»Performance art had freed me from the difficulty of ›what to paint‹, I was present and I was the work. It is also where I gained the knowledge with which I could come back to painting with myself entering the canvas. This is the way I have painted ever since, creating through the movement of my body in touch with the canvas surface.« Joanna Jones
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Yves Sucksdorff
British artist Joanna Jones has lived and worked in Dover, England since 1997. Since graduating from the Royal Academy Schools, she has received several awards, including first prize at the London 1969 GLC painting competition, a scholarship at Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral in Rheinland-Pfalz and an Arts Council England YOTA Award for a projection on the White Cliffs of Dover, both in 2000, as well as the Kent Culture Award for her arts organisation DAD (Dover Arts Development) in 2016.
Together with Edda Salander-Jones, we have created this catalogue for Joanna's paintings with very special pages, shimmering and luminous, the paper has a distinct feel from the very first moment you hold it in your hands.
Galerie Gilla Lörcher Berlin
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Yves Sucksdorff
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Yves Sucksdorff
Stadtgalerie Bad Soden am Taunus
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Ute Schendel
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Yves Sucksdorff
The Citadel Dover
»Shocked into Presence« 2023 The Citadel Dover – An exhibition of 30 works from 40 years selected and curated by artist Nicolas Deshayes as part of the Dover Arts Development festival You can reach the world from Dover.
Stadtgalerie Bad Soden am Taunus
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Ute Schendel
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Yves Sucksdorff
Joanna Jones' work is shown in many international art institutions and galleries. Currently represented by Galerie Gilla Lörcher in Berlin and always present through the management of the projects she realises through the organisation DAD (Dover Arts Development), which she co-founded.
