Artist spotlight on: Joanne Coats – Wed 15 Oct 2025

Joanne Coates is a visual artist from North of England whose work explores rural working class identity, ecological change, and class politics. Her practice is grounded in photography, installation, and collaboration with communities across the UK. Coates has received international recognition including the Jerwood/Photoworks Award, the Hopper Prize, and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art’s Vasseur Artist Award. In 2024, she was appointed Election Artist by the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art for the House of Commons. Her work continues to focus on a gendered perspective of overlooked voices in rural Britain questioning the visibility, labour, and power.
Talk is included in General Admission.
Event details
Date
Wednesday 15 October 2025, 2:00 pm-2:30 pm
Venue
York Art Gallery,
Exhibition Square
York
North Yorkshire
YO1 7EW