Since 1995 Jo Fairfax has worked as a public artist. His practice is varied and comprises lighting buildings, making public sculptures, sculptural seating, making digital films, creating holograms, making virtual-reality artworks, design for dance, and producing architectural glass. He trained in Holography at the Royal College of Art, London and learned how to make holographic animations at the Holocentre, New York during an International Residency. He was awarded the NESTA Dream Time Fellowship to develop virtual reality as a public artform and was shortlisted for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad Artists Taking the Lead competition.