Artist Statement
To discover how medicines work in a single cell, the artist Jo Berry (JB) will participate in Practical research activities, using fluorescence microscopy to study Pharmacology of drugs and
Receptors in living cells, gaining insight into the scientific process and methods for using Fluorescence imaging to measure drug-receptor interactions and signalling in the Co-localisation of cells. The aim is to find new ways to represent the activity of cells from a drug perspective, generating digital design drawing ideas which will be used to create artwork and animations for an ambitious citywide exhibition in Derby in 2011.
Jo Berry (JB) is fascinated by amalgamations of different objects which make new objects, a process we call hybridisation. She produces complex layered digital drawings that are developed and realised as Light Installations, Vinyl Designs, Sculpture & Animations’ for exhibition and public art commissions. JB is inspired by dynamic interactions that occur in cells when a drug is applied, and she aims to produce new works that celebrate the complexity of cell behaviour.
CV & Education
Public realm
2012 - Blackpool Illuminations Fluted Pylons for Centenary , Blackpool Pier with Community workshops , Blackpool Lancashire
2011 - Grand Opening of Zeiss Imaging Labs , Zeiss Munich , Munich Germany
2011 - Stereo, Projections and cut out Movies , Frequency Festival, The collection, Lincoln , Lincoln , UK
2010 - Companion Stones, Peak District , Derbyshire
Qualifications and training
1994 - MA, Fine Art Printmaking, Camberwell College of Art
1990 - MA, Illustration (Natural History), Royal College of Art
1988 - BA Hons 2:1, Graphic Design, Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic
Solo exhibitions
2012 - Hijacking Natural Systems : Jo Berry , Lakeside Arts centre , Nottingham UK
2012 - Hijacking Natural Systems : Jo Berry , Milton Gallery, St. Pauls , London
2011 - Hijacking Natural Systems , Derby Museum & Art Gallery , Derby UK
2006 - Translation 3, 20:21 Gallery, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
2005 - Translation 2, Babylon Gallery, Ely, Cambridgeshire
2004 - Digital design drawings, The Usher Gallery, Lindum Road, Lincoln
2004 - Light Drawing, The Chapter House, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln
2004 - Translation 1, The Stables Gallery, Orleans House, London Borough of Richmond
2003 - Order, Regimentation, Collision, Lighthouse, Poole
2002 - Order, Regimentation, Collision, new laser light drawings, The Yard Gallery, Wollaton Park, Nottingham, sponsored by Nottingham City Council, East Midland Arts The Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) and Loughborough University
2001 - Light Drawings, Brantwood, Home of John Ruskin, Conniston
2000 - Lightbox Drawings, Gillingham Gallery, Kent, supported by Medway Arts and Loughborough University
Group exhibitions
2012 - Lightworks: Hijacking Natural Sytems , Solent Showcase, Southampton Solent University
2007 - Drawing with Light, Shire Gallery, Staffordshire
2001 - Lightbox Drawings, with Elizabeth kataran, England & Co., London
2000 - Art Futures, Contemporary Art Society, sponsored by Hewlett Packard, The Barbican, London
2000 - Contemporary Art Fair, represented by England & Co., Business Design Centre
Workshops
2004 - Schools Project Commission, Nidderdale Swimming Pool, Nidderdale Swimming Pool, Patley Bridge, West Yorkshire
Residencies
2012 - Bridging The Gaps an ESPRC Funded Project , Loughborough University , Loughborough
Public commissions
2009 - Companion Stones, Derbyshire Moorland, Derbyshire
2007 - Interactivity, Sheffield Millenium Gallery , Sheffield
2007 - Millfield Sculpture Commission, exterior wall mounted sculpture, Millfield School, Street, Somerset
2007 - Shetland Amenity Trust , Shetland Maritime Museum, Lerwick, Shetlands
2006 - Barnsley Civic Public Art Commissions, Barnsley Civic Centre, Barnsley, North Yorkshire
2005 - Nidderdale Swimming Pool Appeal Public Art Commission & Community Art Works', Patley Bridge,, West Yorkshire
Projects
2007 - ANIMATION TEST PIECES, Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham
Competitions, prizes and awards
2010 - Hijacking Natural Systems : Jo Berry , Funded by Wellcome Trust Arts Award, Arts Council England, Derby City Arts Awards , Nottingham University Medical School
2009 - Co-localisation -a voyage of discovery inside our cells, Arts Council England Large Grant Award, For work to be shown at Derby Museum & Art Gallery , 2011
2008 - Reseearch & Development Award, Arts Council England, Derbyshire
2004 - AHRB Small Grants Award , Loughborough University, Loughborough
2004 - New Works & Commissions Award, Arts Council England, East Midlands
2002 - New Works & Commissions Award, Arts Council England, East Midlands
2001 - AHRC Advanced REsearch Fellowship, Loughborough University, Loughborough
Other
2007 - Visions Of Light, Artists publication & Downloadable.pdf, summing up research and projects undertaken as an Advanced Research Fellow, Loughborough University
