| Joey Kirkpatrick | |
| Birth Place: | Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Education: | University of Iowa, Iowa State University |
| Occupation: | Glass artist, sculptor, wire artist, educator |
| Partner: | Flora Mace |
Joey Kirkpatrick (born 1952)[1] is an American glass artist, sculptor, wire artist, and educator.[2] [3] She has taught glassblowing at Pilchuck Glass School. Since the 1970s, her artistic partner has been Flora Mace and their work is co-signed.[4] [5] [6] Kirkpatrick has won numerous awards including honorary fellow by the American Craft Council (2005).
Kirkpatrick and Mace have shared a home and art studio in Seattle, Washington and a farm in the Olympic Peninsula.[7]
Joey Kirkpatrick was born in 1952 in Des Moines, Iowa. She attended the University of lowa (BFA degree, 1975); and Iowa State University (course work 1978 to 1979).[8]
Kirkpatrick taught drawing at the Art Center in Des Moines, and used a series of dolls for the still life studies, and the same dolls became inspiration for her later work. She worked as a wire sculptor early in her creations, which is something that has also informed her later work.[9] In 1979, Kirkpatrick met Mace through Dale Chihuly at Pilchuk Glass School in Stanwood, Washington.[10]
Kirkpatrick and Mace are known for their oversized glass fruit and their work highlighting technical glass skills.[11] [12] Their body of artwork has been made from diverse materials including blown glass, glass vessels, and sculptures fabricated with wood, glass, and mixed media.[13]
Kirkpatrick and Mace have art in many public museum collections including the Portland Art Museum, Corning Museum of Glass;[14] the Detroit Institute of Arts;[15] the Museum of Fine Art, Boston; Seattle Art Museum; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Krannert Art Museum, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne.