Tue 4th March, 3:30pm
Joanne Coates is a working class visual artist using the medium of photography. She lives and works across the North East of England. Her work explores rurality, hidden histories, and inequalities relating to low income through photography, installations, and audio. She uses photography to question stories around power, identity, wealth, and poverty. She was first educated in working-class communities, and then at London College of Communication (BA Hons Photography). Joanne Coates is the UK House of Commons Election Artist for 2024 , known for her compelling explorations of rural life, class, and environmental issues. In 2023, she was honoured with the Baltic Vasseur Arts Award, where she created a body of work, The Middle of Somewhere, addressing housing, climate, and the countryside. The workwas long-listed for the Deutsche Borse prize. In 2021 she was awarded The Jerwood / Photoworks award.
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