Jo Peel

Born in Sheffield, Jo’s career as a professional artist started in 2008 after completing a degree [Illustration BA Hons] at Falmouth Art College.
The central theme in Jo’s practice is Urban Regeneration. The topic has continued to engage Jo for over 15 years in an exploration of the interplay between the man-made & natural world. Jo reflects her observations through her practice in the form of large scale wall murals, paintings on canvas, screen printing & animation.

Urban regeneration is pertinent in the context of the immediate challenges we face as a society, brought about by the pandemic, political & economic instability & increased polarisation of society. Our ability to regenerate ourselves & our environment has never been so important. We are in a moment of change; the interplay between environment & urban space reflecting back everyday experience whilst giving a view into potential (more optimistic) futures.

Jo has created large-scale murals [including murals painted in Sheffield, Japan (Tokyo), & Poland (Wroclaw)], traditional canvas (for solo exhibitions including Sheffield’s Millennium Gallery, London’s Moniker Art Fair, & Art of Protest Gallery, York), & painstakingly composed stop-motion animations, initiall...

Selected Solo exhibitions
2022 Ten Years Later, Ben Oakley Gallery, London UK
2020 One Eleven Gallery, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2018 Kid In A Sweet Shop, Art of Protest Gallery, York, UK
2015 Steel City, City On The Move, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2013 Meet Me In The City, Moniker Art Fair, Truman Brewery, London, UK
2012 In The Mean Time, Ben Oakley Gallery, Greenwich, London, UK
2011 Community, Lava Collective Pop Up Gallery, Carnaby Street, London, UK
2010 Under Construction, The Rosslyn Arms, Hampstead, UK
2010 Wish You Were Here, Artist Residence, Brighton, UK

Selected Group exhibitions
2020 Until Further Notice with Mark McClure, Ben Oakley Gallery, London, UK
2019 Urban Miniatures, Paxton Glew, Brighton, UK
2019 Printfest, Ulverston, Cumbria, UK
2019 Under The Influence, Sidney and Matilda Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2018 Made You Look, Mirage Gallery, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2017 Skyhigh, Stour Space, London, UK
2016 Something Made Different, Parades Gallery, Matsumoto, Japan. B&B Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2014 Girls Rock Japan, Parades Gallery, Matsumoto, Japan
2014 5 Years Young, Moniker Art Fair, Truman Brewery, London, UK
2013 Pick Me Up, ...