Joy Gregory

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Joy Gregory
Born1959 (age 65–66)
Bicester, England
Education Manchester Polytechnic
Royal College of Art
OccupationVisual artist
AwardsFreelands Award (2023)
Website www.joygregory.co.uk

Joy Gregory (born 1959) is a British visual 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.

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Life and work

Gregory was born in Bicester, England, in 1959 to Jamaican parents. She grew up in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, and went on to study at Manchester Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art. [4] [5]

Gregory's techniques range from digital video installations to Victorian printing techniques. [6]

In 2019, Gregory was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society. [7]

The exhibition Lost languages and other voices in 2011 at Impressions Gallery in Bradford was the first major retrospective of her work spanning more than 20 years. [6]

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. [5] [8]

Exhibitions

Publications

Collections

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

Honours and recognition

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 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.
  6. 1 2 3 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.
  7. ↑ "Honorary Fellowship". Royal Photographic Society. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Joy Gregory and Whitechapel Gallery win Freelands Award". ArtReview . 30 November 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  9. 1 2 Keen, Melanie; Elizabeth Ward, Chelsea College of Art and Design, Institute of International Visual Arts, eds. (1996). Recordings : a select bibliography of contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British art. London: Institute of International Visual Arts and Chelsea College of Art and Design. p. 66. ISBN   1899846069. OCLC   36076932.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
  10. 1 2 Keen; Ward, eds. (1996). Recordings : a select bibliography of contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British art. p. 67.
  11. ↑ "Blonde". Iniva Archive. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Your Search Results | Search the Collections | Victoria and Albert Museum".
  13. ↑ "Government Art Collection - Artists". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Joy Gregory". Iniva Archive. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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