Jade O’Belle is a British interdisciplinary artist working in the media of art direction, film, image-making, costume, sound, and performance. 

O’Belle explores notions of identity, queerness and sexuality. Through film, performance, sound, social media, and costume, O’Belle engages with the body through her mythical prose and visual imagery. Each character is an escapism to play out other realities. Jade intuitively uses rituals to create connections to memories of her forefathers that have been passed through her body.

Through her work, this multi-talented artist explores ideas that are important to her own identity, engaging audiences into her mythical landscapes.

“Birthright” (2022), O’Belle’s first film, produced with Girls in Film, is a mesmerising convergence of ethereal worlds; a transformative expression of identity, sexuality, and culture. Birthright encapsulates the Black fem-identity through Yoruba iconography, reclaiming conversations on selfhood, bodies, and power. “Birthright” premiered online at DAZED Media, followed by a sold out installation premiere in London. It has garnered immediate and ongoing international interest, with subsequent screenings in Berlin Film Awards, Bush Films: Black Queer Power (New York), Black Atlantic Visions exhibition at EYE Film Museum (Amsterdam), T A P E Collective / Bloomsbury Theatre & Studio, Guts Gallery, GIF x Minute Shorts: Celebrating Black Female Directors, and more. O’Belle has spoken in  panels regarding the body, including Copenhagen Fashion Week 2024 and DAZED 100, “Body Positivity, Control, and Conditioning.”  

O’Belle has worked with photographers such as: Nick  Knight, Tim Walker, Solve Sudsbo, Carlijin Jacob and Harley Weir. She has been a muse to designers and artists, such as: Di petsa, Sinead O’dwyer, and Michaela Stark. Jade regularly collaborates with Soojin Chang, a performance artist and filmmaker. O’Belle’s projects with Chang include “Dog Eggs” exhibited at Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, and “BXBY” commissioned by the Jerwood/Film Video Umbrella Awards and Leeds Art Gallery.