Her practice is research-led and project-focused.
Visual markers of time, of place and in particular of boundaries are central to the concerns of her practice. The work is often site- or space-specific and informed by real and imagined narratives.
Recently she has held residencies at the Wallace Collection, London, the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Monaghan and the Centre culturel irlandais, Paris.
JW's professional practice is supported by freelance work with museums, galleries and universities as researcher and lecturer.
JW has a BFA (Sculpture) from Central Saint Martins, London; she read Classics at the University of Cambridge and holds a PhD in Byzantine history from Queen's University, Belfast.