Joy Gregory

Joy Gregory (born 1959) is a British artist.[1] Gregory's work explores concerns related to race, gender and cultural differences in contemporary society.[2] Her work has been published[3] and exhibited worldwide and is held in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and Government Art Collection in the UK.

Life and work

Gregory was born in Bicester in 1959 to Jamaican parents. She grew up Buckinghamshire and went on to study at Manchester Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art.[4]

Gregory's techniques range from digital video installations to Victorian printing techniques.[5]

In 2019, Gregory was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society.

The exhibition Lost languages and other voices in 2011 at Impressions Gallery in Bradford was the first major retrospective of her work spanning over 20 years.[5]

Selected exhibitions
  • 1987 Polareyes: Black Women Photographers, Camden Arts Centre, London[6]
  • 1990 Autoportaits, Camerawork, London[1]
  • 1990 Ecstatic Antibodies: Resisting the AIDS Mythology, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham[6]
  • 1992, Who Do You Take Me For? Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane[7]
  • 1995 4th Istanbul Biennal, Istanbul, Turkey[7]
  • 1999 Beauty Project, Pallant House, Chicester
  • 1998 Blonde, Metro Cinema, London[8]
  • 2011 Lost Languages and other voices, Impressions Gallery, Bradford

Selected bibliography
  • Joy Gregory. London: Autograph, Association of Black Photographers, 1994. ISBN 9781899282005.
  • Objects of beauty. London: Autograph, Association of Black Photographers, 2004. ISBN 9780954281342.

Collections

Gregory's work is held in the following permanent collections:

References
  1. Summers, Francis (2002). "Joy Gregory". In Donnell, Alison (ed.). Companion to Contemporary Black British Council. Routledge. pp. 130–131.
  2. "Joy Gregory". Autograph ABP. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. 'Critical Decade: Black British Photography in the 80s', Ten.8 vol. 2, no. 3, 1992
  4. Willis, Deborah (2010). Black Venus 2010: They Called Her "Hottentot". Temple University Press. p. 225. ISBN 9781439902066.
  5. Battersby, Matilda (23 November 2010). "Joy in retrospect: Lost languages and other voices". The Independent. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  6. Melanie., Keen (1996). Recordings : a select bibliography of contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British art. Ward, Elizabeth., Chelsea College of Art and Design., Institute of International Visual Arts. London: Institute of International Visual Arts and Chelsea College of Art and Design. p. 66. ISBN 1899846069. OCLC 36076932.
  7. Melanie., Keen (1996). Recordings : a select bibliography of contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British art. Ward, Elizabeth., Chelsea College of Art and Design., Institute of International Visual Arts. London: Institute of International Visual Arts and Chelsea College of Art and Design. p. 67. ISBN 1899846069. OCLC 36076932.
  8. "Blonde". Iniva Archive. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  9. "Your Search Results | Search the Collections | Victoria and Albert Museum".
  10. http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/artist.aspx?id=129755
  11. "Joy Gregory". Iniva Archive. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

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