Praxis Art Research is a project management, artist and research organisation which specialises in the planning and delivery of socially engaged and contemporary visual art. PAR’s Directors are Jaime Murray Jackson and Dr. Sally Claire Payen MA RCA PhD.

Jaime’s background is as an artist and public art officer/project manager for Local Authorities, Arts Boards (now Arts Council England) and Contemporary Art Society Projects.  He has also planned and delivered gallery audio guides for the exhibitions including the ICA, and the John Hansard Gallery.  Jaime’s artwork includes socially engaged public art, films and installations around environmental issues, nature and social heritage.

Sally is a researched based artist. Trained as a painter, she recently completed a practice based PhD. Sally has spent the last few years focusing on engaged art projects ‘I would say engaged art projects fall between community art and public art- The community are heavily involved in the design process, they are given choices and become part of the journey but the artist never loses sight of excellence or the overall nature of the work’.