Joanne completed her art foundation at Jacob Kramer Art & Design College, Leeds in 1989 and graduated from the University of Central England in 1992 with a first class degree in silversmithing and jewellery design.

Since graduating Joanne has produced work for a Show Garden at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2008 and exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition in 2007. Her work has been shown on television programmes including Blue Peter and the Dennis Potter TV production ‘Cold Lazarus’. She has work on permanent display at the Science Museum, London and has featured in numerous magazines, newspapers and books such as Vogue, Crafts, a.n. magazine and Needle and Patchwork.

Joanne has also run workshops throughout the UK in both galleries and colleges and was artist in residence at a secondary school in Farnham for 2 years. In 2003 she represented the British Council in India, teaching adults and children in Calcutta and Mumbai. She has exhibited widely in many countries and in the UK she has shown work at some of the top leading galleries as well as many art and craft shows.

Joanne has been experimenting with recycled art for many years.  Most recently her inspiration has been drawn from chocolate foils.  These delicate sheets are transformed into jewel like sculptures, creating vibrant and colourful pieces of art which are beautifully displayed in bespoke perspex cases ready to hang on the wall.

Joanne Tinker was born in Nottinghamshire in 1969. She is married and lives in Middlesex with her husband and their two children.