Jo Longhurst

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• PhD

  School

  School of Humanities

  Programme

  Photography–2008

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  http://www.jolonghurst.com

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• I am interested in perfection. My work with the British show Whippet - a dog bred to an ideal standard - focuses on the evolution of the visual image of the Whippet, and the construction of human identity through the shaping of the figure of the dog. By making images of dogs, I explore the clinical aspects of breeding (and photography), and the intimate, instinctual relationship between human and animal. Underpinning my work is an exploration of photographic portraiture, and the effect of looking and being looked at.

• Degrees

• BA (Hons) Russian with Politics, University of Leeds, 1984

• Experience

• Artist talk, Folkwang Master Lecture Series, Essen, Germany, 2008; Artist talk, CRASSH, University of Cambridge, 2008; Artist's talk, University of Oxford, 2005; Artist's talk, University of Derby, 2003;

• Exhibitions

• Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Liverpool Biennial, 2008; The Refusal (Solo Show), Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, 2008; Anticipation: The Best of London’s Emerging Artists, One, One, One, London, 2007; To the Dogs, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, 2007; Descent (Solo Show), Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, 2006

• Awards

• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, 2008; Nominee, Discovery Award, Arles International Photography Festival, 2005; Pavilion Commission Award (A new body of work for exhibition at the National Media Museum, Bradford), 2008