The lone figure in all of Juno Calypso's images is her: she photographs herself in couples-only motels, abandoned underground bunkers and heart-shaped hot tubs. Across film, photography and installation, Calypso builds a soft pink universe of femininity, solitude, desire and despair, all with an ultra-critical edge. In the process, she's become one of the most recognisable photographers working today, forging a totally unique aesthetic that has seen her move seamlessly from immersive, intimate gallery exhibitions to leading major fashion campaigns. Calypso's art is deeply sinister, hyper-feminine and filled with humour. This is cinematic, introspective art for the age of the self and the selfie.
- Eddy Frankel, Time Out
b. 1989, London
EDUCATION
2012 • BA (Hons) Photography. London College of Communication, University of the Arts London
2008 • Art Foundation Diploma. Chelsea School of Art, University of the Arts London
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
AWARDS
2018 • Royal Photographic Society, Vic Odden Award Winner
2017 • Creative Review, Best in Book, Photography Annual 2017 (for the series, A Girl’s Guide To Egg Freezing)
2016 • Foam Talent 2016
2015 • The BJP International Photography Award
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 • Juno Calypso, Studio Giangaleazzo Visconti, Milan
2018 • What To Do With A Million Years, TJ Boulting, London
2017 • The Honeymoon, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
2016 • The BJP IPA Winners' Show, TJ Boulting, London
2015 • 71a Presents: Juno Calypso, 71a Gallery, London
2015 • Artist of the Day, Flowers Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 • The Cult of Beauty, Wellcome Collection, London
2023 • (IT’S MY PARTY) I CAN CRY IF I WANT TO, Guts Gallery, London
2023 • The Horror Show, Somerset House, London
2022 • Role Play, Prada Foundation, Tokyo
2021 • Role Play, Prada Foundation, Milan
2021 • Youthquake! Kunsthal Museum, Rotterdam
2020 • MONSTER/BEAUTY, Lychee One, London
2019 • ULTRA: Art for the Women’s World Cup, J HAMMOND PROJECT SPACE, London
2019 • Nude, Villa Schöningen, Berlin
2019 • Home Sweet Home, Les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles
2018 • Routinised Absurdity, KINDL Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin
2017 • From Selfie To Self-Expression, Saatchi Gallery, London
2017 • INDUSTRY, dc3 Art Projects, Edmonton, Canada
2017 • FOAM Talent, Red Hook Labs, New York
2017 • Isolation Chamber Vacation, Worthing Museum, Worthing, UK
2016 • Vogue Italia: Photo Vogue, 'The Female Gaze', Base Milano, Milan
2016 • Lianzhou Foto Festival, 'As Entertaining as Possible', Lianzhou, China
2016 • FOAM Talent, Unseen Photo Festival, Amsterdam
2016 • Now You See Me, TJ Boulting, London
2016 • The Real Thing, Flowers Gallery, New York
2015 • Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, London, UK & Flowers Gallery New York
2015 • reGeneration3, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico
2015 • Artist of the Day, Flowers Gallery, London
2015 • reGeneration3, Musée de Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
2013 • Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2013 • The Catlin Art Prize, Londonewcastle Project Space, London
BOOKS
2022 • The Story of Art Without Men, Katy Hessel (Penguin)
2019 • Great Women Artists, Rebecca Morrill (Phaidon)
2017 • Firecrackers: Female Photographers Now by Fiona Rogers & Max Houghton (Thames & Hudson)
2017 • Girl on Girl by Charlotte Jansen (Lawrence King)
2016 • Mossless 4: Public/Private/Portrait, The International Centre of Photography
2013 • It's Nice That Annual, It's Nice That
2013 • The Catlin Art Guide, Justin Hammond
FILM SCREENINGS
2016 • 'The Honeymoon Suite' (2015), screened at Photo London, Somerset House, London
2016 • Women of the World Festival, projection, Southbank Centre, London
2015 • 'The Honeymoon Suite' (2015), screened at L/O Library of Arts, Paris
2015 • 'The Honeymoon Suite' (2015), screened at Spazio ex Cobianchi, Milan
2015 • 'The Honeymoon Suite' (2015), screened at the SPBH TV Room. Tate Modern, London
2014 • 'The Making of Joyce' (2014), screened at The Piccolo Theatre, Milan
SELECTED PRESS
2023 • FT Magazine: Juno Calypso’s Cult of Beauty
2021 • The Guardian: The Big Picture: Juno Calypso’s Honeymoon for One
2019 • The Guardian: Juno Calypso's Best Photograph: Voyeurism in a Pink Cold-War Bunker
2019 • Creative Review: Juno Calypso Explores The Calming Power of Pink
2018 • British Vogue: Juno Calypso's Five Favourite Objects
2018 • Wallpaper*: Juno Calypso’s 3D Renderings Take Form at Galeria Melissa in London
2018 • METRO: Juno Calypso Stayed in a Cold War Era Bunker Underneath Las Vegas For Her New Photo Series
2018 • Time Out: Juno Calypso: What to do with a Million Years Review ★★★★★
2018 • Another Magazine: Three Weeks in a 1960s Subterranean Dwelling, with Juno Calypso May 30th
2018 • It’s Nice That :Juno Calypso’s Eerie New Series 17th May
2017 • The Sunday Times Magazine 30 April
2017 • TIME: This Photographer Turns The Feminine Ideal on its Head
2016 • COVER: Port Magazine: 5th Anniversary Issue
2016 • Miss Vogue: Who's That Girl? Juno Calypso Interview
2016 • COVER: Foam Magazine #45: Talent
2016 • COVER: The Financial Times, Photo London Special
2016 • Amuse / i-D: Five Female Artists Turning Hotel Selfies into Art
2016 • NRC Handelsblad, 19 March, Holland
2016 • AnOther Mag: How Instagram Has Become Every Young Artist’s Secret Weapon
2015 • The British Journal of Photography, October Issue
2015 • It’s Nice That: One’s to Watch 2016
2015 • i-D / VICE: Juno Calypso’s Staged Self-Portraits Reveal The Hidden Labour of Women Behind Bathroom Doors
2015 • Dazed & Confused, This Photographer Went on a One-Woman Honeymoon
2015 • The Guardian: Juno Calypso’s One Woman World Tour of Honeymoon Hotels
2015 • Photomonitor: Artist of the Day Exhibition Review
2015 • Broadly / VICE: Photos of Honeymoon Horrors in a Pennsylvanian Love Hotel
2015 • Wonderland Magazine: Artist of the Day 15
2015 • The Independent Magazine, June 27, UK
2015 • Ain’t Bad Magazine, Issue 10, USA
2014 • VICE: Portraits of Suburban Hell
2014 • Juxtapoz: Juno Calypso’s “Joyce”
2014 • Aesthetica Magazine, Issue 60
2014 • Slate: Challenging and Strange Portrait of Femininity
2013 • Wall Street International
2013 • BBC News: Catlin Art Prize Shortlist
2013 • Dazed & Confused: New Photographer Juno Calypso Visits Valley Of The Dolls with Alter-ego Joyce
2013 • The Sunday Times Magazine, 14th April, UK
2013 • The Independent 'One To Watch', 9th March, UK
2013 • Wonderland Magazine Online