Jack Wilkie-Jans (Jack Jans) is an emerging multi-disciplinary artist, respected arts writer and worker, and Aboriginal affairs advocate from Mapoon, the Western Cape of Cape York Peninsula, Tropical North Queensland. Artistically, Jack practices contemporary and abstract forms of painting and still and moving image portraiture, soundscape and poetry.

With fifteen years of expertise across economic development and contemporary Indigenous visual arts sector, Jack specialises in arts writing and policy review; project scoping and delivery; governance and operational best, Cultural practice.

Jack is of mixed heritage, being Waanyi, Teppathiggi and Tjungundji; British, Danish and Vanuatuan.