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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