Davina Jackson( b 1971) is a figurative artist based in London where she currently works from a studio at Kingsgate Workshops. She studied at Central St Martins and The Byam Shaw School of Art and completed her three year postgraduate at the Royal Academy Schools where she was awarded the Gold Medal for painting in her final year. Whilst juggling motherhood alongside her career as an artist, her work has featured in numerous group and mixed exhibitions, among them fifteen appearances at The Royal Academy Summer Show. She has had eight solo shows, presenting work nationally and internationally, two of which were curated by the art historian and critic , Edward Lucie-Smith. Her work is represented in both private and public collections and throughout her career has won many awards, the most recent, being the Royal Watercolour Society Open and this year, a Highly Commended Prize while reaching the final shortlist for the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize, currently on show at Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery. In 2023 she was elected as a member of the Royal Watercolour Society and is currently Honorary Curator. In 2024 Davina was also shortlisted for the Contemporary British Painting Prize which culminated in a touring exhibition across the UK.