I'm Jo Hepburn, a sculptor and the founding force behind The Crit Collective. After struggling to find local spaces where I could think critically about the work I was making I decided to do something about it. During my residency at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum, I built The Crit Collective- a space for artists to engage deeply with their work and each other.

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My own practice explores the boundaries of the human body- both physical and ethereal- through sculpture, performance, and material-led thinking. I work with impermanent materials like paper-mache, carpet, and found objects, inviting speculation on the interplay between presence and absence, permanence and impermanence. By embracing the agency of materials, I allow them to assert their own logic, disrupting predetermined hierarchies.

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Through The Crit Collective, I’ve created a platform that’s not just about making but about understanding what the work is doing. It’s a space where unconventional ideas thrive, where critique becomes a tool for discovery, and where artists can challenge and expand their practices in ways that surpass what they ever imagined possible.