Jackie Berridge lives and works from her home studio in the rural town of Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
As a child Jackie was always drawing and painting which continued through her teens. However, her journey to completing a full time Fine Art degree was interrupted by events. She was a mum of three when she was awarded a First Class Honours degree at Nottingham Trent University - using the home as source material for her final show. Her work took a new direction when she embarked on an MA in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art (Anglian Ruskin University) when her paintings became more figurative.
Jackie is the recipient of many prizes, including the Maude Gemmell Hutchinson prize at Royal Scottish Academy in 2022 where she was one of four invited artists to participate in the RSA annual exhibition. Two years later she was awarded the W Gordon Smith & Jay Gordonsmith Award at the Royal Scottish Academy in 2024. She has also been shortlisted for many open competitions including the Royal Academy Summer Show (2021, 2017, 2016, 2010) , The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize (2022, 2021, 2019), The Discerning Eye (2023), The London Group Open (2017) and The Columbia Threadneedle Prize (2016).
As well as solo shows in private galleries including the prestigious Rabley Gallery in Marlborough, Wiltshire (2016); the Angelus Gallery at Winchester School (2019) and the Tarpey Gallery, Leicestershire (2017), Jackie has also shown in a number of public galleries. They include Derby Museum and Art Gallery , the Angears Gallery at Nottingham University and the Frances Bardsley Gallery in Romford, Essex (now the Appleby Gallery).
Jackie's most recent solo show 'Flights of Fancy' in Athens ( October 2024 - February 2025) was an almost sell-out exhibition. She is currently building a new portfolio.
A number of residencies have provided rich pickings for Jackie's work, in particular the fully funded Artcore residency in Baroda, India. The colours and patterns of Indian miniatures were inspirational and she found the landscape fascinating. She created drawings for the Arts Centre collection as well as giving a talk to students at the art school. Closer to home a residency at Winchester School allowed Jackie to experience a different landscape. As well as delivering workshops she made drawings which are now in the school's collection. Other residencies include experiences in Chicago (Art on Armitage, 2011); Nottingham Trent University (2014) and Frances Bardsley School (2005-06) and two weeks in Italy on Lake Garda. November 2024.
In 2007 Jackie set up and managed Harrington Mill Studios and gallery in Long Eaton, Nottingham where she organised and curated exchanges and exhibitions locally, nationally and internationally in Sweden, Greece, Chicago and France. Although HMS closed in 2018 she continues to participate in Platforms Projects, an artist-led art fair in Athens. In 2022 she curated a booth, inviting 18 invited artists to make small works on the theme of 'Telling Tales'.
As a child Jackie was always drawing and painting which continued through her teens. However, her journey to completing a full time Fine Art degree was interrupted by events. She was a mum of three when she was awarded a First Class Honours degree at Nottingham Trent University - using the home as source material for her final show. Her work took a new direction when she embarked on an MA in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art (Anglian Ruskin University) when her paintings became more figurative.
Jackie is the recipient of many prizes, including the Maude Gemmell Hutchinson prize at Royal Scottish Academy in 2022 where she was one of four invited artists to participate in the RSA annual exhibition. Two years later she was awarded the W Gordon Smith & Jay Gordonsmith Award at the Royal Scottish Academy in 2024. She has also been shortlisted for many open competitions including the Royal Academy Summer Show (2021, 2017, 2016, 2010) , The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize (2022, 2021, 2019), The Discerning Eye (2023), The London Group Open (2017) and The Columbia Threadneedle Prize (2016).
As well as solo shows in private galleries including the prestigious Rabley Gallery in Marlborough, Wiltshire (2016); the Angelus Gallery at Winchester School (2019) and the Tarpey Gallery, Leicestershire (2017), Jackie has also shown in a number of public galleries. They include Derby Museum and Art Gallery , the Angears Gallery at Nottingham University and the Frances Bardsley Gallery in Romford, Essex (now the Appleby Gallery).
Jackie's most recent solo show 'Flights of Fancy' in Athens ( October 2024 - February 2025) was an almost sell-out exhibition. She is currently building a new portfolio.
A number of residencies have provided rich pickings for Jackie's work, in particular the fully funded Artcore residency in Baroda, India. The colours and patterns of Indian miniatures were inspirational and she found the landscape fascinating. She created drawings for the Arts Centre collection as well as giving a talk to students at the art school. Closer to home a residency at Winchester School allowed Jackie to experience a different landscape. As well as delivering workshops she made drawings which are now in the school's collection. Other residencies include experiences in Chicago (Art on Armitage, 2011); Nottingham Trent University (2014) and Frances Bardsley School (2005-06) and two weeks in Italy on Lake Garda. November 2024.
In 2007 Jackie set up and managed Harrington Mill Studios and gallery in Long Eaton, Nottingham where she organised and curated exchanges and exhibitions locally, nationally and internationally in Sweden, Greece, Chicago and France. Although HMS closed in 2018 she continues to participate in Platforms Projects, an artist-led art fair in Athens. In 2022 she curated a booth, inviting 18 invited artists to make small works on the theme of 'Telling Tales'.