biography
Jack Savage SRMS* (b. 2001)is a painter and miniaturist living and working on the Isle of Skye. After dropping out of school at 17, his childhood love for creating was rekindled, and he has since reconnected with his younger self through his art practice.
His work explores childhood memory, grief, and the fragile ways we hold onto the past. He returns to moments from his life, retelling and reimagining them though small-scale worlds. As a trans person, he has often felt detached from his younger self. His creative process becomes a way of bridging that distance: recovering fragments of memory and allowing them to exist again in physical form. He is particularly interested in the dream-like quality of childhood memories, turning them more into stories.
Although specialising in painting, his process always begins with 3D work: constructing small dolls, puppets, and dioramas to stage the scenes for his (often) miniature oil paintings, his methods ranging from miniature woodworking to micro knitting. His most recent body of work is an exploration of the memories he has of his late grandfather and his home, on a miniature scale. This is reflected in the deeply personal nature of his work.
*Student member of the Royal Miniature Society
education
BA Fine Art (First Class Honours), City & Guilds of London Art School, 2024-26
Fine Art Foundation Diploma (Distinction), The Art Academy, 2020-21
awards
Young Artist (18 - 30) Award, Royal Miniature Society 2025
Award for Innovation, Royal Miniature Society 2025
Dry Red Press Award, Royal Institute of Oil Painters 2024
Elected as Student Member of the Royal Miniature Society, 2024
Shortlisted Artist, Visual Art Open Emerging Artist Prize 2023
Young Artist (18 - 30) Award, Royal Miniature Society 2023
current exhibitions
BTA Miniature Masters, virtual exhibition, 16/08 - 30/09 2026
Well Hung Painting Prize, Well Hung Gallery London, 09/07 - 22/08 2026
past exhibitions
Degree Show, City & Guilds of London Art School, 2026
Royal Miniature Society Annual Exhibition, Bankside Gallery London, 2025
ROI Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries London, 2024
Royal Miniature Society Annual Exhibition, Bankside Gallery London, 2024
Art on Loop, Holy Art Gallery Milan, 2023
AESTHETICA II, Holy Art Gallery London, 2023
Royal Miniature Society Annual Exhibition, Bankside Gallery London, 2023
‘WHAT IS FEMME?’ CTA Collective Exhibition, Salt Space Gallery Glasgow, 2023
‘To Make Things Perfectly Queer’, The Vic Project Space Glasgow, 2023
Royal Miniature Society 125th Anniversary Exhibition, Mall Galleries London, 2021
Graduate Show, The Art Academy London, 2021
‘Fifty-Two’ LGBTQ+ London Pride Art Competition, Virtual Exhibition, 2020