JO SELF STUDIED AT WIMBLEDON SCHOOL OF ART AND AT CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN. NOW LECTURER AT THE SLADE SCHOOL OF ART. AFTER THE SUCCESS OF HER SHOW AT THE PRESTIGIOUS REDFERN GALLERY, LONDON IN 2006, SHE FOLLOWED THIS WITH “ILL=USION”, DEPICTING FLOWERS FROM THE PRIVATE GARDEN OF THE DALAI LAMA. A HIGHLY REGARDED CONTEMPORARY BRITISH ARTIST/POET. INFLUENCED BY MARK ROTHKO AND JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTING.
