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JACK COULSON

Jack Coulson is a multifaceted practitioner and academic who works with a variety of media across art and design. His work is usually focussed around history and the relaying of narratives of the past. Often working with heritage and academic institutions when working outside the traditional gallery space, he is particularly interested in early European history and it’s role in dismantling the idea of “Britishness”.


Outside education Coulson is interested in widening participation in the arts, so has run and worked on a number of community projects, as well as with students from several institutions across the UK.


His more recent work has stemmed from the death of his father in 2015 who was a historian and educator. Realising the stories he was told as a child had evolved as our collective understanding of history did, Coulson became more interested in how early narratives have distorted over time, which led to his interest in tattoos and alternative ways of recording and presenting history.

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ARTWORKS

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Jack Coulson - Leggbít (Legbiter)
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Jack Coulson - Pluck yew! (Two)
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Jack Coulson - Coglia! Coglia! Coglia! (Balls! Balls! Balls!)
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Jack Coulson - Nailed it

EXHIBITIONS

MAUD WHATLEY & JACK COULSON: THES PECES WER MADE BY ME

13 September - 8 November 2025
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2025 - Bronze sculpture with Strange Cargo for The Resident Platform Programme, Folkestone West Train Station, installed & revealed in September
2025 - The Curse, Here we are, as we are, James Hockey Gallery
2024 - The Debateable Lands, Border Control: Excursion, Incursion and Exclusion, Design History Society Annual Conference UCA Canterbury
2012 - Earth and Vision, A Town Unearthed with the University of Reading, Canterbury Christchurch and Canterbury Archaeological trust, Sassoon Gallery Folkestone Museum and Library
2012 - Turner Contemporary, Platform Graduate Showcase Margate

Publications/Papers
2024 - The Debateable lands: A chequered history and visual investigation into the material and linguistic culture of those who occupy the Anglo-Scottish boarder region that defies nations. Border Control: Excursion, Incursion and Exclusion, Design History Society Annual Conference, UCA Canterbury
2023 - Scratching beneath the surface: Devotion and graffiti in Canterbury Cathedral, Typoday23 India

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