Category: Art

Chloe Cox won the People’s Choice Award in Jackson’s Art Prize this year with her work What’s Mine Is Yours. In this interview, she discusses the teamwork behind her reference photos, her experience on BBC’s ‘Extraordinary Portraits’, and the one tool she can’t live without: a broken chair leg. Above image: Chloe with her painting Windrush     Josephine: Could you tell us about your artistic background? Chloe: I’ve been an artist for as long as I can remember – if not professionally, at least at heart. As a child, I was always drawing and painting; it’s what came most naturally to me, vs. the more traditional subjects like maths and science. While studying art in my final school years, I was first introduced to oil paints, and haven’t looked back since.     Josephine: What does a typical working day in the studio look like for you? Do you have any important routines or rituals? Chloe: Because I still work a full-time job, most of my studio time happens on weekends or during annual leave. When I am painting, I always have music, a podcast, or an audiobook playing in the background. It helps me relax and stay with …

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Magda Delgado won the Visitors’ Choice Award in the exhibition of Jackson’s Art Prize 2025 finalists at Bankside Gallery with her work Untitled (“Beauty as Consolation” series). In this interview, she discusses how she ripens her ideas before committing to paint, detaching from the ‘big soup of information’, and giving an older project another chance. Above image: Magda with her cat Serge Gainsbourg at her studio in UK     Josephine: Could you tell us about your artistic background? Magda: Mark-making is something that children enjoy; exploring with the help of brushes, crayons on the wall, sticks on sand, bare hands and paint on paper. Or focusing on textures, such as making sculptures/constructions on the beach, moulding clay, and combining objects, etc. Some of them enjoy it more than others, and some never lose that interest. That was my case. All the time spent with two and three-dimensional approaches was a pleasure, and I was always rewarded with such good reactions. In primary school, I would share an interest with a girl who would become a close friend. We would collaborate on some endeavors for almost a decade. At home, I had someone who was able to transform flat fabric …

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Daisy Fulton won the Student Award in Jackson’s Art Prize this year with her work Can We Not Do It Right Now. In this interview, she discusses squeezing every hour out of her university studio time, finding a rhythm with sketchbooks at a Portugal residency, and the paint colour she couldn’t be without. Above image: Daisy Fulton in her Manchester-based studio     Josephine: Could you tell us about your artistic background? Daisy: Since I was a child, I’ve always been encouraged to be creative and messy, especially by my mum and granny. The dining room transformed into a studio, a bakery, a workshop… full of paints, clay, felt, stickers, pom poms, etc, anything to make some art with! Art was always my favourite subject at school and the one I took the most seriously. It was in college, whilst studying art, that I realised it wasn’t just something I loved, it was something I knew I had to pursue. I had an incredible tutor who challenged me to dig deeper into how and why I make art, and the hands-on facilities there gave me room to experiment with all kinds of materials and techniques. After college, I moved to …

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Glenn Hernandez won a Jackson’s Choice Award in Jackson’s Art Prize this year with his work Aberration. In this interview, he discusses feeling divided between two versions of his life, the importance of spontaneity in his work, and how the political climate in the US impacts his creativity. Above image: The artist in his studio     Josephine: Could you tell us about your artistic background? Glenn: I’ve been drawing and painting since I was five years old. My parents always encouraged it. I also love music and singing, in particular I love choral music and opera. I started out as a vocal performance major in college but I couldn’t get beyond my music theory courses so I fell back on studio art as my major. My earliest interests in art were more centered on illustration, especially the work of Golden Age illustrator Arthur Rackham. It wasn’t until I took my first art course in high school that I was exposed to fine art and the work of painters like Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach. Nonetheless, my career as an artist has often been commercial. I’ve been an art director at game and animation studios, I’ve worked as an illustrator …

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