Jo Rance, b.1996, is an emerging contemporary British painter residing in Cambridgeshire, England. With a background in Woven Textile Design, Jo moved in to a primary painting practice in 2020 after graduating from Loughborough University in 2019. Her previous award winning creative work in fabric construction and colour remains visually clear in her vibrant colour palettes and decorative painting style.
Taking note of her surrounding countryside, flora and fauna through location drawing, Jo primarily works with acrylic on canvas in her studio. Continuously informed by the British landscape throughout the seasons, there’s an organic pull for Jo to document the natural world through her work. Plein air painting and working in her sketchbook amidst the elements is a key part of her practice, it’s almost meditative.
Interrupted palettes characterise her paintings, pastel tones peppered with acidic accents are frequently noted in her collections. Jo’s paintings intend to provoke the sense of natural wonder and intrinsic joy everyone should have the opportunity to feel when outdoors.
JO’S WORK IS AVAILABLE DIRECT FROM THE STUDIO AND SELECT GALLERIES.
PLEASE EMAIL TO ENQUIRE ABOUT PURCHASING WORK, commissions and collaborations at
contact@jorance.com
upcoming
mixed summer exhibition, cambridge contemporary art, cambridge - 15th June to 1st September 2024
solo collection, emily hadley/no.13 gallery, devon - june 2024
‘the change within’, amelia maxwell art advisory, portobello road london - 9th may to 13th may 2024
spring show, eastwood fine art, hampshire - 20th april to 4th may 2024
past
winter art collection, domenica marland (online) - january 2024
‘a chorus of colour’, Milieu studios, St ives cornwall - november/december 2023
the silo collective autumn show, the silo gallery, hampshire - september 2023
may collection, amelia maxwell art advisory (online) - may/june 2023
awards/achievements
shortlisted for jacksons art prize - april 2024
shortlisted for BLUE SHOP GALLERIES ‘WORKS ON PAPER 6’ - march 2024
Collaborations/other
derwent art collaboration - september 2023
rowen & wren spring 23 postcard artist - march 2023
previous
1 of 24 in the uk selected for texselect (2019)
m&s fashion fabric award winner at première vision, paris (2019)
'worshipful company of weavers' scholarship recipient (2018)
'making it in textiles' conference, bradford (2018)
2nd prize ‘wool marketing board' award at the bradford textiles society competition (2017)
designs exhibited at première vision (2017/19)
design industry experience
burberry, zandra rhodes, tatty devine, anna lomax, rare thread, holbrook studio/peclers paris + others
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@jorancedesign
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