Jo Sutherst
PhD Student
Overview
I am a part-time distance PhD student based in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK researching the role of the selfie process in the construction and communication of identity on social media and how artists use social media platforms to craft narratives of identity.
As a professional photographer and former secondary school teacher in Design and Technology, I decided in 2019 to undertake my PhD and extend my MA Photography research “Fractured Identities” which used performance, self-portraiture, a series of often comical props, and cosmetics to explore the world of the media generated selfie. The project is available at http://www.fractured-identities.co.uk/
I thoroughly enjoy being the co-ordinator and a facilitator for the PGR Study Space group, as well as attending other sessions to motivate me and to help increase my productivity. This group of supportive and encouraging PGRs has been influential in helping me to progress: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/doctoralcollege/researcherdevelopment/training/pgrstudyspace/
In addition, as a HASS Research Culture Assistant I have facilitated a series of hybrid and online writing retreats for PGRs across the university during 2023 and 2024.
I am the current co-editor of the HASS Research Culture blog: https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/hasspgrblog/
You can follow me on Twitter @JoSutherst and Instagram @jo_sutherst_photography. You can also view my website at www.josutherstphotography.co.uk
Research
Research collaborations
Publications
20th April 2023 - Silence is golden when you ‘shut up and write’ together. THE Campus – Times Higher Education. Co-authored with Kelly Preece. Available at https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/silence-golden-when-you-shut-and-write-together
9th March 2022 - Shut Up and Write online. JISC Digital case study. Co-authored with Kelly Preece. Available at https://digitalculture.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2022/03/09/shut-up-and-write-online/
15th April 2021 - Finding the ‘write path’: how writing groups help postgraduate researchers. Excellence in Education blog. Co-authored with Kelly Preece. Available at https://excellence-in-education.co.uk/finding-the-write-path-how-socially-supportive-writing-groups-help-postgraduate-researchers/
22nd February 2021 – Shielding as a PGR. University of Exeter Doctoral College Blog. Available at http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/2021/02/22/shielding-as-a-pgr/
25th January 2021 - Shut Up and Write. University of Exeter Doctoral College Blog. Available at http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/2021/01/25/shut-up-and-write-2/
10th June 2020 - The algorithmic gaze and its impact on our sense of human identity. Research and Innovation blog. Available at https://researchandinnovation.co.uk/the-algorithmic-gaze-and-its-impact-on-our-sense-of-human-identity/
Supervision
Supervisory Team
Professor Gabriella Giannachi and Professor David Houston Jones
External impact and engagement
Conferences
21st November 2024 - Invited to be part of a panel to talk about how SU&W! is an invaluable tool for accessibility at the first SU&W! Conference in Cambridge.
14th June 2024 - Committee member organising the 2024 LCVS PGR conference Visions Unveiled – Unfolding Narratives of Art History, Visual Culture, and Modern Languages https://twitter.com/ExeterVisions24
November 2022 - Selected for the AoIR Doctoral Colloquium
Media
Photographic Exhibitions and Publications
22/08/23 – 28/08/23
Equine Landscapes - Solo Exhibition, Lansdown Gallery, Stroud
27/10/19 - late 2020
Exhibited as part of Temperance Photographic Exhibition, Leamington Spa
Winter 2019
Featured artist in ADSHG Members Newsletter (Addison’s Disease Self Help Group)
27/07/19 - 01/09/19
Masked Identities, Forest of Dean Heritage Centre, Gloucestershire (Solo Exhibition)
20/06/19 – 02/07/19
Exhibited as part of Falmouth MA Photography Graduate Show 2019 at theprintspace Gallery, London (was also on the organising committee)
June 2019
Featured in Deep Water 2019 - https://issuu.com/ceg-digital/docs/falmouth_deep_water?utm_content=95248886&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&hss_channel=fbp-100430933842443
March 2019
The Sladbrook Chapbook, Stroud – featured artist and speaker.
March 2019
Featured in https://www.life-framer.com/photographer/jo-sutherst/
14/11/18 onwards
Addison’s Disease in Photographs Instagram Exhibition https://www.instagram.com/jo_sutherst_addisons_photos/
Autumn 2018
Featured in Source Magazine Issue 95 Graduate Photography Supplement as a photographer recommended by Maxwell Anderson, Founder, Bemojake Books
September 2018
Featured in IMAGE - The Journal of MA Photography (online)
August 2018
Featured in Source Graduate Photography Online 2018 and Online selections by Maxwell Anderson
August 2018
Interview with BBC Radio Gloucestershire. Available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap4uVyFia3M
August 2018 - July 2019
Exhibited as part of #Landings2018 Online Exhibition at http://landings.space/
30/07/18 - 11/08/18
Fractured Identities, Lansdown Gallery, Stroud (Solo Exhibition) – available online at http://www.fractured-identities.co.uk and https://www.instagram.com/fractured_identities/
July 2018
Featured on BJP-Online
01/06/18 - 15/11/18
Image exhibited as part of Summer Exhibition, Regency Gallery, Cheltenham
December 2017
PICFAIR Women Behind the Lens, Shortlisted (last 5)
December 2017
Featured on The Guardian website
11/12/17 - 11/01/18
Shortlisted and exhibited as part of PICFAIR Women Behind the Lens, The Guardian News and Media Gallery, London
11/08/17 - 18/08/17
Performance and Only Human, Pozers Studio, Cricklade, Swindon (Solo Exhibition)
August 2017 - July 2018
Exhibited as part of Falmouth University’s #Landings2017 exhibition
July 2017
Featured in Photoshoot Magazine
Biography
CV
2018: Royal Photographic Society
Awarded distinction Associate of Royal Photographic Society (ARPS)
2016-2018: Falmouth University
MA Photography - Distinction
2012-2013: University of Gloucestershire
Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Studies
2009-2010 University of Gloucestershire and GITEP
PGCE Secondary (Design and Technology)
1986-1991: Brunel University
BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
Academic Achievements
July 2019 Awarded Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding Contribution to the Student Experience for MA Photography, Falmouth University
Publications
20th April 2023 - Silence is golden when you ‘shut up and write’ together. THE Campus – Times Higher Education. Co-authored with Kelly Preece. Available at https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/silence-golden-when-you-shut-and-write-together
9th March 2022 - Shut Up and Write online. JISC Digital case study. Co-authored with Kelly Preece. Available at https://digitalculture.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2022/03/09/shut-up-and-write-online/
15th April 2021 - Finding the ‘write path’: how writing groups help postgraduate researchers. Excellence in Education blog. Co-authored with Kelly Preece. Available at https://excellence-in-education.co.uk/finding-the-write-path-how-socially-supportive-writing-groups-help-postgraduate-researchers/
22nd February 2021 – Shielding as a PGR. University of Exeter Doctoral College Blog. Available at http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/2021/02/22/shielding-as-a-pgr/
25th January 2021 - Shut Up and Write. University of Exeter Doctoral College Blog. Available at http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/2021/01/25/shut-up-and-write-2/
10th June 2020 - The algorithmic gaze and its impact on our sense of human identity. Research and Innovation blog. Available at https://researchandinnovation.co.uk/the-algorithmic-gaze-and-its-impact-on-our-sense-of-human-identity/
