Jack Wilkie-Jans
b. 1992
Jack Wilkie-Jans (Jack Jans) is an emerging multi-disciplinary artist, respected arts writer/worker and Aboriginal affairs advocate (being a qualified Politologist), based in Gimuy/Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
After 12 years in the contemporary Indigenous visual arts sector, in 2023 Jack launched his own consultancy practice: JWJ Consultancy; specialising in arts writing & review; policy guidance; governance and operational best, Cultural practice; and artist representation.
A Tribal Great-Grandson of Dr. Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher James AO, Jack is of mixed heritage (British, Danish, Vanuatuan, and Indigenous Australian – Waanyi, Teppathiggi and Tjungundji tribes).
Awards:
Jack Wilkie-Jans (Jack Jans) is an emerging multi-disciplinary artist, respected arts writer/worker and Aboriginal affairs advocate (being a qualified Politologist), based in Gimuy/Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
After 12 years in the contemporary Indigenous visual arts sector, in 2023 Jack launched his own consultancy practice: JWJ Consultancy; specialising in arts writing & review; policy guidance; governance and operational best, Cultural practice; and artist representation.
A Tribal Great-Grandson of Dr. Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher James AO, Jack is of mixed heritage (British, Danish, Vanuatuan, and Indigenous Australian – Waanyi, Teppathiggi and Tjungundji tribes).
Awards:
- Alumni, National Gallery of Australia's Indigenous Arts Leadership Program,
- Winner, Best Experimental Short Film, Understory Film Festival 2020,
- Winner, Best Experimental Short Film, Understory Film Festival 2024,
- Nominee, Cairns Region Australia Day Awards 2013, Cultural Award,
- Recipient, Sen. Jan McLucas Volunteer Initiative Award 2011,
- Associate Fellow, Royal Commonwealth Society.
The Artist
| jack_wilkie_jans_artist_cv.pdf |
The Writer
| writer_cv_jack_wilkie-jans_2025.pdf |