Xanthé Jackson was born in Johannesburg and raised in Knysna. She studied Fine Art at Rhodes University, after which she moved to Johannesburg where she was head hunted to work in the interior design industry assisting some of South Africa’s top architects and interior designers. She also had the opportunity to work as an assistant in the art department on the award-winning film ‘Dis Ek, Anna’ (2015).
In 2014, Xanthé left the interior design industry to start a pop-up shop called META, popping up weekly at local markets in and around the Johannesburg area, selling her hand made jewellery, clothing and procured antiques. It was only in 2020, after moving to Durban in 2017 and closing her shop in 2019, that Xanthé started to produce art again during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Xanthe’s visual interests are invested in texture and exploring the limitations of mediums, resulting in complex abstract works building depth through line, shape and colour. Her work is multidisciplinary and uses multiple mediums and forms of artistic practice, which sometimes makes it difficult to categorise. Xanthé’s work is distinguishable by her meticulous attention to detail, refined line and movement.
Her work is influenced by the works of Antony Gromley, David Hockney, Maggie Hambling, William Kentridge, Bharti Kher, & Ali Banisadrs. To read more about her work, click HERE.
The Line That Connects, The Line that Divides
Acrylic paint & cotton on canvas
63 x 80 x 4 cm