My name is Jazz Thorn Christiansen. I am an expressionist painter, singer-songwriter, ecstatic conscious dance facilitator, and holistic healer. My work is rooted in spirituality, intuitive awareness and emotional depth, exploring themes of solitude, Nature, cultural appreciation, the sacred feminine, and the dynamic interplay between the physical and energetic realms. Through colour, sound, movement and imagery, I seek to express the unseen – the subconscious, the super-conscious and the otherworldly.
I am a healer by nature and an artist by purpose. My life has been shaped by profound challenges and equally powerful spiritual insights. Through years of energy work attuned in Reiki healing degrees, the Eternal Rays energy system, and other intuitive practices, I have learned to open channels, deepen my senses, and work from a place of inner guidance and so creativity is a channel something that comes through a dialogue with the unseen, the intuitive, the divine.
This intuitive guidance is always available, a steam of which I tap not only in my day to day life but in creating such as in my Shamanic medicine drum commissions. Before painting, I sit quietly with the hide knowing the animal once lived, breathed, and still holds a thread of consciousness. In that stillness, I connect with the spirit of the drum itself. Only when I feel its presence do I begin to see the image that wants to come through. Each painting becomes a conduit, a living gateway for journeying into other worlds through rhythm and ceremony.
In 2023, I received a vision In dream-sleep, without warning, I found myself standing with an Aboriginal woman before the sacred site of Uluru. The image was so vivid that the moment I awoke, I could still feel her presence as clearly as sunlight. That same day, I painted the vision exactly as it was given to me.
What followed was an unexpected journey of grief and awakening. Through my research, I learned of the unimaginable suffering Aboriginal women have faced for centuries—and still face today. Despite their strength and unbreakable community spirit, they remain among the most victimised women in the world, failed repeatedly by the very systems meant to protect them.
Moved by this truth, I created a second painting—an offering of honour to all the women lost to violence, those who were never given the protection they deserved. In this artwork, I envisioned the women who remain dancing upon their ancestral land, carrying the memories of their grandmothers, mothers, aunties, sisters, and daughters. It stands as a tribute to their grief, their unbroken resilience, and their eternal bond with one another. As an artist, it is both a privilege and a profound responsibility to bring forward work that holds such depth, remembrance, and reverence.
My belief is that Art is important because it speaks to parts of us that words alone cannot reach and that Art is a language of the soul, expressing emotion, intuition, and spiritual truth in ways that logic cannot. Through colour, symbol, form, and rhythm, art conveys what is felt rather than what is said. Creating or experiencing art can be incredibly healing helping to release emotion, transform trauma, and reconnect us to our inner self-giving shape to what we carry inside, allowing it to move, change, and integrate.
I have accessed memories from past life experiences that, when they surfaced, offered profound understanding of who I am today. Each memory, each vision, and each act of creation has been part of a larger tapestry, guiding me toward my purpose as both healer and artist.
These experiences have guided me toward a deep understanding of self, an unexplainable inner knowing, and a connection to a greater universal intelligence. I have come to see that every stage of life the good, the bad and the ugly is essential for spiritual evolution and personal truth.
There have been times when life responsibilities took me away from creating art, raising children, pursuing education, developing a holistic practice and simply surviving. Yet I have reached a point where I can no longer compromise my creative drive. Art, in all its forms – painting, dance, music, film, photography and poetry – is essential to my wellbeing. When I am not creating, my energy becomes fragmented. Creation is my medicine.
I began formal art training in 2002 at South Devon College, studying painting, silkscreen printing, black and white photography, digital applications and sculpture. I was deeply influenced by artists such as Goya, Francis Bacon, Frida Kahlo, Cindy Sherman, Gordon Parks and Jean-Michel Basquiat. I went on to complete a Foundation Degree in Visual Studies before continuing my studies in visual communication at The London School of Communication.
Motherhood later guided me into the world of holistic health and natural medicine. I trained in aromatherapy, massage, reflexology, anatomy and physiology, along with advanced energy work including Reiki Master level and the Eternal Rays Energy system. In 2012 I experienced a profound spiritual awakening which further shaped my art and purpose. After leaving an abusive marriage, I embraced my strength as a single mother and warrioress healer in service to others.
In 2015, my desire to paint returned strongly alongside the growth of my holistic practice, OMSHA Studio. I also met my creative partner, and together we formed the band KAMDARA. We released our album Zen Garden in 2017, with our single Moonchild receiving airplay on BBC Introducing. Music, dance, painting, film and creative exploration now exist side by side in my life and work.
Another significant influence on my creative journey is my father, Richard Thorn, an accomplished watercolour artist and musician, whose guidance and presence have shaped my artistic spirit from a young age.
My soul purpose is to express my authentic self through creative and healing modalities. I believe art is a powerful portal for self-realisation, transformation and empowerment. My intention is to move the observer, listener and participant into deeper awareness of their own truth. This is not always comfortable or beautiful in the traditional sense – it is raw, honest and real.
The world needs authenticity now more than ever. As the old paradigm dissolves and a new way of being emerges, I stand devoted to raising consciousness, invoking healing and reminding others of the power that already resides within them. As empathic creators, we are not commodities of society – we are medicine for the future.
