Jo de Pear is a professional print maker. She studied for her BA at Edinburgh College of Art and her MA in Printmaking at Chelsea, London. She uses all of the varied printmaking disciplines, often combining two or three to create her semi-abstracted images. She lives and works in London.
The images in her prints, such as 'Portrait' and 'Button Hooks and Brushes', examine the notions of memory and loss through an exploration of the relationship between intimate objects.
This work juxtaposes the familiar souvenirs we become tied to in order to represent the personality that is imprinted on them.
Her India print works are a collection of abstracted, topographical still-lives. The images are developed from the ordered stalls of street doctors, dentists and food-sellers, to the more detailed, opulent prints that celebrate the plethora of religious ceremonies.
Jo has exhibited her work widely. Exhibitions include AAF New York/ Paris/ Battersea/ Bristol/ Bath, 115.oxo,
The Bargehouse Gallery, The Coningsby Gallery, The Mernier Chocolate Factory, Artichoke Open Studio Brixton, Glasgow Print Studio, National Gallery Edinburgh, The Barbican, and Originals/ Mall Galleries.
Jo's work has been bought both by private collectors through to commissions for Government and city offices and large corporations including British Airways.
A number of Jo's prints can be seen in the The Instant Printmaker, published by Collins & Brown, Etching and Photopolymer Techniques and Hybrid Prints, both published by A&C Black.