Joy Gregory

Joy Gregory (born 1959 in Bicester, UK) is a British artist.[1] Gregory's work explores concerns related to race, gender and cultural differences in contemporary society.[2]

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.[3]

Gregory's techniques range from digita video installations to Victorian printing techniques.[4]

The exhibition Lost languages and other voices in 2011 at the Impressions Gallery in Bradford was the first major retrospective of her work spanning over 20 years.[4]

Gregory's work has been widely exhibited worldwide and is in major international collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Government Art Collection [5]

Selected exhibitions

Selected bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 Summers, Francis (2002). "Joy Gregory". In Donnell, Alison. Companion to Contemporary Black British Council. Routledge. pp. 130–131.
  2. ↑ "Joy Gregory". Autograph ABP. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Willis, Deborah (2010). Black Venus 2010: They Called Her "Hottentot". Temple University Press. p. 225.
  4. 1 2 Battersby, Matilda (23 November 2010). "Joy in retrospect: Lost languages and other voices". The Independent. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Joy Gregory". Iniva Archive. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Blonde". Iniva Archive. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

Further reading

Joy Gregory, Lost Languages and other voices: Exhibition Guide, Impressions Gallery 2011

External links

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