Jo Hummel

Jo Hummel conducts experiments in which the process often determines the outcome, providing a safe environment for improvisation. A place where rational procedures can coexist with intuition.

In this way, she explores the unpredictable nature of intuition and spontaneity. Her practice functions as a simulation of decision-making experiences that allow her to capture and utilize sensations such as anxiety and serenity.

And it is through these contradictory emotional states of comfort, satisfaction, anxiety, repulsion, etc., that Hummel is able to tap into the ubiquitous state of human uncertainty. The social structures in which we operate guide and influence how we feel and what we choose to do on a daily basis. Social class, religion, gender, and ethnicity influence what we consider pleasant or unpleasant.

The nature of collage is that throughout its creation, the work is constantly changing. The artist must negotiate the canvas by rearranging, choosing, and adjusting, often over long periods of time, having explored hundreds, even thousands of the infinite possible outcomes. In this way, the creative process itself is as important as the final result.

Jo Hummel works in her studio on the Isle of Wight.