Jo Ractliffe teaches at the University of the Witwatersrand and the Market Photo Workshop. She completed her BAFA and MFA degrees at the University of Cape Town. In 1999 she was the recipient of the Vita Art Prize. Her most recent solo exhibitions are: Terreno Ocupado at Warren Siebrits Gallery, Johannesburg (2008) and As Terras do Fim do Mundo at Michael Stevenson Gallery in Cape Town (2010). Recent group exhibitions include the seventh Gwangju Biennale, Korea (2008); Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography, International Center for photography, New York (2006); and The Unhomely: Phantom Scenes in Global Society, Second International Biennial of Contemporary Art (Biacs 2), Seville, Spain (2006).