PHOTOLONDON 2023

                       Spotlight

JO HOLLAND

Jo Holland graduated from Staffordshire University with a BA Hons Degree in Design specialising in photography where she discovered her passion for analogue photographic techniques.

Jo's artistic career began when she was unanimously selected for a commission for a Bradford Hospital that enabled her to buy the essential darkroom equipment needed to continue developing her creative process. This lead on to participate in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the UK and Internationally, including the National Museum of Photography Film and Television; Hereford Photography Festival; The Royal photographic Society; and inclusion in the private collection, touring exhibition and publication - History - The Mag Collection: Image-based Art in Britain in the Late Twentieth Century.

Her work has been commissioned for large scale textile prints by Harrods, London and Coast Fashion House's first artist collaboration collection; Supersized outdoor art installations still in location, commissioned by Tunnels of Hope, Hammersmith and Hanoi, Paris Gardens, London. She is the resident artist for Bhuti Wellness Centre, Richmond and OneFenCourt, London and she has collaborated with the glass department at the V&A Museum, London and the Bug House at London Zoo to create unique bodies of work.

Jo is a qualified meditation teacher and practices daily having trained with Buddhist Monks in Thailand whilst co-managing artists meditation retreats with The World Peace Initiative, Bangkok. Inviting artists from around the globe to immerse themselves with in the natural environment reconnecting with their inner selves and creating from a place of peace. This peace from within Jo wishes to translate through her creative artworks.
Jo Holland currently lives and works in London, UK.   

Cylindergallery will be showcasing work by Jo Holland at PhotoLondon, Somerset House  11th May- 14th May 2023