Dr Jake Abrams

About

I am an experienced educator holding a Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), a National Art Design and Media Teaching Fellowship (ADMHEA), and a Kingston University Teaching Fellowship. I have taught nationally and internationally and currently teach on the multi-award winning BA Illustration Animation course at Kingston. I have also been an external examiner at a range of other institutions.

Alongside this I have maintained an active practice and profile as an illustrator, designer and artist working for the likes of The Independent, Creative review, The Times, The Guardian, and Blueprint and I continue to hold exhibitions at home and abroad (including a solo exhibition at The Southbank Centre, London).

I am a keen advocate of internationalisation within Kingston School of Art and have helped forge international collaborations and partnerships across the globe in India, China, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, the United States, Korea, China, and Norway.

My academic and artistic research is wide-ranging with a current fascination with the potency of objects: notably the chair. Notions of masculinity  represented through image-making and sculpture are also a preoccupation. 

I won a D&AD Award, an HP Inspiration Award and an Indigo Gold Award in 2023 for my books to help seriously ill children in hospitals understand their treatment and to help alleviate procedural anxiety (Get Better Books).

Academic responsibilities

Associate Professor in Illustration Animation

Qualifications

  • Professional Doctorate in Fine Art, UEL 2017
  • SFHEA (Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy)
  • ADMHEA (Art Design & Media Fellow of the Higher Education Academy)
  • FRSA ( Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts)
  • MA, Manchester Metropolitan University
  • BA, Kingston University

Teaching and learning

Research

Business, knowledge transfer and international

Professional practice, knowledge exchange and impact

Videos of my work