(1981 - )
Jade Montserrat is a research-led artist and writer who studied History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art (2000–03) and Drawing at Norwich University of the Arts (2008–10). She is a Stuart Hall Foundation PhD Candidate at the Institute of Black Atlantic Research, The University of Central Lancashire (2017–20, ongoing). Montserrat works at the intersection of art and activism through drawing, painting, performance, film, installation, sculpture, print and text. The artist interrogates these media with the aim of exposing gaps in our visual and linguistic habits. Recent selected screenings, performances and presentations include: ‘Constellations: Care and Resistance’, Manchester Art Gallery (2020), as the first Future Collect commissioned artist funded by Art Fund and Arts Council England; ‘Instituting Care’, Humber Street Gallery (2019); and ‘Shadowing Josephine’ screenings at Arnolfini, and Spike Island, Bristol (2017). Montserrat works collaboratively with artist and performance collectives including Network 11, Press Room, the Conway Cohort and Rainbow Tribe: Affectionate Movement.
