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Jo Ball

Jo Ball  is an artist and gardener based in Bristol. Her studio work includes drawing, object-making, books and screenprints. Her practice also includes  participatory projects that connect people to plants, places and each other.

Currently she is Associate Artist with Grizedale Arts where she is developing the Crake Valley Recipe Project – working with local communities to collect recipes, gardening tips and memories about food and growing.

Jo

Works

Prints, objects & books

Participatory projects

CV

  • RHS Level 2 in Horticulture – Capel Manor College, Regent’s Park, London (2012-13)
  • MFA Studio Arts,  Fibres – Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (2005-08)
  • BA Hons Fine Art,  Tapestry – Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland (1998-2002)

  • Crake Valley Recipe Project – a project to collect recipes, gardening tips and memories of food and growing in the Lake District. Associate Artist with Grizedale Art  (2020-2021)
  • Shortlisted for Jerwood Makers (2017)
  • Patches of Blue Sky – a participatory project to grow flax  in West Coker.OSR Projects, Somerset (2016)

  • In the Course of Arrangement – Hartington Road, London (2012)
  • Kit of Parts – Mid Pennine Gallery, Burnley (2009)
  • Twilight Point – Parisian Laundry, Montreal, Canada (2008)
  • Floating Spaces – Bourget Gallery, Montreal, Canada (2006)

  • Drawn – RWA Drawing Open, Bristol (2017)
  • Ropewalkers – OSR Projects, West Coker, Somerset (2016)
  • Summer Show – The Florence Trust, London (2013)
  • Photo & Print Open Salon – Charlie Dutton Gallery, London (2013)
  • Rushing to Paradise –  The Royal Standard, Liverpool (2013)
  • InsideOUT – Atlantic Centre for the Arts, Florida (2012)

  • Transition Residency – Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall  (2017)
  • Mothership Residency – Powerstock, Dorset (2017)
  • Self-directed residency – Monet Foundation, Giverny, France  (2013)
  • Residency (with Joanne Greenbaum) – Atlantic Arts Center, Florida, US  (2012)
  • Florence Trust Residency – The Florence Trust, London, UK  (2012-2013)
  • Artist-in-Residence AA2A – Kingston University, London, UK  (2009-2010)
  • New Works: Materials & Process – Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada  (2008)
  • Summer Residency – Est-Nord-Est, Quebec, Canada  (2008)

  • Visual Arts South West Mentoring Scheme with Blair Todd, Newlyn Gallery. (2015)
  • Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust (2009)
  • Commonwealth Scholarship, MFA Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal (2005-2007)
  • Scottish Arts Council Assistance Grant for production of new work (2004)
  • Scottish Arts Council Professional Development Award (2003)

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