Jo Barrett
Jo Barrett studied Fine Art locally at Bath Spa University. Her work focuses on the use of light in still life paintings, referencing the tradition of Dutch master paintings with a minimalist contemporary mood. Meticulously detailed flowers and vessels are illuminated with a contrast to the clean flat surfaces of the background with subtle shifts in light. Light and scale are important features in Jo’s work, striking in their size with subtle inflections of shadow and shifting tone.
‘Jo Barrett’s paintings focus on still life, capturing the form, light and atmosphere by carefully selected objects and the space they inhabit. Her work has a contemporary, formal approach to the subject while evoking the palette and atmosphere of the Dutch master still life tradition.She has distilled this influence into minimal and structured arrangements, where folds in the tablecloth and diffused forms in the background play an essential role in the final works. This balance of traditional and the now, combined with her meticulous observation of detail, enable her work to stand out from the photorealist genre.’
-Jonathan Cooper 2023
Education
2000 BA Hons Fine Art, First Class – Bath Spa University
Selected Exhibitions
2023
The Art of Silence
New Works, Jonathan Cooper Gallery, Chelsea, London
2022
Still, Beaux Arts Bath
2021
Solo Exhibition- Beaux Arts Bath
New Works, Jonathan Cooper Gallery, Chelsea, London
2019
Solo Exhibition- Beaux Arts Bath
2018
Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Arts Bath
Still Life, Solo Show – Northcote Gallery, Battersea, London
2017
New Paintings, Solo Show – Beaux Arts Bath
2015
Still Life, Solo Show – Northcote Gallery, Chelsea,London
2013
Still Life, Solo Show – Medici Gallery, London
British Painters, Stricoff Gallery, Chelsea, New York Gallery, Chelsea, London
2007-9, 11, 13, 15 New Paintings, Northcote
2002-05 Still Life & Landscapes, Clapham Art Gallery, London
2003
Landscapes Now, Clapham Art Gallery, London