Jacky Fleming

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'''Jacky Fleming''' (born 1955, London) is an English cartoonist, whose work first became known through her pre-internet social activism postcards.<ref name=guardian /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theheroinecollective.com/jacky-fleming/|title = INTERVIEW: Jacky Fleming - Cartoonist|date = 9 September 2016}}</ref>

==Biography== Fleming studied a foundation course at the Chelsea School of Art, followed by a Fine Art degree at the University of Leeds.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=https://www.cartoons.ac.uk/cartoonist-biographies/e-f/JackyFleming.html |title=Jacky Fleming |accessdate=19 May 2018 |year=2016 |publisher=University of Kent}}</ref> Her first published cartoon appeared in ''Spare Rib'', and was a university essay for Professor Griselda Pollock which she handed in as a cartoon strip, and was about a girl trying to understand what society wants from her.<ref name="bio" /><ref name="guardian">{{cite news| title =Redrawing history: the feminist cartoonist putting women back in the picture | author =Ellie Violet Bramley | work =The Guardian | date =7 March 2016 | url =https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2016/mar/07/redrawing-history-women-feminist-cartoonist-jackie-fleming }}</ref> Since then her work has featured in many books, exam papers, and publications which include ''The Guardian'',<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news|last1=Bonino|first1=Emma|title=Women: A flower for the women of Kabul; Sunday is International Women's Day.|agency=Lexis Nexis|publisher=The Guardian (London)|date=1998-03-05}}</ref> ''The Independent'', ''New Statesman'', ''New Internationalist'', ''Red Pepper'', ''The Observer'', ''Diva'', ''You'' and ''Big Issue''.

Fleming's book about Charles Darwin's theory of female inferiority was the winner of the Artemisia Humour prize for ''The Trouble with Women''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prix Artémisia Humour 2017|date=9 January 2017|url=http://www.assoartemisia.fr/prix-artemisia-humour-2017-jacky-fleming/|accessdate=12 March 2017|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805023448/http://www.assoartemisia.fr/prix-artemisia-humour-2017-jacky-fleming/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Honors== Fleming's name is one of those featured on the sculpture ''Ribbons'', unveiled in 2024.<ref name="list">{{cite web |title=383 Inspirational Women of Leeds |url=https://www.ribbons-sculpture-leeds.co.uk/women |website=Ribbons Sculpture Leeds |access-date=13 October 2024 |archive-date=23 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823171410/https://www.ribbons-sculpture-leeds.co.uk/women |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14821gz1e6o|title=Leeds: Ribbons sculpture celebrates city's inspiring women|date=October 12, 2024|website=www.bbc.com}}</ref>

==Bibliography== * ''The Trouble with Women'', 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hadley|first1=Tessa|title=The Trouble with Women by Jacky Fleming review – delicious, funny, feminist cartoons|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/16/the-trouble-with-women-jacky-fleming-feminist-cartoons|accessdate=14 March 2017|work=The Guardian|date=2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sneddon|first1=Laura|title=Jacky Fleming, The Trouble With Women: And Our Very Small Heads|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/jacky-flemingthe-trouble-with-women-and-our-very-small-heads-heroines-rescued-from-the-dustbin-of-a6925831.html|accessdate=14 March 2017|work=The Independent|date=2016}}</ref> * ''Demented'', Bloomsbury, 2004 * ''Hello Boys'', Penguin, 1996 * ''Dear Katie'', Penguin, 1994 * ''Falling In Love'', Penguin, 1993 * ''Never Give Up'', Penguin, 1992 * ''Be A Bloody Train Driver'', Penguin, 1991

==Exhibitions== * ''Panel Show'', Sunny Bank Mills, Leeds, 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=Panel Show {{!}} Sunny Bank Mills {{!}} Arts Events in Leeds|url=https://www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/event/panel-show/|access-date=2020-07-16|website=Sunny Bank Mills|language=en-GB}}</ref> * ''Une BD si je veux, quand je veux!'', Maison Fumetti, Nantes, France, 2018<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-05|title=Une BD si je veux, quand je veux ! ⋆ Maison Fumetti|url=https://www.maisonfumetti.fr/bd-si-je-veux/|access-date=2020-07-16|website=Maison Fumetti|language=fr-FR}}</ref> * ''A Woman's Place'', Abbey House Museum, Leeds, 2018<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pidd|first=Helen|date=2018-01-15|title=Leeds exhibition to examine women's roles on suffrage centenary|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jan/15/leeds-women-exhibition-abbey-house-museum-a-womans-place|access-date=2020-07-16|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * ''A Woman's Work is Never Done'', Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Woman's Work is Never Done|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/quarry-bank/features/a-womans-work-is-never-done-|access-date=2020-07-16|website=National Trust|language=en}}</ref> * WOW - Women of the World Festival, Hull, March 2017 - "...commissioned portraits of Hull Trailblazers alongside work from her recent book the Trouble With Women.”<ref>{{cite news|title=Everything you need to know about the Women of the World Festival for Hull 2017|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-women-of-the-world-festival-for-hull-2017/story-30126887-detail/story.html|accessdate=14 March 2017|newspaper=Hull Daily Mail}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * ''Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics, House of Illustration, London, 5 Feb – 15 May 2016'' - “The laughter panels, which included excerpts from Jacky Fleming's new book, 'The Trouble with Women' and Lizz Lunney's 'True Story', had many visitors chuckling out loud to themselves."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Turner|first1=Natasha|title=Illustrator Laura Callaghan: "We need more visibility for women in art"|journal=Design Week|date=2016-02-10|volume=8-14 February 2016|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/8-14-february-2016/illustrator-laura-callaghan-we-need-more-visibility-for-women-in-art/|accessdate=14 March 2017}}</ref> * ''Wish You Were Here? Artists postcards from 1960 to today'', Arena Gallery, Birmingham, May 2015 – June 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=Various Artists Wish you were here?|url=https://macbirmingham.co.uk/exhibition/wish-you-were-here|website=www.macbirmingham.co.uk|accessdate=14 March 2017}}</ref> * Washburne Heritage Centre, Fewston October 2014 * ''The Postcard is a Public Work of Art'', X Marks the Bokship, Group Show, Bethnal Green, 2014<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Postcard is a Public Work of Art|url=http://bokship.org/postcard.html|access-date=2020-07-16|website=bokship.org}}</ref> * Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival 2011 * ''Never Give Up'', Bradford Playhouse, March 2009 * The Salt Gallery, Hayle, Cornwall, April 2007 * ''Fawcett's Funny Girls'', London, Manchester, Glasgow 1997<ref>{{Cite web|date=1997-06-27|title=The List: 27 June 1997|url=https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/1997-06-27/81/|access-date=2020-07-16|website=The List Archive|language=en-GB}}</ref> * Pankhurst Trust, Manchester 1997 * London Comedy Festival, Riverside Studios, London 1994 * ''The Cutting Edge'', Barbican Centre, London 1992 * Leeds City Art Gallery, 1992 * ''She Bites'', Eastthorpe Gallery, Mirfield 1992 * ''Le Donne Ridono'', Ferrara

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==External links== *[http://www.jackyfleming.co.uk Jacky Fleming website] *[http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/jacky-fleming United agents author entry] *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b070dksj Interviewed by Jane Garvey for Woman's Hour (BBC Radio 4), Feb 2016]

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