BIOGRAPHY
Joanna Whittle is a painter who creates narrative artefacts. Recent projects include On Shifting Ground, Whitaker Museum, Lancashire, 2022; Material Mourning, Millenium Gallery, 2022 and Between Islands, Welbeck Estate, 2020. Recent group exhibitions include Tyranny of Ambition, Highlanes Public Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland, 2023; Aggregate, Freelands Foundation, London, 2022 and Heavy Water at Site Gallery, Sheffield, 2021. She is a member of the Contemporary British Painting Society and is currently undertaking a period of research with the National Fairground and Circus Archive. He work has been written about by Griselda Pollock, Lauren Velvick (Corridor 8) and Albert Godetzky (Courtauld Institute)
SOLO SHOWS, PROJECTS & COLLABORATONS
On Shifting Ground, solo exhibition at the Whitaker museum, Lancashire
Material Mourning, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield part of Festival of the mind , Sheffield. A body of work produced following a period of research with archeologist Lizzy Craig atkins (University of Sheffield) and Dr Jane Wildgoose (founder of the Jane Wildgoose Memorial Museum)
Heavy Water Collective, Research Residency at Sheffield General Cemetery, funded by the University of Central Lancashire, September 2022
Heavy Water Collective, Research Residency at Special Collections, Cardiff University and G39, Cardiff - funded by Four Nations
The Mitre Owl, Ongoing collaborative project with David Orme. An evolving collection of artworks, artefacts and 'object perdus', first exposition held at Artcade, Sheffield, 2021
Between Islands, Arts Council funded project (DYCP) working with the Portland Collection and the Welbeck Estate, Worksop , culminating in a final exhibition at the Harley Gallery on the Welbeck estate, Nottinghamshire, 2020
Flat+Earth, Curation, Sidney& Matilda, Sheffield, 2019
Deluges, Public commission for Kelham Island Industrial Museum and KINCA.
Island and Water, Steel, Stone, Mural and ceramic pieces as part of a wider public commission- CITU , Sheffield, 2018
Clapton to Centre Point, 1183 Trees, Museum of London, A year long residency funded by The London Arts Café in collaboration with the Natural History Museum. Culminating in a final show at the Museum of London, 2003-2004
Badly Led Lives, Tower records / Piccadilly, London, an installation at Piccadilly Underground Station in association with Bowie Arts, 2002
New Paintings, Agnews, London, Solo Show, 2001
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2023
X, Contemporary British Painting, Newcastle Contemporary art
Arcadia for All? Rethinking Landscape Painting Now, Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds
PREVIEW with Charlie Smith London at Gramercy Park studios, London
PostNatures, Heavy water Collective, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
Entwined, Plants in Contemporary Painting, 2021 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
2022
The Tyranny of Ambition, Highlanes Public Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland
Entwined, Plants in Contemporary Painting, Huddersfield Art Gallery
Paint Edgy, Contemporary British Painting, Barton upon Humber
The Fool, Air Space Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Volta Basel, Charlie Smith Gallery, Basel
RASE, Royal Academy, London
New Light Retrospective, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
Paradoxes, Contemporary British Painting Society, Quay Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight
Aggregate, Freelands Foundation, London
2021
New Light Prize Exhibition, Tullie House Museum, Carlisle
Silent Disco, Curated by Graham Crowley, Greystone Industries, Suffolk
Heavy Water, Site Gallery (Freelands Artist Programme Residency), Sheffield
Emergence, Rise Art, London
Human Nature, Linden Hall Studio, Kent
New Light Prize Exhibition, The Biscuit Factory Gallery, Newcastle
Darkness At Noon, Contemporary British Painting Society, APT Gallery, London
The Lockdown Interviews Exhibition, ArtTopTen, Cello Factory, London
2020
Plausible Objects / Difficult Things, virtual exhibition curated by Professor Frances Woodley
Thing Worlds, Spot Korin, Kyoto, Japan
The Viewing Room, UK New Artists, virtual exhibition
Vitalistic Fantasies, The Cello Factory
Vitalistic Fantasies, BEEP Biennial, virtual exhibition
YES/NO, Contemporary British Painting, virtual exhibition
New Light Prize Exhibition, Scarborough Art Gallery, Scarborough
Prosaic Mosaic, Globe Arts, Slaithwaite
Contemporary British Painting Prize, ASC Gallery, London
2019
Contemporary British Painting Prize, Huddersfield Art Gallery
Rogue Women, Rogue Galleries, Manchester
Bethlehem Boys Club III, Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield
Prosaic/ Mosaic, Bloc Projects, Sheffield
Second Nature, Portico Gallery, Manchester
Just One More Thing, Asylum, Suffolk
Two Fold, OA Studios, Manchester
This Is Not An Oak Tree, Jugg Art Foundation, Suffolk
The Immaculate Dream, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
RASE, Royal Academy
Place, Boston Castle, Rotherham
Harley Open, Harley Gallery, Worksop
Flat+Earth, Sidney & Matilda , Sheffield
2018
Bethlehem Boys Club II, Sidney & Matilda , Sheffield
Confluence at Bloc, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, 2018
Land♦Scape, Exchange Berlin, Berlin, 2018
Confluence, Herrick Gallery, London, 2018
Uncommon or Garden, Jugg Art Foundation, Suffolk
John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Brownfield Research Centre, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-On-Trent
Public Commission, Kelham Island, Sheffield
2016/17
Strangelands, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, 2017
End of Beginnings, Mandell's Gallery, Norwich, 2016
Various Species, Greystone Industries, Wickham Market, 2016
Sad But True, Jerwood Dance House, Ipswich, 2016
2000-2015
Atrium Summer Exhibition, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, 2015,
Atrium Winter Show, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, 2014
Winter Show, Subterranean Boulevard Gallery, Ipswich, 2014
Celeste Art Prize, London, 2006
Deck of Cards, 39 Gallery, London, 2006
Group Show, Keith Talent Gallery, London, 2005
Hand In Hand We Walk Alone, Clapham Art Gallery, London, 2005
Pocketscopic, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London, 2005
Christmas Tree, 39 Gallery, London, 2004
Aftershock, Oneaspace, Hong Kong, 2004
Pub Crawl, 39 Gallery, London, 2004
Francis Bacon as an Exquisite Corpse - 39 Gallery, London, 2003
Drawing Show, Keith Talent Gallery, London, 2003
Four Colleges Show, AT Kearney, London, 2002
New Painters, Group Show, Agnews, 2001
Collector’s Choice, Exit Art, New York, 2000
Assembly, Stepney City, London, 2000
Summer Show, Beaux Arts, London, 2000
AWARDS, PRIZES AND RESIDENCIES
New Light Prize, Valeria Sykes Award, 2020
Contemporary British Painting Prize, 2019
Freelands Artist Programme Residency at Site Gallery, London & Sheffield, 2019-2022
Harley Open Prize, First Prize (joint), 2019
LAC Residencies in the City, London, 2004
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Painting Prize, London, 2000
TI Group Painting Prize, London, 2000
NADFAS Greater London Art Bursary, London, 1999
John Crane Summer Travel Award, London, 1999
Bundy, New York Travel Award, London, 1999
Amy Sadur Freidlander Memorial Art Fund, London, 1998
BIBLIOGRAPHY / PUBLICATIONS
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Archive Research Committee, academic paper, 2023
X, Contemporary British Painting, exhibition catalogue, 2023
Arcadia for All? Rethinking Landscape Painting Now, Exhibition Catalogue, 2023
PostNatures: Heavy Water, Lauren Velvick, Limited Edition Poster / Publication with AW-AR Studios, 2023
Heavy Water, digital publication (website) in conjunction with AW-AR Studios, 2023
The Tyranny of Ambition, exhibition catalogue, 2022
Entwined, exhibition catalogue, 2022
Aggregate, Freelands Foundation, publication and exhibition catalogue, 2022
Concealed Rituals, Ritual Concealments, in Aggregate, Freelands Foundation publication, Albert Godetzky, Courtauld Institute, 2021
Artist Interview with Why Now Magazine, February 2022
Platform, Site Gallery exhibition text, Lauren Velvick, Corridor 8
The tiny but triumphant comeback of the art miniature, How to Spend It, Financial Times, 2021
Smaller is Beautiful, the tiny but triumphant comeback of the art miniature, How to Spend It, Financial Times, 2021
Vitalistic Fantasies, Catalogue, essay by Dr Catrin Webster, 2020
Plausible Objects, Difficult Things, Catalogue, essay by Dr Frances Woodley, 2020
Fresh Paint, Artist & Illustrators magazine (June) , 2020
A Celebration of Painting, an essay by Griselda Pollock, 2020
Contemporary British Painting Prize, Catalogue, 2019
John Moores Painting Prize, Exhibition Catalogue, 2018
Celeste Art Prize, Catalogue, 2006
Art & Cities, Issue 14, Catalogue, 2004
Miser & Now, Keith Talent Gallery publication, 2004
Art & Cities, Issue No.13, 2003
Joanna Whittle: New Paintings, Catalogue, 2001
Time Out, October, 2000
The TI Art Group Collection, Catalogue of Collection, 2000
Assembly, Catalogue, 2000
EDUCATION
MA Fine Art, Painting, Royal College of Art, London, 2000
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Painting, Central Saint Martins, London,1997
MEMBERSHIPS
Landscape Research Group, Since 2022
Heavy Water Collective, Since 2021
Guild of St George, Since 2021
Contemporary British Painting Society (Committee Member), Since 2019