All Images shot in Kim’s studio in Atlanta, Georgia