Bio

Jason Kilmister is a photographer and visual artist based in London. Born in Singapore and raised in South East England, Kilmister received his undergraduate education in design and photography at West Surrey College of Art & Design.

He specialised in digital design, working in advertising as an agency creative, designer and later freelance. After establishing a creative agency in 2006, Kilmister returned to freelance design and creative roles in 2016. During this time, he trained in photography at Kensington & Chelsea College (later Morley College, Chelsea) where he developed his practice in fine art photography.

Artist Statement

I think of photography as a means to explore the interchangeable nature of real and imaginary. To interrogate the strangeness of a poorly understood reality. Questioning what a camera actually records, and what an image really is, forms a through-line in my work.

I try to capture both the familiar and elusive; like a half-remembered location, or the subtext of a forgotten conversation. What artefacts of value might I recover in this process?

I use a designer's methodology as a foundation for my process; as I find my way from concept to representation.

I'm driven by curiosity and a belief that there are layers to everyday reality; some of which can be easily observed, and others that are more difficult to expose.

You might say my photography is an effort to record with a camera, something other than what is in front of it.