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Jerusha West is a British visual artist and filmmaker whose films take the form of psychological dramas, characterised by a distinct lyrical realist style that draws deeply from her background in fine art.
Her latest short film, Stinging Nettles, produced by Sydney Oberfeld and Luke Tierney, premiered at the BAFTA- and BIFA-qualifying London Short Film Festival in 2026, with its US premiere at the Academy Award–qualifying Provincetown International Film Festival. She has recently completed an Arts Council England–funded film project mentored by producer Pinky Ghundale and written her debut feature.
Previous films include Sea Holly (2024), produced by Tuli Litvak and executive-produced by Ameenah Ayub Allen, and Solidago (2021), which screened internationally and won Best Cinematography at the BFI-backed and BIFA-qualifying Women X Film Festival after receiving seven nominations. Her work has been featured by Girls in Film, Minute Shorts, Kodak Shoot Film, and BFI Sight & Sound.
A graduate of The Slade School of Fine Art (2017), Jerusha works across a range of mediums, with drawing remaining central to her practice. She has exhibited widely, including at The Drawing Room, Tramps, Springseason, Arusha Gallery, Belmacz, Saatchi Gallery, Asylum Studios and more. She has undertaken residencies at Villa Il Palmerino, Florence and Merz Barn, Cumbria.
She received Arts Council England grants in 2024 and 2026. She has also spoken about her art and film at the Heong Gallery, University of Cambridge, in conversation with the Fitzwilliam Museum Society.
Her latest short film, Stinging Nettles, produced by Sydney Oberfeld and Luke Tierney, premiered at the BAFTA- and BIFA-qualifying London Short Film Festival in 2026, with its US premiere at the Academy Award–qualifying Provincetown International Film Festival. She has recently completed an Arts Council England–funded film project mentored by producer Pinky Ghundale and written her debut feature.
Previous films include Sea Holly (2024), produced by Tuli Litvak and executive-produced by Ameenah Ayub Allen, and Solidago (2021), which screened internationally and won Best Cinematography at the BFI-backed and BIFA-qualifying Women X Film Festival after receiving seven nominations. Her work has been featured by Girls in Film, Minute Shorts, Kodak Shoot Film, and BFI Sight & Sound.
A graduate of The Slade School of Fine Art (2017), Jerusha works across a range of mediums, with drawing remaining central to her practice. She has exhibited widely, including at The Drawing Room, Tramps, Springseason, Arusha Gallery, Belmacz, Saatchi Gallery, Asylum Studios and more. She has undertaken residencies at Villa Il Palmerino, Florence and Merz Barn, Cumbria.
She received Arts Council England grants in 2024 and 2026. She has also spoken about her art and film at the Heong Gallery, University of Cambridge, in conversation with the Fitzwilliam Museum Society.