Joanna Whittle

Joanna Whittle studied at Central Saint Martins and Royal College of Art. She has had solo exhibitions at Agnews (london)  and the Museum of London, whilst taking part in numerous group exhibitions including, since 2018, Sidney&Matilda Gallery and Bloc Projects (Sheffield), Collyer Bristow and Herrick Gallery (London) and  Portico Library Gallery (Manchester). Her work has also been exhibited in John Moores Painting Prize (2018), and Royal Academy (2019). In 2019 she was joint winner of the Harley Open Prize and Winner of the Contemporary British Painting Prize, exhibiting at The Huddersfield Art Gallery and ASC Gallery (London). In 2019 she was selected for the Freelands Artist Programme, a funded residency, working with the Freelands Foundation (London) and Site Gallery (Sheffield). In 2020 she was awarded Arts Council funding for her project ‘Between Islands’ which included working with the Portland Collection and the Welbeck Estate which culminated in a solo exhibition at the Harley Gallery (Nottinghamshire)  She was most recently winner of the New Light Art Prize Valeria Sykes Award, 2020.

UKNA Projects:

The Viewing Room: Somewhere between reality and obscurity