The in-between

Jaq Van Damme is a Brisbane-based artist with multiple personalities/dissociative identity disorder, who has also been diagnosed with level two autism and ADHD. Jaq has more than one alter (alternative personality) artist, and works primarily with oil and acrylic.

In 2015, Jaq testified at the Royal Commission into sexual abuse in institutions and began creating art to cope. She now spends every moment creating colourful canvases and rescued furniture. Jaq enjoys nature and working with vibrant colours and repetitive patterns.

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An exploration of identity and the emotional kaleidoscope of multiplicity. Through a labyrinth of hypnotic patterns, layered textures, and intricate eye-like forms, this piece captures the surreal experience of living with multiple personalities or fragmented selves. Each segment tells its own story - fierce, vulnerable, watchful - woven together in a chaotic harmony that mirrors the inner dialogue of a complex mind.