JAYKOE

Bio

JAYKOE is an Irish/British artist based in London working across disciplines including installation, sculpture, drawing, painting, and video. Prior to graduating from The London Metropolitan University MA Fine Art programme in 2012, with Distinction, he travelled for one year around the world connecting over thirty cities. His practice explores culture, community, and memory, often examining how shared spaces can support empathy, listening, and collective awareness.

After graduating he developed a research travel project, Museum Road Trip, and worked in various locations including Rome, New York, Singapore and Ecuador. He returned to London in 2017 and co-founded two curatorial projects, Switch and the Peckham International Art Fair (PIAF).

In 2025 he completed a solo project at Metroland Cultures, Anam_Cara_Remix (Shebeen / Pirate Station), after a one year Peer-to-Peer Studio Residency. In 2020 his project Culture Move (Sampled History) was awarded Arts Council funding as part of the London Borough of Culture at the Brent Museum and Archives. In 2013 he participated in the New Creative Markets programme (EU Regional Development Fund) culminating in an exhibition, SAMPLED SPACE, at Four Corners Gallery in London. In 2011 he was awarded the Category A Europol Art Prize and his work was selected for the office of the Director of Europol in The Hague.

Statement

Drawing forms the foundation of his work, expanding into layered visual processes incorporating sampling, repetition, rhythm, and improvisation. Influenced by his background as a DJ and music producer, he translates principles from audio culture into visual forms, exploring how images, materials, and histories can be remixed to create new relationships between people and place.Alongside public and research-led projects, he creates paintings, works on paper, sculptural pieces, and installations that function both independently and as part of wider bodies of work. His practice moves between studio production and site-responsive projects, often combining abstract visual language with traces of architecture, landscape, and cultural history. Recent projects include public commissions, site-responsive installations, and exhibitions across the UK and internationally.