Spanish/Asturian Descent.

Jacqueline spent her very early childhood in the villages of the alps of Northern Spain (Picos de Europa), arriving in Australia at the age of five to spend the rest of her childhood years growing up in the remote world heritage listed Jenolan Caves, the most spectacular limestone cave system in Australia. As one of very few children who ever lived there in history, she had “the world's best fairytale backyard” only metres away from a prehistoric subterranean gallery which the rest of the world came to visit.

Her naivety led her to diverse life experiences; from becoming a kangaroo shooter's wife in the Australian outback to being nursed by the Fijian people on a remote island of the South Pacific. Much of her work has been influenced by her inner spirit and being a surviver of life threatening illness, as well as living in such childhood isolation where creating was a daily occurrence out of necessity and intuition. Her imagination and inspiration grew to encompass a profound passion for understanding humanity, life and the universe at large, where there are no limitations or barriers.

Her works reflect the delicate balance of life and death and she exercises an acute sensitivity to the world with her inner gift of creativity in sometimes experimental forms. For her, life is art in whatever form it takes and hence she uses a variety of media: painting, sculpture, photography, earth and experimental media.

“In this century we are flying much faster than Leonardo da Vinci's flying man with bird wings. In this very strange world, we the artists, ask that our fellow friends be open minded about all possibilities in art, as each century bears new signatures and possibilities”

-- Jacqueline Martin Miller de Velasco

1985: “Living History”, Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains, Australia.

1994: “Reflections”, Parramatta River, Parramatta, Sydney

1994: “Festival of Arts”, Fairfield City, Sydney.

1994: “ABSOLUTELY no IDea” exhibition University of Western Sydney, Sydney.

1994: “By Women” exhibition University of Wollongong, Wollongong.

1997: “World in a Matchbox”, Grand Central Art, Bourke St, Melbourne.

1997: “Faces of Hope” by Amnesty International (auctioned by Sotheby’s) at Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney.

1997: “Thin Skin” exhibition, Performance Space, Sydney.

1997: “Sterile Until Opened”, Honours Exhibition, Artspace, Sydney.

1998: “Take Heart” exhibition featuring “Nanograms” (a piece related to nanotechology), Penrith Regional Gallery and The Lewers Bequest, Sydney.

2000: “Millennium Gown 2000” exhibited at the Tokyo International Quilt Festival, Japan.

2001: “Living in Harmony” exhibition at Braemar Gallery and Blue Mountains School of Art, Blue Mountains.

2001: “Expressions of Humanity” exhibition, Parliament House, Sydney.

2001: “Excellence in Craft” Awards, Redcliffe City Art Gallery, Queensland.

2007: “Lily, Lady of the Cave”, Jenolan Caves House, Jenolan Caves, NSW.

2007: “Homage to Hippocrates”, Imperial Cave, Jenolan Caves, NSW.

2007: “Barco de Oro”, Palacio de Benacazón, Toledo, Spain.

2008: Portland Art Exhibition, Portland NSW,

2008: Blackheath Arts Society, Blue Mountains, Australia

2008: “International Womans Day” Exhibition, Braemar Gallery, Blue Mountains, Australia

2008: “Winter” Exhibition, Blackheath Arts Society, Blue Mountains, Australia.

Awards

2000: International Award of Excellence for “Millennium Gown 2000”, Tokyo, Japan.

Publications

1973: Featured in “Broken Column” jigsaw puzzle, Jenolan Caves, NSW.

1997: “For Me” magazine, Sydney.

2000: Japanese magazine “My Patchwork Quilt 2000”, Japan.

2001: “Living in Harmony” project - artist biography, publication and video, Blue Mountains, NSW.

2001: “Art Review”, Blue Mountains Review, Blue Mountains, NSW.

2001: “Metro”, Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, Sydney.

2004: “Metro”, 16/11/04 Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, Sydney.

2005: Documentary, SBS Korea.

2007: Blue Mountains Gazette, Blue Mountains, NSW.

2007: “El Español”, Spanish Newspaper, Australia.

2007: http://www.abc.es/, Toledo, Spain

2008: “Arte Euro-Americano”, 34º, Feria International Del Libro de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Literary Compositions

2007: “El último monje español de Nueva Norcia”, El Español, Australia.

Collections

2006: “Nanograms”, Laureate Professor G. Jameson, Newcastle, NSW.

2007: “Lily, Lady of the Cave”, Jenolan Caves Reserve Trust, Jenolan Caves, NSW.

2007: “Homage to Hippocrates”, Mrs Hayes OAM and Dr Smita Shah, University of Sydney, NSW.

2008: “Dom Paulino Gutierrez”, Embassy of Spain, Canberra, ACT, Australia.