Prize Winning Artist

RAAD’s very own Jaskirt Dhaliwal-Boora has been announced as the recipient of the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) Award for Social Impact 2025. For 147 years, the RPS Awards have recognised individuals working across still and moving images, as well as those using photography in innovative ways. The awards celebrate significant achievements, showcase new and emerging talent, and highlight notable contributions. The 2025 recipients’ work reflects the power of photography to inspire, uplift, incite change and bring about personal, social and cultural wellbeing.

Jaskirt – a self-described Panjabi, Brummie, artist, mother and educator – received this year’s Social Impact accolade in recognition of her sustained excellence and her notable use of imaging to raise public awareness of social issues.

A multi-disciplinary artist with a socially engaged practice, Jaskirt works with local communities on global issues. She is committed to celebrating untold stories while exploring visual representations of gender, ethnicity and place.

She is a multiple award-winning artist, having received the British Journal of Photography's Portrait of Britain Award for three consecutive years and the LensCulture Photo Art Award. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at Wembley Stadium, UN Headquarters in New York, Peckham24, New Art Exchange Nottingham and Manchester’s People Museum. Her project, Birmingham Lockdown Stories in 2020, is held in the permanent archive and collection of the Birmingham Museums Trust.

Dean of the School of Arts at Birmingham City University Mav Cunningham commented:

“This is such fantastic news and a testament to Jaskirt’s practice in consistently demonstrating how art can empower communities, challenge assumptions and create meaningful change. Congratulations to Jaskirt on this fabulous achievement, highlighting her contribution both locally and internationally.”

Take a look at some Jaskirt’s work on the RPS website.