Ayesha Jones
Ayesha Jones (b. 1990) is an artist based in the West Midlands. She works predominantly with photography and film, and is interested in art as a catalyst for growth, healing, and social impact.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and she has received awards including Magnum Photos and The Photography Show’s 30 Under 30 International Award, Portrait of Britain (2022 and 2023), and Decade of Change.
Her solo exhibition Motherland was presented in a woodland as part of Coventry UK City of Culture 2021. Drawing on her own mixed heritage, the work explored the interconnected nature of identity, humanity, nature, and ancestry. In 2023, Jones created Leave A Light In My Room, a commission with Ikon Gallery and Birmingham Hospice exploring themes around ageing and end of life.
In 2023 Jones was also commissioned by Multistory and the Gaia Foundation for the national We Feed the UK campaign, a collaborative project with 10 other photographers, documenting regenerative farming communities across the country. The work launched at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool in early 2024 and was exhibited in a Walsall allotment later that year, and at the Royal Photographic Society in 2025.
Her latest project, The Backbone, was developed through Arts Council England’s DYCP funding and published as a photobook in 2025. The work uses idiopathic scoliosis as a lens to explore the broader neglect and mystification of the female body in modern medicine—interweaving personal narrative, documentary photography, and interviews. The Backbone was featured by the BBC and launched at Ikon Gallery in 2025. It was also shown at the Royal Photographic Society’s 166th International Exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in August 2025, with a forthcoming solo show at Street Level Photoworks in 2026.