Education:
2012
Leverhulme Fellow, European Centre for Photographic Research, University of Wales, Newport
2008
PhD by practice, Fine Art, Photography, Royal College of Art, London
1984
BA Honours, Russian with Politics, University of Leeds

Solo Exhibitions

2018
New Order / Other Spaces, Kelvin Hall Ballroom, Glasgow
New Order / Other Spaces, Threshold Artspace, Perth Concert Hall
curated by Tiffany Boyle & Iliyana Nedkova for the Glasgow 2018 European Championships Cultural Programme - with intermittent screenings of moving image on the big screens at George Square, Glasgow & Perth Theatre, Perth

2016
Jo Longhurst / Other Spaces, Belfast Titanic, Belfast

2013
Jo Longhurst / Present, Sporobole, Sherbrook, Québec

2012
Jo Longhurst / Other Spaces, MOSTYN, Llandudno
Jo Longhurst / Other Spaces, Ffotogallery, Cardiff
Suspension, ICIA, Bath

2010
Jo Longhurst / The Refusal, London Art Fair, with Pavillion

2008
Jo Longhurst / The Refusal, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Twelve Dogs, Twelve Bitches, Pavilion, Leeds
Jo Longhurst / The Refusal, RCA, London

2006
Descent, MAC, Birmingham

2005
Twelve Dogs, Twelve Bitches, Discovery Award, Recontres De La Photographie, Arles
Breed, Studio 1.1, London

2000
Feast, European Academy for the Arts, London
Elephant & Castle Families 1994/2000, Museum of London


Selected Group Exhibitions

2020
Énergie animale. Tiere in der Gestaltung, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich

2017/18
PFF - Pets Friends Forever. Pets and their People, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden

2017
Perfect / Imperfect, Galerie Andreas Schmidt, Berlin [with Penelope Umbrico and Mariken Wessels]

2016
Photography is Magic, Aperture, New York

2015
Work in Progress, International Residency Programme, Largo das Artes, Rio de Janiero
Gothic, Library of Birmingham, Birmingham
Sport, Sport, Sport, Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image, London

2014/15
Arche Noah, Uber Tier und Mensch in der Kunst, Museum Ostwall in Dortmund

2014
Sport, Sport, Sport, Transmission/ Kinning Park, Glasgow
Still, Solent Showcase, Southampton

2013
C Magazine Auction, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art / Bonhams Canada, Toronto
Fans of Feminism, Cass Gallery, London

2012/13
The Grange Prize, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
The Grange Prize, Canada House, London

2012
The Worldly House, dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel
Powerhouse, Smiths Row, Bury St Edmonds
Critical Dictionary, WORK, London

2011
Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno
Check-In, Harbourside, Folkstone Triennial Fringe

2010
The Animal Gaze, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
Exposure, James Hyman Gallery, London
Update UK: Photography in Britain after 2000, Krakow
The Refusal, Art Projects, London Art Fair, with Pavilion
Protected Characteristics, Royal College of Art, London

2009/10
Cocker Spaniel and Other Tools for International Understanding, Kunsthalle zu Kiel

2009
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, A Foundation, Rochelle School, London [selectors Richard Billingham, Ceal Floyer, Ken Lum]
Becoming Animal, Becoming Human, nGbK, Berlin
Photography Auction, Christies, Paris
London Photography Auction, Phillips de Pury & Company
Glasgow Art Fair, with Pavilion
The Animal Gaze, Cass Gallery, Whitechapel

2008
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, A Foundation, Liverpool Biennial [selectors Richard Billingham, Ceal Floyer, Ken Lum]
New Works: Pavilion Commissions, National Media Museum, Bradford
Summer Show, Hoopers Gallery, London
Anticipation, Ultralounge, Selfridges, London
SHOW RCA, Royal College of Art, London
Phantasma, Ballhaus/Nordpark, Düsseldorf
Parade, Shunt Vaults, London

2007
To the Dogs, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver
Anticipation, David Roberts Foundation, London

2006
Too Dark in the Park, Cafe Gallery Projects, London

2005
Nützlich, süund museal / das fotografierte Tier (The Photographed Animal / Useful, Cute and Collected), Museum Folkwang, Essen
Future Face, National Museum of Natural Science, Taipei
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London

2004
Future Face, Wellcome Gallery, Science Museum, London
Weeds, Hiscox Artprojects, London

2003
Ausll, Dahl Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lucerne
Work in progress, Essen Arts Festival, Essen
T/Reason, Serpentine Pavilion, London
Treason, Cafe Gallery Projects, London