
jaz morrison
Jaz is a writer, multidisciplinary artist, & curator, employing the Afro-Speculative to explore history, social space, community, and storytelling.
Utilising performance, photography, moving image, collage, & social practice, Jaz intends to bring people together for the purpose of care, catharsis & understanding.
Though her work is often contemplative, she enjoys embracing irreverence and farce too. For Jaz, it's all part of the journey to sense– and memory–making.
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spotlight
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​2022
WLAA
Fundraiser Community Award
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2020
WLAA
Innovation Community Award
The black book
Campaign & Spotlight
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2016
Heritage Lottery Fund
Routes 2 Roots Outstanding Award: Young Co-Creator
High Sheriff Awards
'Young Person who has contributed to our Region's Cultural and Creative Heritage'




community
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Community Micro-Film Festival, community film night (2022)
special thanks to Eastside Projects, Film Birmingham, Mockingbird Cinema; BRMTWN; filmmakers Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi, Fabio Calundungo, Gugan Gill, Canaan Brown, Brandon Orgill; and panellists Vik Chandla, Courtenay Welcome, Hasan Khan, and Lexia Tomlinson
* Part of Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi's 'Equations of a Body at Rest',
Best Public Art of 2022 Artsy List & UAP Public Art Highlights 2022
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In Loving Memory of Ronnie, art engagement project (2022)
special thanks to Grand Plan & Word Life Centre
Read more about In Loving Memory of Ronnie
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UNIT*, Black neurodivergence conference (2021)
special thanks to Dead Horse PR, Black Autistics, MKH & BRMTWN
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'Happy Fathers Day', promo video (2021)
special thanks to Shea Butter by Be
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Project Grime, promo video (2020)
special thanks to SIP, Word Life Centre & BRMTWN
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Ode to Grime, promo video (2019)
special thanks to The Grime Archive & Dead Horse PR
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Transatlantic Dialogues, diasporic music & academia convergence (2019)
special thanks to BRMTWN, Dead Horse PR, Dr Joy White & Professor Emeritus Carolyn Cooper
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#TurnUp, voting campaign (2017)
special thanks to Bite the Ballot
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Routes 2 Roots (2015 - 2016)
special thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund & Beatfreeks
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commissions
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Usi's Eye, micro-residency commission (2023)
special thanks to Stryx Gallery & Marcin Sz
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MOTHERSHIP, performance (2022)
special thanks to Ikon Gallery, The New Art Gallery Walsall, and Keith Piper
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OFFSITE 9: The British Art Show (2022)
special thanks to Creative Black Country & Asylum Art Gallery
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Creating Joy Project (2021-22)
special thanks to Stephen Lawrence Research Centre & The Antipode Foundation
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Ikon Slow Boat Symposium (2022)
special thanks to Ikon Gallery & Ikon Youth Programme
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Ikon Migrant Festival (2021)
special thanks to Ikon Gallery & the Freelands Foundation
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MAIA: The Spatial Imagination (2021)
special thanks to MAIA and Auden Allen
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MA Inter-Institutional Symposium (2020)
special thanks to Birmingham School of Art
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MAIA: Keep Keeping Fund (2020)
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exhibitions
'Summer Camp' (2022, 2023) Members Show
special thanks to Eastside Projects
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'A4' (2021-22) Group Exhibition
special thanks to Oddball Space & Jacob Carter
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Black Sands: A History of Black Horror (2021) Group Exhibition
special thanks to Sampira & Asylum Art Gallery
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Postcard Project (2020) Group Exhibition
special thanks to Artists Responding To...
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Unheard (2020) Group Exhibition
special thanks to UKII & Jewish Liberal
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PEEP@STRYX (2020) Residency
special thanks to Stryx Gallery & Edward Wakefield
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CURATION
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GOD-POCKET (2023) with Yusuf Dongo, Trixiebella Suen, Tesha Murrain–Hernandez, Neoliberalizard, Nicola Singh, and Eastside Projects.
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'Liminal People': Guided Meditation & Film Night (2023) with Tesha Murrain-Hernandez, Tanazia Gabriel-Fleary, De'Anne Crooks, Amartey Golding, and David Blandy & Larry Achiampong
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In Loving Memory of Ronnie: Billboard Project (2023)
with Ethan Fenton, Laura Chiswa, Luke Johnson, Grace Morrison, and Zac Akeem. Thanks to orgs Grand Plan & Word Life Centre
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Community Micro-Film Festival (2022) with Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi, Eastside Projects, Civic Square & Film Birmingham
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In Loving Memory of Errol (2021-22) with Ikon Gallery & BRMTWN
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Mono-Log Sessions (2018-20) with BRMTWN
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Culture Catwalk (2017) with Culture Central
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INSTALLATION/SET
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'Traveller' (2022) Rajni Perera
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'The Courtship of Giants' (2022) Emii Alrai
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'EARTHSTRONG' (2021-22) Jaz Morrison
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'Fly or Die' (2021) Fabio Calundungo
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