Iris International Centre for Women in Photography, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

Jo Holland Biography

1971-

Emerging British photographer Jo Holland is a true pioneer in both art and science, fusing two disciplines into one as she creates her unique works. Forever pushing the limits of photography, she is an innovator in the art of camera-less photography. Holland's diverse collection of beautiful and intense images show the search for an object's spirituality.

Jo graduated with a degree in Design-Photography, from Staffordshire University, in 1993. She lives and works in Leeds, UK.

In 1996 she was awarded the Valencia Museum International Photographic Award, Valencia, Spain.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2005

Summershow, Florence Trust Studios, London.

2004

Blindfold, Proud Gallery, the Strand, London.

2003

Beyond Porn, The Foundry & Old Trumans Brewery, London.

2002/2001

Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds.

2001

Charlotte Street Gallery, London.

2000

Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London.

The British Orchid Conference, Leeds University.

1999

Association Gallery, London.

The Foyer Gallery, Dean Clough, UK.

1998

Special Photographer's Gallery, London.

1997/1998

The Mag Collection, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK

1995/1996

Royal Photographic Society, Bath, UK.

National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford, UK.

1994

Stoke Art Gallery & Museum, Stoke-on-Trent

Her work is also held in permanent collection at Museo de la Traronja, Valencia, Spain.