Jackie Niemand is a South African abstract mixed-media artist working with collage, thread, and discarded materials.
Born in Johannesburg in 1978, she studied Visual Communication and Graphic Design at AAA School of Advertising, followed by further studies in Web Design and Marketing. For two decades she ran her own creative businesses, until a slow transformation began.
In 2011, Jackie moved to the remote West Coast town of St. Helena Bay. Surrounded by raw natural beauty, wide skies and sea birds; her relationship with time, material, and meaning began to shift. In 2024, she sold her online business and stepped fully into her art practice.
Her work explores subtle connection - between place, memory, and material. Using mostly discarded or forgotten papers and textiles, Jackie creates stitched and layered abstractions that are both map and memory. Her pieces embrace imperfection, quietude, and the emotional power of texture.
She has exhibited in Cape Town group shows including The Fibre That Connects Us at FDcontemporary, and has previously been a finalist in the Sappi and BOS design competitions.
As an emerging artist, Jackie’s practice is rooted in re-use, presence, and the poetic potential of what’s been overlooked.
