Jade Foster is a British cultural polymath: curator, art historian, artist and cultural strategist of Afro-Caribbean heritage living in Yarm, North Yorkshire, and born in Sandwell, West Midlands in the UK.

Jade has a history of working on experimental creative programmes with artists who explore pressing social issues. Through collaboration, they have developed research, residencies, curated exhibitions, and public programmes with different organisations such as Harewood House; Hospital Rooms; Derby QUAD/FORMAT International Photography Festival; Derby Museums; New Art Exchange; Primary; UK New Artists (formerly UKYA); Gillian Jason Gallery; Two Queens; and the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Glasgow.

They have been on selection panels for initiatives such as Off-Centre, NAE Open 2019, and the Cavendish Arts Science Fellowship 2023. As part of Jade’s interest in learning, they deliver lectures at universities such as Sheffield Hallam University, Coventry University, the University of Lincoln, Liverpool John Moores University, the University of Northampton, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Chelsea College of Art, UAL. Jade was a 2021 CCCADI Curatorial Fellow in Afro-Caribbean Art.

Jade completed an MA in History of Art at UCL, where they were the recipient of the Fer-Garb Scholarship 2022/23. With the aspiration of becoming a successful leader and businessperson, in January 2025, they will begin an MBA in Cultural and Creative Leadership via the Senior Leader Apprenticeship route at Teesside University. After the course, they will pursue becoming a Chartered Manager with the CMI.