Jo Thomas works as a composer and sound artist. As an artist, Jo is recognised in the UK and internationally. She has worked on public commissions for concerts, radio, galleries, sound walks, privately commissioned work. In her process, Jo works with electronic sound working mostly with glitch, with fine detail. In 2012 Jo Thomas won the Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica in Digital Musics and Sound Art for her work Crystal Sounds of a Synchrotron. Her work has been performed in public spaces across the world. Her work is released by the label Entr’acte, Holiday Records Naxos, NMC Recordings, The Tapeworm and Soft Apple.

She has written electronic music for Vinyl and CD, bespoke instruments and has worked on a combination of very experimental work and commercial projects. Jo has been commissioned to write music for Civic Projects (Ports of Call, Sound Walking in East London)In 2019 the project Ports of Call was written about in The Routledge Handbook of Memory and Place. Jo currently runs a sound walking project in North London with her label Soft Apple. Jo identifies as being disabled and is an advocate fair access in the Arts.She is Vice-Chair of Sound and Music and is a Director in the Ivors Academy.