Jade Mikell (b. 1996) is a disabled artist and activist working within institutional critique. She holds a BFA with Distinction from the University of Victoria (2023).
 
Mikell investigates inheritance, labour, hierarchy, identity, community, social currency and sustainability. She cites her lived-experiences in an Anthroposophic community and undergoing ABA therapy to identify, upend and communicate the demoralising and endangering effects of institutional inaccessibility. In production, Mikell evaluates the history of material. She locates supplies entirely from sources that interrupt the sequence of consumption and disposal, emphasising upcycled, salvaged, and repurposed materials. Subverting performative exceptionalism and aesthetic focus has directed Mikell to reflect on how accessibility and sustainability often conflict. Her work intends to question how we might practise sustainability and conservation without relying on exclusion and exceptionalism.
 
Jade Mikell’s work has been exhibited nationally and collected internationally. Her work has been exhibited by the Audain Gallery, Esquimalt Art Gallery, the Denman Island Arts Centre, B.L.O.C.K.H.O.U.S.E. and more. Her most recent solo exhibition, Tender Feet, opened earlier this year at the Fifty Fifty Arts Collective in Victoria BC, which was featured by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Upcoming honours for Mikell include invitations to residencies at Hektor on Lanzarote and Casa Lü in México City, and a group exhibition in México City.

Jade Mikell (b. 1996) is a disabled artist and activist working within institutional critique. She holds a BFA with Distinction from the University of Victoria (2023).
 
Mikell investigates inheritance, labour, hierarchy, identity, community, social currency and sustainability. She cites her lived-experiences in an Anthroposophic community and undergoing ABA therapy to identify, upend and communicate the demoralising and endangering effects of institutional inaccessibility. In production, Mikell evaluates the history of material. She locates supplies entirely from sources that interrupt the sequence of consumption and disposal, emphasising upcycled, salvaged, and repurposed materials. Subverting performative exceptionalism and aesthetic focus has directed Mikell to reflect on how accessibility and sustainability often conflict. Her work intends to question how we might practise sustainability and conservation without relying on exclusion and exceptionalism.
 
Jade Mikell’s work has been exhibited nationally and collected internationally. Her work has been exhibited by the Audain Gallery, Esquimalt Art Gallery, the Denman Island Arts Centre, B.L.O.C.K.H.O.U.S.E. and more. Her most recent solo exhibition, Tender Feet, opened earlier this year at the Fifty Fifty Arts Collective in Victoria BC, which was featured by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Upcoming honours for Mikell include invitations to residencies at Hektor on Lanzarote and Casa Lü in México City, and a group exhibition in México City.