Miriam Jade is a self-taught, interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the relationship between land, body and cultural memory. Raised between urban California and the rural coast of Ireland, her early experiences of rugged mountains, stormy seas and dense forests shaped an enduring attentiveness to landscape as a formative presence. Her practice is grounded in the belief that prolonged engagement with place can shift perception, inviting deeper presence and awareness.

 

By drawing upon folklore, naturalism and material experimentation, Miriam examines how inner emotional landscapes mirror the environments we move through. Her work considers how emotional dualities coexist rather than oppose one another. These tensions serve as a throughline across her work, informing both process and imagery. As the daughter of an Irish immigrant, Miriam’s practice also engages questions of cultural reclamation, approaching tradition as something living and sustained through adaption, continuity and care.

 

Through painting, textile-based processes, sculpture and performance, she creates work that is responsive rather than illustrative, allowing material, time and place to guide the evolution of each piece. Her practice prioritizes slowness, observation, and sensitivity to subtle change, treating landscape not as a subject matter but as an active collaborator in the creative process.