Jo Darvall is an established and versatile painter and printmaker whose art is driven by the joy of conveying stories about places and people.

From Naarm (Melbourne), Jo Darvall’s career has spanned over thirty years and three continents. Winner of Australia’s richest regional art prize, the Collie Art Prize in 2023, Darvall continues to push the boundaries with landscape painting and printmaking to international acclaim. She graduated from Victorian College of the Arts in 1990, and has been practicing in Western Australia for the last decade, while moving between her studio in Walyalup (Fremantle), Singapore, Gadigal country (Sydney), Naarm (Melbourne) and recently, Fiji. Darvall was a founding creator of the Artists for Kids Culture Trust and the Swan River Print Studio at Goolagatup Heathcote Gallery.

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Artist Profile has published an online article on Darvall's Wandoo with excerpts from Dr Kevin Robertson's essay; the article is available to view here.