Jo Rance, b.1996, is an emerging contemporary British painter residing in Cambridgeshire, England. With a background in Woven Textile Design, Jo moved in to a primary painting practice in 2020 after graduating from Loughborough University in 2019. Her previous award winning creative work in fabric construction and colour remains visually clear in her vibrant colour palettes and decorative painting style.

Taking note of her surrounding countryside, flora and fauna through location drawing, Jo primarily works with acrylic on canvas in her studio. Continuously informed by the British landscape throughout the seasons, there’s an organic pull for Jo to document the natural world through her work. Plein air painting and working in her sketchbook amidst the elements is a key part of her practice, it’s almost meditative.

Interrupted palettes characterise her paintings, pastel tones peppered with acidic accents are frequently noted in her collections. Jo’s paintings intend to provoke the sense of natural wonder and intrinsic joy everyone should have the opportunity to feel when outdoors.

 

JO’S WORK IS AVAILABLE DIRECT FROM THE STUDIO AND SELECT GALLERIES.

PLEASE EMAIL TO ENQUIRE ABOUT PURCHASING WORK, commissions and collaborations at

contact@jorance.com

upcoming

mixed summer exhibition, cambridge contemporary art, cambridge - 15th June to 1st September 2024

solo collection, emily hadley/no.13 gallery, devon - june 2024

‘the change within’, amelia maxwell art advisory, portobello road london - 9th may to 13th may 2024

spring show, eastwood fine art, hampshire - 20th april to 4th may 2024

past

winter art collection, domenica marland (online) - january 2024

‘a chorus of colour’, Milieu studios, St ives cornwall - november/december 2023

the silo collective autumn show, the silo gallery, hampshire - september 2023

may collection, amelia maxwell art advisory (online) - may/june 2023

awards/achievements

shortlisted for jacksons art prize - april 2024

shortlisted for BLUE SHOP GALLERIES ‘WORKS ON PAPER 6’ - march 2024

Collaborations/other

derwent art collaboration - september 2023

rowen & wren spring 23 postcard artist - march 2023

previous

1 of 24 in the uk selected for texselect (2019)

m&s fashion fabric award winner at première vision, paris (2019)

'worshipful company of weavers' scholarship recipient (2018)

'making it in textiles' conference, bradford (2018)

2nd prize ‘wool marketing board' award at the bradford textiles society competition (2017)

designs exhibited at première vision (2017/19)

design industry experience

burberry, zandra rhodes, tatty devine, anna lomax, rare thread, holbrook studio/peclers paris + others

 
 

For studio updates, follow jo’s instagram

@jorancedesign

View fullsize It was really refreshing after a couple of weeks of making nothing I was excited about, to make these marks and start some new work today 🌷 The buzz of something appearing that you’re immediately looking forward to working on is the thrill I&r
View fullsize SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT 🌸💥 Only a couple of weeks to go until ‘The Change Within’, a glorious group show celebrating the rhythm of Nature curated by the wonderful @ameliamaxwellartadvisory 🌷 It will be be at the @jmgallerylondon on Portobell
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View fullsize A little self timer studio portrait 🌞 #landscapepainting #contemporarypainting #studioportrait #britishpainter #emergingartist #paintingstudio #contemporarylandscape
 
 

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