Jo Rock is a writer and artist based in Naarm. Their work considers dislocation, trauma, ancestry, and the effort of landing.
Currently they are focused on a book and poetry, as well as earth materials like pigment, clay, ash and plants.
I acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, and all First Peoples of the lands on which I create. I pay deep respect to Elders past and present.Sovereignty was never ceded and resistance to invasion and colonisation continues today.
Gallery
Lost season, 2025
Ink of eucalypt bark, curry leaf berries and ash.
Mine, 2025
Inks made from expired vitamins found in a hard rubbish pile:
magnesium, iron, c and collagen on paper.
Medium, 2024
Ink of curry leaf berries, mulberry leaf, lemon verbena, rose hip, pomegranate, plant skeletons found in a street gutter during winter, grief and thread, on paper.
Missed-diagnosed, 2024
Ecoprinted eucalyptus leaves, bark and plant inks, on paper.
Medical images on a screen: diseased fat cells and connective tissue are contrasted with the patterns of decay seen while walking by the creek.
