Jo Hummel

London, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

About Jo Hummel

Human habits and social behaviour inform an improvised process which combines collage, painting, and installation, sometimes of a public nature and not limited to the environment of a gallery. Carnivals, makeshift shrines, allotment gardens, protest signage and handwritten notes are some of the found forms of expression which intrigue and stimulate my arts practice. I’m interested in the cultural artefacts and experiences that are created for celebration, mourning, demonstration, worship or survival which allow us, for a brief moment, to journey psychologically within the joy, sadness, meditation and belief, and freedom or dependence of our fellow beings. JOANNE HUMMEL NEWELL ( b.1982 UK) trained at the Royal College of Art London and was hailed as ‘the next generation to turn its back on Emin and Hirst’s conceptual works’ by the Observer. Joanne has exhibited internationally including 53rd Venice Biennale, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and Jerwood Drawing Prize, as well as being shortlisted for the Beers London Contemporary Visions exhibition. Commendations include Head of collections at Soho House, Kate Bryan, as one of the ‘Must see artists at the Other Art Fair’ and the Times Newspaper ‘Picking up a Picasso is one click away'. Joanne has a growing international collector base and is included in public and private collections in UK, US, Hong Kong, Europe and Australia. Joanne is currently represented by After Nyne Gallery, Folly and Muse Gallery, London/Munich and Newblood Art London. Recent selected exhibitions, Art Fairs and short lists include WW Gallery collateral exhibition at the 53rd Venice Biennale, Jerwood Drawing Prize, RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Watercolour Society Contemporary Competition, Shoosmiths Art Prize, The Other Art Fair London and Art MUC, Affordable Art Fair London, Munich with Folly and muse Gallery and Accessible Art Fair Brussels. Press features include the UK Times and Observer Newspaper, Fresh Paint magazine selected by Andrew Salgado, After Nyne Magazine, women in art issue. Joanne has also received a number of Arts Council England Grants for the Arts Awards for temporary installations and projects.

Education:

Royal College of Art London MA
Kingston University, Surrey BA
Falmouth College of Arts BTEC

Events:

Resident Artist Saatchi Art Lounge, The other Art Fair London 5-8 October 2017
Affordable Art Fair Battersea London, Folly and Muse Gallery October 2017
Accessible Art Fair, Bozar, Brussels 5-8 Oct 2017
Interview with NZ Homes and Gardens Magazine July 2017
Feature in Fresh Paint Magazine April Issue, Selected by Andrew Salgado www.freshpaintmagazine.com
Selected by Kate Bryan as 5 must see Artists at The Other Art Fair Spring edition for the Saatchi Art Canvas blog.
Feature in After Nyne magazine Women in Art Issue
Winner of the Royal Watercolour Society open exhibition prize 2015
Shortlisted for the Shoosmiths art prize 2015
Shortlisted for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2011
Winner of the Quay Arts purchase prize 2011

Exhibitions:

Eight from Nyne, 45 Park Lane London, curated by After Nyne Gallery in association with Ackerman Studios May 2018
Art Republic, Brighton May 2018
Shortlisted John Moores Painting Prize 2018
Shorlisted for the Beers London Contemporary Visions Exhibition 2018
Womens March curated by Unlimited Gallery Brighton March 2018
Affordable Art Fair Brussels with Folly and Muse Gallery 2018
Affordable Art Fair Battersea London, with Folly and Muse Gallery 19 - 22 Oct 2017
Artist in Residence Saatchi Art Lounge Frieze Week The Old Truman Brewery London, 2017
Accessible Art Fair, Bozar, Brussels Oct 2017
Turns on the Tarmac, Sid Motion Gallery London Aug - Sept 2017
ArtMUC Artfair with Folly and Muse Gallery Munich May 2017
Lead Artist for GROW an 18 month residency on an Allotment www.growryde.org.uk Funded by Arts Council England

Solo Exhibitions
2016 Joint Solo PORCELAIN AND PAPER, with Sue Paraskeva, curated by CAA Gallery London, part of London Craft Week
2016 Joint Solo with Laura Hathaway DISORDER curated by K6 Gallery, Southampton
2015 Cardboard Castle on site installation, Bestival funded by Arts Council England
2015 The Farmer’s Clock, Hop Kilns Gallery, Isle of Wight funded by Arts Council England
2014 Panic of the Human Fancy, Aspex Guildhall Gallery, Portsmouth
2013 Artist in Focus, Newashgate Gallery, Farnham
2012 Works on Paper, Back Street Arts, Sheffield
2012 Pocket Museum, The Lightbox, Woking (Part of the Hayward collage collection season)
2011 Works on Paper, Arc Space, Aspex gallery, Portsmouth
2011 Ephemera Narrate, Portsmouth Cathedral, Portsmouth
2009 Collecting Lines, Eldon Gallery, Portsmouth University, Portsmouth

Group Exhibitions

THE OTHER ART FAIR, Victoria House, 37 Southampton Row, London 7-10 April

2015 Royal Watercolour Society Contemporary Prize, Bankside Gallery, London 4- 16 March Private view 4 March 6-8pm

2015 MK Arts Shoosmiths Art Prize shortlist exhibition, MK Hospital, Milton Keynes

2015 Royal Watercolour Society, Contemporary works competition, Bankside Gallery, London

2015 Out of the box, No format Gallery, London

2014 Bryant and Keeling painting Prize, One Church Street Gallery, Buckinghamshire

2014 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Burlington Gardens, London

2014 Royal Watercolour Society, Contemporary works competition, Bankside Gallery, London

2013 XMAS BOGOF, WW Gallery, Hatton Gardens, London

2012 Spare Parts, The Rag Factory, London

2012 Visual Diaries, Newashgate Gallery, Farnham

2012 CAVE, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth

2012 Jerwood Drawing Prize shortlist Exhibition, Jerwood Space, London and touring

2012 Say What You See, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth

2011 Afternoon Tea, WW Gallery, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice

2010 Text and Textiles, 4 Person Show, The Point, Eastleigh

2010 Drawing the Line, Aspace Bargate Gallery, Southampton

2007 No Man is an Island, Curated by Rose Lejune, The Empire, London

2006 Parnu film and Video Festival, Estonia

2006 Drawing works, Coningsby Gallery, London

2006 Generation, Royal College of Art, London

2006 Terrestrial Television screening of ‘Pull’ BBC2 London

Publications/Press

Times Newspaper ‘Picking up a Picasso is one click away’ Aug 2013 Article by Mark Bridge

Observer Newspaper ‘Next Generation turns its back on Emin and Hirst’s conceptual artworks’ May 2011, Article by Vanessa Thorpe

Jerwood Drawing Prize catalogue, 2012 Introduction by Prof Anita Taylor, download catalogue

Afternoon Tea, WW Gallery at the 54th Venice Biennale, texts by Cheryl Smyth, Helen Sumpter, Chiara Williams and Debra Wilson, read online

The Farmer’s Clock catalogue of works, Text by Letty Clarke, read online

Residencies/Prizes and Commendations

2015 Social Sculpture, by Kieron Reed, Artsway, Sway

2015 Briddlesford Lodge Farm, Isle of Wight, funded by Arts Council England

2011 Portsmouth Grammar School, Portsmouth

2015 St Cuthberts Mill prize for contemporary Watercolour, Bankside Gallery, London

2014 Axis Web choice Artist

2013 Axis Web, Five to Watch

2010 Quay Arts Purchase Prize, Isle of Wight