Jo Chew
Born in Hobart, Tasmania
Education
2018-2022 PhD, CAM, University of Tasmania, Hobart
2018 Honours in Painting (First Class), CAM, University of Tasmania, Hobart
2008-2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart (Dean’s Honour Roll)
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Displacement, repair, and the painted collage - PhD exhibition, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2021 A Song for the Unsettled - Moonah Arts Centre, Moonah, Tasmania
2020 Everything is going to be alright - Schoolhouse Gallery, Rosny Farm, Tasmania
2019 The Wanderer, the Fool, and the Refuge - Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2017 Numbering Stars - Thienny Lee Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales
2014 Cain - Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2012 It’s Gonna Be (Alright) - Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2011 In media res - Entrepot Gallery, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart, Tasmani
Awards and Prizes
2023 Winner of the Glover Prize for Landsacape
2022 Winner of the Emerging Prize, Womens Art Prize Tasmania
2022 The Churchie Emerging Art Prize, IMA, Brisbane, Queensland
2019 HATCHED - The National Graduate Exhibition at PICA, Perth, Western Australia
Group Exhibitions
2023 Finalist in the Glover Prize, Evandale
2022 Finalist in the Glover Prize, Evandale
2022 Finalist in the Women’s Art Prize Tasmania, Launceston, Devonport, Hobart
2021 Finalist in the Henry Jones Art Prize, Hobart - Highly Commended
2019 Finalist in the Henry Jones Art Prize, Hobart
2018 Finalist in the Bruny18 Prize, Alonnah, Bruny Island
2018 Finalist in the Henry Jones Art Prize, Hobart
2018 30th Annual Summer Show - Despard Gallery, Hobart
2016 Animalia - Despard Gallery, Hobart
2015 The Despard Collection - Despard Gallery, Hobart
This is Drawing Now - Despard Gallery, Hobart
2013 25th Annual Summer Show - Despard Gallery, Hobart
Tasmanian Artists for Bushfire Relief - Penny Contemporary, Hobart
Constance makes the art grow stronger - Constance ARI, Hobart
Pure Gold, towards the sun - Schoolhouse Gallery, Rosny Barn, Hobart
MONAista - Stable Gallery, Hobart
Linden Postcard Show - Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda
2012 24th Annual Summer Show - Despard Gallery, Hobart
MONAista - Stable Gallery, Hobart
Members’ Group Show - Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart
Bibliography
Harper, Andrew. ‘Dwelling on an Escape’. Tas Weekend, The Mercury, 2-3 March 2019.
Denholm, Michael. In the Vineyard of Art - The story of art and Tasmania, Vol 2, Carlton St. Press, 2013.
Selby, Clyde. ‘Mystical Delights’ The Saturday Magazine, The Mercury, 11 August 2012.