Joy Gregory

Joy Gregory
Born1959 (age 65–66)
Bicester, England
EducationManchester Polytechnic
Royal College of Art
Websitewww.joygregory.co.uk

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, England, 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]

In 2023, Gregory and the Whitechapel Gallery won the Freelands Award. The gallery will host a retrospective of Gregory's career in the fall of 2025.[6][7]

Exhibitions

Publications

  • 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. ^ a b Summers, Francis (2002). "Joy Gregory". In Donnell, Alison (ed.). Companion to Contemporary Black British Council. Routledge. pp. 130–131. ISBN 9781134700257.
  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. ^ a b c Battersby, Matilda (23 November 2010). "Joy in retrospect: Lost languages and other voices". The Independent. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  6. ^ Bakare, Lanre (8 January 2024). "'I was told my work wasn't Black enough': Joy Gregory on becoming hot property at last". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Joy Gregory and Whitechapel Gallery win Freelands Award". ArtReview. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  8. ^ a b 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.
  9. ^ a b 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.
  10. ^ "Blonde". Iniva Archive. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Your Search Results | Search the Collections | Victoria and Albert Museum".
  12. ^ "Government Art Collection - Artists". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Joy Gregory". Iniva Archive. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.