Jo Hummel

The artwork of British artist Jo Hummel feels like a breath of fresh air. Trained at the Royal College of Art London, Jo and was hailed as ‘the next generation to turn its back on Emin and Hirst’s conceptual works’ by the Observer newspaper.

Jo works intensely with collage and explains,

‘Practices such as the manufacture of certain motifs, utilisation of modular grid systems and the employment of repetition are borrowed from industry and design to create a more self-effacing visual vocabulary which is governed in part by a set of rules as opposed to human authorship.’ 

There is a natural and systematic ease to her work which allows each piece to feel dynamic yet at ease within itself. There is balance and unrest, opposition and harmony as Jo describes, “the flipping of forms to reveal alternatives.” The pastel, plastic colours and occasional monochrome elements used in her work create a satisfying sense of sugarcoated power, robust and structured yet feminine and undulating.

Jo has exhibited internationally including 53rd Venice Biennale, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Jerwood Drawing Prize and the Saatchi Gallery. 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'. Jo is also the recipient of a number of Arts Council England award grants and has a growing international collector base.

We are proud to represent the painting of Jo Hummel exclusively in the Nordics.

Installation shots from the solo True Story exhibition by Jo Hummel

Jo Hummel Artist Biography

Born 1982 Hampshire, England

2000 Falmouth University
2001 Kingston University
2004 Royal College of Art
2018 Turps Banana Painting School Correspondence Course

CURRENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

2023

Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, London 29.11

Template, Fold Gallery, London 14.06-15.06

Solo Exhibition, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town 17.01

2022

Love Letter, Druin Gallery, Los Angeles 01.10

Painter Painter!, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town 26.07

A True Story, Nordic Art Agency, Malmö 28.04 - 25.05

Jo Hummel | Minh Dung Vu, Benjamin Eck Gallery, Munich, 03 - 14. 05.

Abstract_Ed - Group Exhibition , Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, 02 FEB - 08

Rock Paper Scissors, Group Exhibition, Fold Gallery, London, 08 December - 29 January

2021

Automatic, Solo exhibition, Victor Lope Gallery, Barcelona 04 November

Studio:Response [#1] Group Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery 18th August - 9th September

2020

Nordic Art Agency, Dear Painting, a group show curated by Jo Hummel 6th - 31st March

2019

Curated, Amar Gallery, London, 23 January
London Art Fair, After Nyne Gallery, London 16 - 21 January

Affordable Art Fair Milano, Liberty Gallery, Milan, Italy, 25 - 27 January

Sid Motion Gallery, London, Ongoing
After Nyne Gallery, solo show, London, 4 - 19th April

& Gallery, solo show, Edinburgh, 7 - 28th September

Transformer II, Solo Exhibition, Nordic Art Agency , Malmö, October 18th - November 23rd

Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm October 9 - 13th

SOLO EXHIBITION

2018 Deep End Echo, Sid Motion Gallery, Joint Solo Exhibition with Stephen Smith
2017 Integration II , Resident Artist Saatchi Art Lounge, Old Truman Brewery, Frieze Week, London

2016 Disorder, Joint Solo Exhibition with Laura Hathaway, K6 Gallery, Southampton
Porcelain and Paper, CAA Gallery, Joint solo exhibition with Sue Paraskeva, London , 06 may - 03 June during London Crafts Week
Cardboard Castle on site installation, Bestival, September, funded by Arts Council England

2015 The Farmer’s Clock, Hop Kilns Gallery, Isle of Wight, May - June, funded by Arts Council England

Joint Solo Exhibition with Amanda Toms, Yarmouth Gallery, Isle of Wight

2014 Panic of the Human Fancy, Aspex Guildhall Gallery, Portsmouth, 22 October - 14 December

2013 Artist in Focus, Newashgate Gallery, Farnham 2012

Works on Paper, Back Street Arts, Sheffield

Pocket Museum, The Lightbox, Woking
2011 Works on Paper, Arc Space, Aspex gallery, Portsmouth

Ephemera Narrate, Portsmouth Cathedral, Portsmouth
2009 Collecting Lines, Eldon Gallery, Portsmouth University, Portsmouth

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn Expo Centre New York 8-11 November

The Drawing Room, Sid Motion Gallery, London, November - ongoing

Unrestricted, &Gallery, Edinburgh 1 December 2018 - January 2019

Manchester Contemporary, Amar Gallery October

2017

The Abstract Show, Well Hung Gallery, London, 13 Sept - 13 Oct
Affordable Art Fair Stockholm Liberty Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden October
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, Liberty Gallery, Battersea, London October
Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Curated by Sarah Dare, UNIT 3 Projects, London
Initial Sighting, &Gallery, Edinburgh, July - Aug
After Nyne Presents, After Nyne Gallery, London, 27 June - 18 Aug
Eight from Nyne, 45 Park Lane, London Curated by Lily Ackerman and After Nyne Gallery

Art Republic Launch and Art Yard, Art Republic Gallery, Brighton, 3 June
Women's March, Unlimited Gallery, Brighton 8 - 31 March
Affordable Art fair Brussels, with Folly and Muse Gallery 15 - 18 March
The Other Art Fair, Victoria House, London 22- 25 March

A Few of our Favourite Things, Lotte Inch Gallery, York 17 Nov - 24 Dec
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London, with Folly and Muse Gallery
Accessible Art Fair BOZAR Brussels
Turns on the Tarmac, Sid Motion Gallery, Nick Jensen, Adam Hedley & Joanne Hummel- Newell

London, 24 Aug - 23 Sept
The Other Art Fair Arnolfini Bristol 1- 3 Sept Supported by Arts Council England Grants for the Arts
The Other Art Fair, Victoria House,
I’m in the Garden, Joanne Hummel-Newell, Adam Gillam, Hermione Allsopp and Laura Hathaway, Foal Arts
ArtMUC, Munich, Germany, Folly and Muse Gallery

2016

The Other Art Fair, The Old Truman Brewery, London
The Other Art Fair, Victoria House, 37 Southampton Row, London

2015 Royal Watercolour Society Contemporary Prize, Bankside Gallery, London

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

Out of the box, No Format Gallery, London

2014 Bryant and Keeling painting Prize, One Church Street Gallery, Buckinghamshire
2013 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Burlington Gardens, London
2012 Royal Watercolour Society Contemporary works competition, Bankside Gallery, London

Xmas Bogof, WW Gallery, Hatton Gardens, London

Spare Parts, The Rag Factory, London
Visual Diaries, Newashgate Gallery, Farnham
Cave, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth

Jerwood Drawing Prize Shortlist Exhibition

Jerwood Space, London and touring Say What You See, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth

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

2010 Text and Textiles, 4 Person Show,

The Point, Eastleigh Anonymous Drawings

Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany Drawing the Line

Aspace Bargate Gallery, Southampton
Fukt Magazine Presents, Nomas Foundation, Rome, Italy

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

2006 Drawing works, Coningsby Gallery, London Generation, Royal College of Art, London

Pull, Terrestrial Television screening of ‘Pull’ BBC2 London

RESIDENCIES

2017 Saatchi Art Lounge, Old Truman Brewery, Frieze Week London

2015 Social Sculpture, by Kieron Reed, Artsway, Sway
2011 Portsmouth Grammar School, Portsmouth

AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS

2018 Permanent wall installation ‘Away’ Earlham Street London

2017 Arts Council England Grants for the Arts
Arts Council England Grants for the Arts, Ryde Arts Festival

2015 Arts Council England Grants for the Arts
Royal Watercolour Society Contemporary Prize

2010 Quay Arts Gallery Purchase Prize, Isle of Wight

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS

2018 Mailonline, Femail, by Andrew Bullock 29 December
Front Cover page feature, Saatchi Art Spring Catalogue April

2017 Interview with Katie Tomazi Edwards, Stuff, July 15

2016 After Nyne Magazine November Issue, Women in Art issue November Fresh Paint Magazine April

2015 The Farmer’s Clock catalogue of works, Text by Letty Clarke
2013 Times Newspaper ‘Picking up a Picasso is one click away’ Article by Mark Bridge, August Jerwood Drawing Prize catalogue, Introduction by Prof Anita Taylor

2012 Observer Newspaper ‘Next Generation turns its back on Emin and Hirst’s conceptual artworks’ May, by Vanessa Thorpe

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