Jo Longhurst
Jo Longhurst is a UK-based artist and photographer. She is the winner of the Canadian 2012 Grange Prize. She was the Art Gallery of Ontario's Artist-in-residence from November to December 2012.
Jo Longhurst
- Born
- 1962 · Chelmsford.
- Occupation
- photographer · installation artist · video artist · performance artist
- Education
- University of Leeds · University of Westminster
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Jo Longhurst is a UK-based artist and photographer. She is the winner of the Canadian 2012 Grange Prize. She was the Art Gallery of Ontario's Artist-in-residence from November to December 2012.
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Longhurst was born in Essex, UK. She earned a doctorate at the Royal College of Art.
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Longhurst is known for her photographs of gymnasts, which she displays in an exhibit entitled Other Spaces, and also her exhibit of photographs of Show dogs, which she titles The Refusal. Her work has been exhibited in the UK and in Europe.
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- 1.Art Gallery of Ontario: Grange Prize photography award goes to Britain’s Jo Longhurst | Toronto Star
- 2.British photographer wins $50K Grange Prize – Arts & Entertainment – CBC News
- 3.Jo Longhurst Wins 2012 Grange Prize – Canadian Art.
- 4.Jo Longhurst wins Grange prize – The Globe and Mail
- 5."British photographer wins $50K Grange Prize". CBC News.
- 6."Grange Prize 2012: Jo Longhurst wins Canada’s highest photogrpahy honour". National Post.
- 7.British artist Jo Longhurst wins Canada's richest photo award, Grange Prize – Arts – The Guardian
- 8."Jo Longhurst wins $50,000 photography prize". BBC News.
- 9."Jo Longhurst." Art Gallery of Ontario. Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- 10.Public vote awards U.K. artist Jo Longhurst $50,000 Grange Prize 2012 for contemporary photography
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