On Art, Authenticity, and Inner Worlds
Jagjit Kaur is a Leicester-based visual artist whose practice - rooted in oil paints and mixed media - is a vivid exploration of selfhood. "At its core," she shares, "my work is an attempt to understand the self." Her art is inseparable from who she is, deeply intertwined with her personal values and emotional landscapes.
A Practice Grounded in Honesty
Kaur doesn’t separate her artistic identity from her moral one. “My art values are just my values,” she says. “I’m not separate from what I make.” At its heart, her ethos is refreshingly simple: to be a decent person.
This honesty is also reflected in how she wants to be perceived. When asked for three words she’d like to be associated with, she replies plainly: “Not a dickhead.”
Her World, and the Audience Who Finds It
For Jagjit, art, film, books, nature, and a bit of tomfoolery define the cultural touchstones that resonate with her and her audience alike. Her following has grown through a mix of personal channels - Instagram, her website -and the power of seeing work in person: “You can connect with art on a completely different level by seeing it in person.”
She collaborates with a number of admired spaces, including Two Queens, Modern Painters New Decorators, Gasleak Mountain, New Art Exchange, and Primary Gallery.
Art as Reflection and Transformation
Jagjit’s work invites viewers into dreamlike spaces where past and present coexist. “I try to speak of time’s strange passage,” she explains, “of shedding skins and moving through transformation… to reconcile an internal world with the increasingly distant one outside.”
It’s this emotional honesty that defines the experience she creates. Her paintings become reflective pockets - places for pause, for connection, and for navigating personal change.
Community and Collective Energy
Jagjit joined the Ode To Them Collective hoping to connect with fellow creatives: “I’ve known Shyla since 2019 and always wanted to work on something together.” Her hope is simple - more collaboration, more community.
On neurodiversity, she brings the same gentle clarity: “I learn how different people like to communicate, understand what their needs are, and just adapt. I also try to be open about my own needs.”
Follow Jagjit: @without_looking