Jasmine Pradissitto

Dr Jasmine Pradissitto FRSA FLIS is a London-based artist, scientist, academic, and speaker whose multidisciplinary practice explores the relationship between humanity, technology, and the natural world. Working across sculpture, painting, installation, and emerging technologies, she creates ambitious works that challenge conventional boundaries between art, science, and environmental innovation.

Originally trained as a physicist, Pradissitto holds a PhD in Physics from University College London and later studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths and the Sir John Cass School of Art. This rare combination of scientific rigour and artistic sensitivity continues to define her practice, allowing her to approach environmental challenges through both analytical and creative perspectives.

At the heart of Pradissitto's work is a fascination with adaptation, innovation, and the possibilities of a more symbiotic future. Her sculptures and installations often explore the intersection of ecological systems, technological progress, and human behaviour, asking how we might reimagine our relationship with the planet in an era increasingly shaped by climate change and rapid technological development.

Pradissitto is perhaps best known for pioneering the artistic use of NOXORB™, a pollution-absorbing ceramic material capable of removing nitrogen dioxide from the air. Through years of experimentation and research, she became the first artist in the world to incorporate this innovative material into contemporary sculpture, creating works that not only address environmental concerns conceptually but actively contribute to environmental improvement.

Her practice is characterised by an optimism that distinguishes it from many environmental narratives. Rather than focusing solely on ecological crisis, Pradissitto's work explores the potential for creativity, science, and collaboration to generate positive change. Drawing inspiration from biomimicry, systems thinking, mythology, and emerging technologies, she creates works that encourage curiosity, wonder, and a renewed sense of possibility.

Through a combination of scientific innovation, material experimentation, and artistic vision, Pradissitto creates work that challenges audiences to imagine new ways of living, making, and thinking. Her practice demonstrates how contemporary art can become an active participant in shaping a more sustainable future rather than simply commenting upon it.

 

Sustainability is embedded within every aspect of Jasmine Pradissitto's practice, from the materials she develops to the ideas that drive her work.

For more than a decade, she has explored how art can function as an active environmental intervention. Her pioneering use of NOXORB™-a ceramic material capable of absorbing harmful nitrogen dioxide pollution from the atmosphere-has positioned her at the forefront of sustainable material innovation in contemporary art. Through this work, she has demonstrated how sculpture can move beyond representation and contribute directly to environmental improvement.

Alongside pollution-absorbing materials, Pradissitto frequently incorporates recycled plastics, natural materials, biomimetic principles, and environmentally conscious production methods into her work. Her practice is driven by a belief that innovation, creativity, and sustainability must work together if we are to address the environmental challenges of the twenty-first century.

 

For Pradissitto, sustainability is not simply a subject matter but a methodology, one that seeks to transform the role of art from observer to participant within broader ecological systems.