Art

With her fabric collection as her paint box, Jo Evans, AKA 100 Hours, creates quiet abstracts with natural materials. She makes soft, paintless paintings using beautiful textiles and papers such as linen, silk and hemp, manipulating but also relinquishing control to the warp and weft. At first glance the work is minimal, almost flat but on closer inspection oozing texture and tone.

She is drawn to methods of creation rooted in traditional techniques such as hand stitching and woodworking, which is then married to a love of simple modern aesthetics, influenced by styles of the late nineteenth to the mid twentieth centuries.

With an eye on sustainability, Jo uses only natural materials, from linen and silk to oak and beeswax. Her work is hand crafted using only hand tools and almost always improvised. Textiles are secured with tiny imperceptible stitches and frames are sanded, joined and waxed with very few traditional tools.

"I believe that art born of textiles has as much to give as a painting and can truly enhance our daily lives – you can feel its depth, its softness. Fabric has been on a journey and feels full of soul long before it has even gotten near to fulfilling its potential and l love that about this medium.”

She is currently pretty obsessed with making small pieces that can work beautifully in groups.

Jo lives and works on the Kent Coast.

Black and white portrait of a woman with long hair, looking down, with a contemplative expression.

Space

When not in the studio, I work as a consultant Project Manager with companies to help them distil and implement their vision for their internal spaces. This can range from design to site management. A small selection of this work can be found on the Space page. I also lend my experience to small companies needing help to define their brand values or offering.

Thanks for visiting my site, please don't hesitate to get in touch if you'd like to discuss collaborations, commissions, exhibiting or stocking my work... 

Exhibitions & Events

2025

2 - 30 June: The New Naturals at Another Country, 18 Crawford St, London W1H 1 BT.

4 March - 6 April: Solo show - The Sportsman, Whitstable.

Pre-2025

6 -7 December: Margo Selby & Friends Showcase - Unit 114 Joseph Wilson Industrial Est, Millstrood Rd, Whitstable, CT5 3SN.

Material Pattern - Sarah Wiseman Gallery, 40-41 S Parade, Oxford, OX2 7JL.

Friends of Studio 9 Design - Brighton, East Sussex.

The Other Art Fair - The Truman Brewery, London.

Discover Bucks Open - Discover Bucks Museum, Buckinghamshire.

50 x 50 - The Auction Collective, online auction.

Letchworth Open - Broadway Gallery, Hertfordshire.

Postcards For Ruby - Dulwich, London.

National Trust & Bucks Art Weeks - National Trust Stowe & Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire.

The Trifler - Queens Park Arts Centre, Buckinghamshire.

Artisan Exhibition, Textiles - Queens Park Arts Centre, Buckinghamshire.

Visual Art Open UK & International Emerging Artists Award - Shortlisted.

Postcard Exhibition - Highgate Contemporary Art Gallery, London.

Tiny Pricks Project - New York + touring, USA.

Such Curious Notes in the Margin of the Private Mind - Small House Gallery, London.

Letchworth Open - Broadway Gallery, Hertfordshire

Home Comforts - Open Door Gallery, Hertfordshire.