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| RECENT EXHIBITIONS (SOLO AND SITE PROJECTS): | |
| 2010 | Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgfield, CT (solo) |
| Yale Divinity School, Marquand Chapel, Yale University, New Haven, CT | |
| The LaGrange National Biennial, LaGrange Art Museum & Lamar Dodd Art Center of LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA | |
| 2009 | Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA |
| 2008 | Francis Lewis Gallery, St. George Episcopal Church, New York, NY |
| 2007 | The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, County Clare, Ireland (group) |
| 2006-2007 | Museum of Glass International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA |
| 2005-2006 | Art in Public Spaces; Q.V.C.C., Permanent Site Project, Danielson, CT, Arts Division of the Commission on Culture and Tourism, Hartford, CT (solo) |
| National Museum of Catholic Art, New York, NY | |
| 2005 | John Slade Ely House Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT |
| Westport Art Association Gallery, Westport, CT | |
| 2004-2006 | William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT (solo) |
| 2003-2004 | DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA (solo) |
| 2002 | Broadway Windows Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
| The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY | |
| Garnetthill Synagogue, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Scotus College, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| 2002-2005 | Christus Church, Cologne, Germany |
| University of Rhode Island, Photography Gallery, Kingston, RI (solo) | |
| 2001-2005 | School of Divinity, Glascow University |
| 2001-2002 | Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland |
| 2001 | Sala Uno Gallery, Rome, Italy |
| Temple Gallery, Rome, Italy | |
| Sharjah International Art Biennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (U.S. representative) | |
| 2000 | ISpace Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT | |
| RECENT AWARDS AND GRANTS: | |
| 2008 | Artist Fellowship, Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism |
| 2007 | American Scandinavian Foundation Grant, New York, NY |
| Residency, SIM: The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Reykjavik, Iceland | |
| 2006 - 2007 | University Associate, New York University, New York, NY |
| 2006 | Finalist, Arlin Meyer Prize, Lilly Fellows Program, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA |
| Scholar-in-Residence, New York University, New York, NY | |
| Project Grant, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA | |
| Residency, Centro des las Artes-Estampa, Salamanca City, State of Guanajuato, Mexico | |
| Residency, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland | |
| 2005 | Project Grant, Westport Art Association, Westport, CT |
| Commission Award for Permanent Site Installation, Art in Public Spaces, Arts Division of the | |
| Commission on Cultureand Tourism, Q.V.C.C., Danielson, CT | |
| 2004-2005 | Project Grant, William Belton Museum, Storrs, CT |
| DANE Fellow, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT | |
| 2001 | Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, New York City, NY |
| 1999 | Project Grant, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT |
| Residency, Courthouse Studios, Ennistymon, County Clare, Ireland | |
| Scholar-In-Residence, Faculty Resource Network, New York University, New York City, NY | |
| RECENT LECTURES, VISITING CRITIC, PANELS, WORKSHOPS: | |
| 2009 | 7th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Art, Ritual, and the Public: A Contemporary Visual Arts Dialogue. Panel Chair |
| St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York, Journey, Memory and the Collaborative Interplay Between Light and Breath. Lecture with Dr. Kim Bridgford | |
| 2008 | College Art Association, 2008 National Conference, Dallas, TX. Panelist |
| Poetry Conference, Why Study Women's Poetry, Regional Conference, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY. Panelist | |
| Poetry Conference, Lifting Belly High, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. Panelist | |
| 2007 | SIM: The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Reykjavik, Iceland. Residency |
| 2006 | New York University, Tische School for the Arts, New York, NY. Lecture |
| Museum of Glass and International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA. Lecture | |
| Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT. Print Workshop | |
| Boston University, Society for Photographic Education, 2006 Northeast Regional Conference, Photographic Resource Center, Intersections, Boston, MA. Presenter (Bellanger) | |
| Centro des las Artes-Estampa, Salamanca City, State of Guanajuato, Mexico. Lecture/Workshop | |
| Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland. Lecture/Residency | |
| Horizon To Go, Tuscany, Italy. Invited Workshop | |
| Wheaton College, Evelyn Danzig Haas '39, Visiting Artists Program, Norton, MA. Lecture (Bridgford) | |
| 2005 | College Art Association, 2005 National Conference, Atlanta, GA. Panelist |
| DANE, Craigsville, MA. Keynote Speaker | |
| Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. Visiting Critic | |
| 2003 | Cristobal Colon University, Veracruz, Mexico. Lecture |
| 2002 | University of Rhode Island, Kinston, RI. Lecture/Visiting Critic |
| 2001 | Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Scotland. Lecture |
| Duncan of Jordanstone Royal College of Art, Dundee Scotland. Lecture | |
| 2000 | The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. Lecture |
| 1999 | Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, County Clare, Ireland. Lecture/Workshop/Visiting Critic |
| Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland. Lecture | |
| 1998 | Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Lecture/Visiting Critic |
| RECENT BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| Duggal, Baldev, Vision to Visuals; Light, Ritual, Journey and Passage, Digital PhotoPro, Vol. 5 No. 5, September/October 2007. | |
| Yarrington, Jo, Folly, follymag.com, June 2007. | |
| Flores, Maria Antonieta, El Cautivo, Vol. 3, Number 19, http://www.elcautivo.org, No. 19, 2006. | |
| Bridgford, Kim, Inmediasres, Vol. 1, Number 1, http://www.mezzocamin.org, No. 1, 2006. | |
| Sharpe, Rosanna, Transparently Built, Lavabo, The Museum of Glass and International Center for Contemporary Art, Brochure, Tacoma, WA, 2006. | |
| Elkin, James, On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art, Book, Routledge Press, 2005. | |
| Eliasoph, Philip, In Situ Changes at the Westport Art Center, Connecticut Post; October 9, 2005. | |
| Streitland, L.P., Jirimani: An Installation by Jo Yarrington at the DeCordova Musuem and Scultpure Park, Lincoln, MA, Art New England: Contemporary Art and Culture, June/July 2004. | |
| Daniel, Missy, Religion and the Arts, Religion and Ethics Newsletter; PBS/NY, 2004.World Sculpture News, Brown, Glen R. 2003 | |
| Brown, Glen R. World Sculpture News, 2003. | |
| Schaechter, Judith, Sustaining Stained Glass, Glass: The Urban Glass Art Quarterly, Fall, 2003. | |
| Heartney, Eleanor, Catalog Essay, Glasgow, Scotland, 2001. | |
| Klein, Richard, Contemplations on the Spiritual: Site Projects/Rome, Italy, 2-site installation, Galeria Sala 1, Temple Rome Gallery, Catalogue, Rome, Italy, 2001. | |
| Eckhardt, Christian; Heartney, Eleanor; Philbrick, Harry; Romberg, Osvoldo, Faith: The Impact of Judeo-Christian Religion on Art at the Millennium, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000. | |
| EDUCATION: | |
| 1975 | MFA, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH |
| 1973 | BFA, BAE. With Honors, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH |