Thursday 29 July 19:00 via Zoom
Tonight’s artist Joy Gregory is a graduate of Manchester Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art. She has developed a practice which is concerned with social and political issues particularly referencing history and cultural differences in contemporary society.
Her work is held in collections such as the Wellesley College Boston, Yale University, the Arts Council Collection UK, Government Art Collection – UK, the V&A Museum, the Institute of Modern Art Australia and the Yale British Art Collection, New Haven, USA.
As a photographer she makes full use of the media from video, digital and analogue photography to Victorian print processes.
Gregory is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including the Princess of Wales Scholarship, RCA Minor Travel Award, Chesterton’s Award – Architectural Photography, GLA – Individual Artists Award, London Arts Board – Individual Artists Award, NESTA Fellowship, Artist-to-Artist, Visiting Arts International Fellowship, Visiting Fellow University of Witwatersrand South Africa, Celebrating 60 Years of the NHS -Artist in Residence, Arts Council England – International Artists Fellowship Kenya, Honorary Research Associate Slade School of Art, Visiting Research Fellow South Africa.
The NESTA Fellowship enabled her the time and the freedom to research for a major piece around language endangerment. The first of this series was the video piece Gomera, which premiered at the Sydney Biennale in May 2010.
Joy Gregory’s work is currently on display at The Daniele Arnaud Gallery and we’re very pleased to have her here tonight.
If you would like to see the work please email the gallery to arrange an appointment – danielle@daniellearnaud.com
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