Esther Ketti Queen Phillips (b. 1999) known artistically as Jungel Queen—is a London-based visual artist working across painting, sculpture, textile, and digital media.  Her multidisciplinary practice examines identity, sanctuary, and the reconstruction of safe spaces through an Afro-surrealist lens. Drawing from Yoruba and Oron traditions, Phillips creates immersive visual worlds shaped by the emotional landscape of migration, motherhood, and ancestral memory. Her material practice spans acrylic, fabric, clay, and 3D digital modelling, allowing her to merge the tactile intimacy of craft with the precision of contemporary technology. Central to her visual architecture is the red ground, a chromatic field symbolising protection, the maternal body, and the first site of belonging.

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Layered alongside this is the recurring yellow halo, a motif signifying care, spiritual guidance, and the fragile yet enduring moments of clarity that emerge through displacement. The ìlá, reinterpreted through her own symbolic system, is a defining element within her work.