Biography

Jo Darvall completed her studies at the Victorian College of the Arts (1990), Melbourne before relocating to Perth with her family. An accomplished artist who specialises in oil painting, watercolour and printmaking, Darvall has exhibited widely in Australia, China and Singapore, has been shortlisted for over 28 awards, has been a successful recipient of Development Funding by DLGSC to exhibit internationally and interstate. In 2018 she co-founded the Swan River Print Studio at Goolagatup Heathcote Gallery in the City of Melville. Jo has grown her practice over the past three decades and her works of art have featured in nineteen solo exhibitions and forty-eight group exhibitions in Australia, London, China and Singapore. Jo has taught at the Fremantle Arts Centre (FAC), at the University of Western Australia (UWA), is one of the founders of Artists for Kids Culture Trust in Victoria.