BIO
Joanna Whittle studied at Central Saint Martins and Royal College of Art. She has had solo exhibitions at Agnews (london) and the Museum of London, whilst taking part in numerous group exhibitions including, since 2018, Sidney&Matilda Gallery and Bloc Projects (Sheffield), Collyer Bristow and Herrick Gallery (London) and Portico Library Gallery (Manchester). Her work has also been exhibited in John Moores Painting Prize (2018), and Royal Academy (2019). In 2019 she was joint winner of the Harley Open Prize and Winner of the Contemporary British Painting Prize, exhibiting at The Huddersfield Art Gallery and ASC Gallery (London). In 2019 she was selected for the Freelands Artist Programme, a funded residency, working with the Freelands Foundation(London) and Site Gallery (Sheffield). In 2020 she was awarded Arts Council funding for her project ‘Between Islands’ which included working with the Portland Collection and Welbeck Estate which culminated in a solo exhibition at the Harley Gallery (Nottinghamshire). She was also the winner of the New Light Prize Exhibition Valeria Sykes Award.
SOLO SHOWS & PROJECTS
Between Islands - Harley Gallery, Sheffield, 2020
Lost Islands -Solo Exhibition - Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield, 2019
City Without and Within -Making Ways Engagement Project - Sheffield, 2019
Flat+Earth -Curation- Sidney& Matilda, Sheffield, 2019
Deluges - Public commission for Kelham Island Industrial Museum and KICA. A series of 12 plaques installed on Alma Street , Sheffield, 2018
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
The Lockdown Interviews Exhibition, ArtTop10 - virtual exhibition - 2020
Plausible Objects / Difficult Things, - virtual exhibition curated by Professor Frances Woodley - 2020
Thing Worlds, Spot Korin, Kyoto, Japan, 2020
The Viewing Room, UK New Artists - virtual exhibition - 2020
Vitalistic Fantasies, The Cello Factory - 2020
Vitalistic Fantasies, part of BEEP Biennial - virtual exhibition - 2020
YES/NO, Contemporary British Painting - virtual exhibition - 2020
New Light Prize Exhibition, Scarborough Art Gallery, Scarborough, 2020
Prosaic Mosaic, Globe Arts, Slaithwaite , 2020
Contemporary British Painting Prize, ASC Gallery, London, 2020
Contemporary British Painting Prize, Huddersfield Art Gallery, 2019
Rogue Women , Rogue Galleries, Manchester, 2019
Prosaic/ Mosaic, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, 2019
Second Nature, Portico Gallery, Manchester, 2019
Just One More Thing, Asylum, Suffolk, 2019
Two Fold , OA Studios, Salford, 2019
This Is Not An Oak Tree, Jugg Art Foundation, 2019
The Immaculate Dream, Collyer Bristow Gallery , 2019
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition , Royal Academy, 2019
Prosaic, Coterie Gallery, 2019
Place , Boston Castle, 2019
Eight Paint , Gage Gallery, Sheffield, 2019
Harley Open , Harley Gallery, Worksop, 2019
Flat+Earth , Sidney & Matilda , Sheffield, 2019
Bethlehem Boys Club, Sidney & Matilda , Sheffield, 2018
Confluence at Bloc, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, 2018
Sense of Place, White Room Gallery, Sheffield, 2018
Body, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, 2018
Land♦Scape, Exchange Berlin, Berlin, 2018
Confluence, Herrick Gallery, London, 2018
Uncommon or Garden, Jugg Art Foundation, Ipswich, 2018
John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 2018
Brownfield Research Centre, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-On-Trent, 2018
Public Commission, Kelham Island, Sheffield, 2018
Unique Beauty, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, 2017
Strangelands, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, 2017
End of Beginnings, Mandell's Gallery, Norwich, 2016
Various Species, Greystone Industries, Wickham Market, 2016
Sad But True, Dance East, Jerwood Dance House, Ipswich, 2016
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, 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 Exhibition, Valeria Sykes Award, 2020
Contemporary British Painting Prize 2019
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
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, 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