While the main gallery features exhibitions by Kurt Jackson and other important and emerging artists, the upstairs charity space focuses on the Foundation’s collaborations with the various charities we support, including Greenpeace, Surfers Against Sewage, Friends of the Earth, Cornwall Wildlife Trust and the RNLI.

Upstairs@theJacksonFoundation aims to foster an appreciation of the natural world and the pressures upon it; to promote and encourage an awareness of the environment and conservation through education and the arts.

This upstairs charity space highlights the work of national and locally based charities in the environmental sector.

Currently Showing Upstairs@JacksonFoundation

A Bit of Biodiversity

March 21 – August 8 2026

Biodiversity refers to the spectrum of life, variety and range of different species of plant and animal to be found living in one place.

Each habitat has its own biodiversity, and this is used as a measure of how well (or how poorly) natural life is coping in a specific area. It is a mark of how ecological processes are faring.

Our existence depends on biodiversity; the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink ultimately all require it.

This exhibition (a small selection of Kurt Jackson’s touring exhibition Biodiversity), features works made in different locations. Some locations had a huge range of life, some were barren, some were dominated by nature, and some by human life.

All life forms have the same entitlement to exist as we do; fundamentally they are all individually fascinating, extraordinary and beautiful organisms in their own right. Under the waters, on a mountain, in the street, in your living room, what lives there?

Only by being aware of the life we share this planet with, can we appreciate it – and then hopefully…conserve it.