The JUST Art Award, is a prize aimed at addressing inequality in the art world:

The award was created by activist artist and sustainability leader, Amy Jackson. Through this award, Jackson has committed to giving away 50% of all profits generated by her practice, even after her death, to support ethical, underrepresented, and underfunded artists around the world.  
 

Emma Cousin was born in Yorkshire, UK, in 1986 and is currently based in London. Recent solo exhibitions include Tunnel Vision at Niru Ratnam Gallery, London, Introductions, White Cube and Solos, Goldsmiths CCA, London, among others and her work is held in museums internationally.

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Emma graduated from Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford in 2007 and attended Skowhegan Residency programme in Maine, America in 2018. She started her own project space, Bread and Jam (2015-17), from her home in Brockley. In 2020 she established the podcast ‘Chats with artists under lockdown’. Emma is a visiting lecturer at Sotheby's and Turps School.

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Emma is a painter and drawer using the body to explore human experience, relationships and communication between the self and others. She explores the normative tensions within contemporary society and theories of the post-human body, employing a darkly comic parade of characters to embody these positions. She extends this, using her own body to understand movement, sensation and limitation. Her works respond to the restrictions and humour of language often employing puns and metaphors. Interested in reality and fabrication, felt experience and communication she questions how we might break through or breakdown to new possible ways of being.

Vestalia Chilton is the Co-Founder and Director of Kensington + Chelsea Art Week and the first Public Art Trail in West London, both in their 7th editions. Over 1 million people engage with the Public Art Trail per week, with local venues opening their doors to visitors and hosting hundreds of events across Kensington & Chelsea during the 10 days of the summer festival.

Vestalia is an AoU Academician (The Academy of Urbanism), currently studying at Masters Level in Urbanism Planning and Resilience at Kent University of Architecture and Planning Masters, in 2021 completed an MBA Essentials at The London School Of Economics and Political Science, RSA Fellow, member of AWITA (Association for Women In The Arts), jury member Urbanism Awards, Young Masters Prize, Signature Art Prize and the Golden Unicorn Awards.

Her journey began at Sotheby’s in Bond Street leading her to question the value of culture and our shared urban environment in order to advocate for culture and the arts to take centre stage in placemaking and urban planning.

Olivia Bax, a London-based artist, delves into the concept of hybridity in her sculptures, seamlessly blending various materials, disciplines, and ideas. Her work explores the interplay and clash of these elements whilst infusing humour and colour as integral components. From welded steel to recycled paper and discarded household paint, Bax employs a diverse array of materials to express her artistic vision. Bax holds a BA Fine Art from Byam Shaw School of Art and an MFA Sculpture from Slade School of Fine Art. She is a recipient of awards such as The Mark Tanner Sculpture Award and the Kenneth Armitage Young Sculptor Prize.

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Her recent exhibitions, including Floss, Cavalcade, Phantom Sculpture, Monkey Cups, Confab Window, and Lustwarande, have showcased her innovative approach and garnered critical acclaim. Notably, Bax curated the exhibition "These Mad Hybrids," which premiered at the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) in Bristol in 2024 and is slated to tour Sheffield Museums in 2025. This exhibition juxtaposes a series of previously unknown ceramic sculptures by John Hoyland (1934-2011) with a captivating array of contemporary international sculptures. 

 

Bax's work has been acquired by the 2020-21 UK Arts Council Collection, Ingram Collection, and Tremenheere Sculpture Park, solidifying her place in the contemporary art scene.

Jacqueline Amy Jackson, b. 1986 is known for her darkly humorous works, which tread lightly and consciously on the planet despite their sharply critical social and environmental undertones. Jackson studied Fine Art at the Ruskin, University of Oxford and later returned to The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.

 

She is a conceptual artist, climate risk specialist and human rights activist blending philosophy and nature to create immersive experiences in traditional galleries and unconventional spaces. Work includes street art, happenings, photography and installation.

 

Jackson explores issues including climate change, consumerism, mental health and inequality. Her work often exists outside of the ‘white cube’ and inside the communities it touches.

 

Experienced in responsible investment, she leads the sustainable finance strategy for London’s £50bn pension fund. Having commented in the Financial Times, Economist, Guardian and CNBC on climate change risk and social inequalities.

 

Jackson has exhibited at Kensington + Chelsea Art Week, Modern Art Oxford, CICA Museum, CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo Venice and Miami Art Week. Her work has featured in the Times, Art World Magazine, Time Out, Channel 4 and can even be spotted at the Tate.