Joanne Short is one of Cornwall’s most established artists, and her paintings are truly unique in their style and construction. They bring to us a strong but gentle view of her world and focus on the beauty, pattern and life that is found in the landscape.
She featured in the ITV series ‘The Painted Garden’ and many collectors marvelled at the way she confidently commits paint to her canvas en plein-air.
Joanne’s approach to painting is refined and uncluttered. She is concerned with the colour and pattern quality within her overall compositions. A patchwork of mark making including stripes, lines and dots combine in harmonious colour groups within her bold pictures of still lives and landscapes.
Joanne is a member of the acclaimed Newlyn Society of Artists in Cornwall and has exhibited in Cork Street, London, Italy, Monaco and leading galleries in the South West. She has been published worldwide by the Art Group and is one of Cornwall’s best-known artists, often working outside surrounded by the landscape.
Joanne Short was born in Oxford in 1967. Joanne Short’s paintings are truly unique in their style and construction. They bring to us a strong but gentle view of Joanne’s world and focus on the beauty, pattern and life that is found in the landscape of Cornwall.
Joanne initially studied at Falmouth School of Art for two years in 1988 before gaining a first-class degree in Fine Art and ‘Decoration’ from the Academy of Fine Art in Frosinone, Italy.
Her studies in Italy were quite different from an English art school – with detailed research into restoration and anatomy – all in Italian and with many oral examinations; she is now a fluent Italian speaker.
During the course, Joanne was chosen to represent the college by exhibiting in Genoa, Palermo and Rome. She was also selected to represent the college in an annual exhibition organised in Florence for all Italian Academies, each choosing only three of its best pupils.
In 1991 Joanne was selected to participate in an international exhibition with 15 other young artists in a tiny mediaeval village, Fumone, in the county of Lazio. Joanne was awarded second place and a special mention by the Art Critics in the catalogue.
Joanne moved back to her native Cornwall, and in 1996 she had a one-woman show ‘Symbols of the Sea’, culminating several years of work including etchings, paintings, constructions, site-specific pieces and poetry.
Her work from this point has concentrated exclusively on painting. Joanne’s approach to painting is simple and uncluttered. She is concerned with the pattern quality within her overall compositions – a patchwork of mark making including stripes, lines and dots which combine in harmonious groups within her bold pictures of still lives and landscapes.
Her paintings have been widely collected and admired.
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Joanne is an elected member of the Newlyn Society of Artists.
1994–1999 Joanne has also worked as a lecturer at Falmouth College of Arts and Cornwall College, teaching general drawing, painting and printmaking.
1997–2006 Mixed shows at National Trust Trelissick, Cothele and Saltram House Galleries.
3-dimensional sculptural pieces on permanent show in Cassino, Italy.
2005 Featured Artist in the ITV series ‘The Painted Garden.’
2006/7 Resident artist for St Michael’s Mount with John Dyer.
2007/8 Resident artist for Giardini Hanbury, Italy.
Selected Exhibitions
Joanne has exhibited in many galleries including Gallery Tresco, Beside The Wave Gallery, Trelissick Gallery, Juliet Gould Gallery, Mid Cornwall Galleries, The John Dyer Gallery, The Falmouth Art Gallery, The New Craftsman Gallery and Newlyn Art Gallery.
1991 Joint exhibition with ‘Giovani Artisti’, Fumone, Italy.
1992 Joint exhibition in commemoration of the Discovery of America, Genoa, Palermo and Rome.
1992 Exhibition representing Frosinone Art Academy, Florence, Italy.
1992 One-woman show, Cassino, Italy.
1993 Impressions of Falmouth, mixed show, Beside The Wave, Cornwall.
1993 24 Christmas Surprises, Beside The Wave, Cornwall.
1994 Joint show with John Dyer, Juliet Gould Gallery, Mevagissey, Cornwall.
1994 Impressions of Falmouth II, Beside The Wave, Cornwall.
1995 Mixed shows at Beside The Wave and Trelissick Galleries.
1995 Joint show with John Dyer at Juliet Gould Gallery, Mevagissey.
1996 One-woman show ‘Symbols of the Sea’, Open Space Gallery, Cornwall College.
1997–2004 Mixed shows at Trelissick, Cothele and Saltram House Galleries.
1998 ‘Critics Choice’ work selected by Theo Waddington for exhibition at Newlyn Orion Gallery.
1998 Royal West of England Academy with Newlyn Society.
1999 ‘Provence Pattern and Landscape’, Artifex Gallery, Birmingham.
1999 Joint Exhibition with John Dyer & Ted Dyer ‘Provence Colour and Landscape’, Gallery 27, Cork Street, London.
1999 The Dividing Line, Mixed Exhibition, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall.
2000 Joint Exhibition with John Dyer ‘Beachy Treats, on Holiday at Home’, Beside The Wave Gallery, Falmouth.
2002 Joint Exhibition with John Dyer ‘Tresco, a Cornish Paradise’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth, Cornwall.
2002 Mixed printmaking exhibition with Newlyn Society of Artists, Lucca, Italy.
2003 Joint Exhibition with John Dyer ‘St. Michael’s Mount, the Sound of the Sea’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth, Cornwall.
2004 Joint Exhibition with Sue McDonald ‘Cornish Blue’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth, Cornwall.
2004 Joint Exhibition with John Dyer & Ted Dyer ‘Italy, Luce e Colore’, Gallery 27, Cork Street, London.
2005 Joint exhibition with John Dyer at Beside The Wave Gallery ‘South Coast.’
2005 Mixed Exhibition at Falmouth Art Gallery ‘Passing Ships.’
2005 Joint exhibition with John Dyer at The John Dyer Gallery ‘Celebration.’
2006 Exhibition with Gallery Tresco, Isles of Scilly, with John Dyer.
2006 Joint exhibition with John Dyer at The John Dyer Gallery ‘Magical Paintings of the Isles of Scilly.’
2007 Exhibition ‘Paintings from a Small Island’, St Michael’s Mount with John Dyer, held on the Mount.
2008 ‘Singing and Zinging’ Paintings of the Côte d’Azur, Hermitage, Monaco.
2009 Exhibition with The John Dyer Gallery Christmas.
2010 Exhibition at Conservatoire of Music, Menton, France.
2010 Exhibition at National Trust Carwinion House.
2011 Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust Exhibition in Truro.
2012 The John Dyer Gallery Exhibition.
2013 Exhibition with John Dyer & Ted Dyer at National Trust Carwinion House.
2013 Christmas Exhibition ‘Paintings of Paris’ – The John Dyer Gallery.
2015 ‘Cornish Summer Treats’ Exhibition with John Dyer and Ted Dyer – The John Dyer Gallery.
2023 Exhibition at the St Ives Society of Artists, Crypt Gallery, St Ives.
2023 Travels to Kenya to paint with the Born Free Foundation for Last Chance to Paint with John Dyer.
Public Collections
2013 Truro City Council acquired a Joanne Short original for their public collection (July).
2013 Falmouth Art Gallery purchased a Joanne Short original for their public collection.
Publications
Fine art posters published by The Art Group in 2000.
‘Tresco: A Cornish Paradise’ published 2002.
Art postcards of Tresco published 2002.
Art cards published 2003.
Limited edition prints published in 2006.
Front cover on the official Truro City Guide 2013.
