Jacky Fleming


Jacky Fleming is an English cartoonist, whose work first became known through her pre-internet social activism postcards.

Biography

Fleming studied a foundation course at the Chelsea School of Art, followed by a Fine Art degree at the University of Leeds. Her first published cartoon appeared in Spare Rib, and was a university essay for Professor Griselda Pollock which she handed in as a cartoon strip, and was about a girl trying to understand what society wants from her. Since then her work has featured in many books, exam papers, and publications which include The Guardian, The Independent, New Statesman, New Internationalist, Red Pepper, The Observer, Diva, You and Big Issue.
Fleming's book about Charles Darwin's theory of female inferiority was the winner of the Artemisia Humour prize for The Trouble with Women.

Honors

Fleming's name is one of those featured on the sculpture Ribbons, unveiled in 2024.

Exhibitions

Panel Show, Sunny Bank Mills, Leeds, 2019Une BD si je veux, quand je veux!, Maison Fumetti, Nantes, France, 2018A Woman's Place, Abbey House Museum, Leeds, 2018A Woman's Work is Never Done, Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, 2017