Jo Howard is an artist consumed by the colour and texture of oil paint.
Since her first encounter with the medium in third grade, she has been obsessed with the alchemy of oil and pigment.
She has always been intuitively connected to symbols, stories and mythology, making paintings from legend, myth, history and imagination. Delving into the past and scanning the future by obsessively meditating and drawing, her paintings evolve spontaneously.
Creating, from self introspection and connection to spiritual elements her work is an esoteric exploration of what it means to be human.
Jo Howard
Canberra, Australia
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2004
Graduate Diploma in Education
Art & Design
University of Canberra, Bruce ACT
2003
Bachelor of Arts (Visual) with Honours (1st)
Painting / Digital Arts
Australian National University
1994
Diploma of Applied Arts (Graphic Design)
Canberra Institute of Technology ACT
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2016
Canberra Area Theatre Award - Best Costume Design for a Youth Production
2003
Emerging Artists Support Scheme (EASS) ANU Art Collection Award
The EASS Mallesons Stephen Jaques Acquisition
The EASS Animal Health Australia
Peter Fay Collection
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2006
Grace - The Front Studio and Gallery
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2005
Opening: The Front Studio and Gallery
2006
Picture This - painting alumni from ANU School of Art 2000 - 2005
2009
Artist. Mother, Teacher - The Gallery, CGS
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2007
HATING ALISON ASHLEY
SET DESIGN &
CONSTRUCTION
2008
HATING ALISON ASHLEY
SET DESIGN/PAINTING
2008
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
COSTUMES
SET AND PROPS
2008
FRANKENSTIEN
SET DESIGN AND PAINTINGS
2009
ALIBRANDI
SOUND DESIGN & Technical Director
2009
TWELFTH NIGHT
DIGITAL VISUALS & Technical Director
2010
KING LEAR
COSTUME DESIGN &
CONSTRUCTION
2011
ROMEO & JULIET
COSTUME
DESIGN
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
2012
THE TEMPEST