Jaskirt Boora
Jaskirt is an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist whose work focuses on a socially engaged practice, working with local communities. She is interested in celebrating untold stories while exploring visual representations of gender, ethnicity and place.
Jaskirt creates work with the aim to empower and give voice to marginalised communities. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at Wembley Stadium, UN Headquarters New York, New Art Exchange Nottingham, Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and Manchester’s People Museum, and has been widely published, including in The Sunday Times, The Royal Photographic Society Journal and The Guardian. She has won numerous prizes including the British Journal of Photography's Portrait of Britain award in 2022 and 2023.
For the third consecutive year in a row, Jaskirt has won two awards for the British Journal of Photography’s portrait of Britain award, as well as the LensCulture international photo art award.