Joy Gregory Explained

Joy Gregory
Birth Place:Bicester, England
Education:Manchester Polytechnic
Royal College of Art

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.

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

Collections

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

Notes and References

  1. Book: Summers. Francis. Donnell. Alison. Joy Gregory. Companion to Contemporary Black British Council. 2002. Routledge. 130–131. 9781134700257. https://books.google.com/books?id=VfdpdZ9DwH0C&q=%22joy+gregory%22+donnell&pg=PA130.
  2. Web site: Joy Gregory. Autograph ABP. 6 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160822045648/http://www.autograph-abp-shop.co.uk/authors/joy-gregory. 22 August 2016. dead.
  3. 'Critical Decade: Black British Photography in the 80s', Ten.8 vol. 2, no. 3, 1992
  4. Book: Willis. Deborah. Black Venus 2010: They Called Her "Hottentot". 2010. Temple University Press. 225. 9781439902066.
  5. News: Battersby. Matilda. Joy in retrospect: Lost languages and other voices. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220617/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/joy-in-retrospect-lost-languages-and-other-voices-2141482.html . 17 June 2022 . subscription . live. 7 August 2016. The Independent. 23 November 2010.
  6. News: Bakare . Lanre . 'I was told my work wasn’t Black enough': Joy Gregory on becoming hot property at last . 8 January 2024 . . 8 January 2024.
  7. News: Joy Gregory and Whitechapel Gallery win Freelands Award . 8 January 2024 . . 30 November 2023.
  8. Book: Melanie., Keen. Recordings : a select bibliography of contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British art. 1996. Institute of International Visual Arts and Chelsea College of Art and Design. Ward, Elizabeth., Chelsea College of Art and Design., Institute of International Visual Arts.. 1899846069. London. 66. 36076932.
  9. Book: Melanie., Keen. Recordings : a select bibliography of contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British art. 1996. Institute of International Visual Arts and Chelsea College of Art and Design. Ward, Elizabeth., Chelsea College of Art and Design., Institute of International Visual Arts.. 1899846069. London. 67. 36076932.
  10. Web site: Blonde. Iniva Archive. 7 August 2016.
  11. Web site: Your Search Results | Search the Collections | Victoria and Albert Museum.
  12. Web site: Government Art Collection - Artists . 7 August 2016 . 26 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826112227/http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/artist.aspx?id=129755 . dead .
  13. Web site: Joy Gregory. Iniva Archive. 7 August 2016.

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