Jo Longhurst is a UK-based artist and photographer. She is the winner of the Canadian 2012 Grange Prize.Art Gallery of Ontario: Grange Prize photography award goes to Britain’s Jo Longhurst | Toronto StarBritish photographer wins $50K Grange Prize – Arts & Entertainment – CBC News She was the Art Gallery of Ontario's Artist-in-residence from November to December 2012.
Early life and education Longhurst was born in Essex, UK. She earned a doctorate at the Royal College of Art.Jo Longhurst wins Grange prize – The Globe and Mail
Career Longhurst is known for her photographs of gymnasts,"British photographer wins $50K Grange Prize". CBC News. which she displays in an exhibit entitled Other Spaces, and also her exhibit of photographs of Show dogs, which she titles The Refusal."Grange Prize 2012: Jo Longhurst wins Canada’s highest photogrpahy honour". National Post.British artist Jo Longhurst wins Canada's richest photo award, Grange Prize – Arts – The Guardian Her work has been exhibited in the UK and in Europe."Jo Longhurst wins $50,000 photography prize". BBC News.
References "Jo Longhurst." Art Gallery of Ontario. Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 17 May 2013. Public vote awards U.K. artist Jo Longhurst $50,000 Grange Prize 2012 for contemporary photography