Joy Gregory
Joy Gregory is a British artist. Gregory's work explores concerns related to race, gender and cultural differences in contemporary society. Her work has been published 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 in 1959 to Jamaican parents. She grew up Buckinghamshire and went on to study at Manchester Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art.
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.Selected exhibitions
- 1987 Polareyes: Black Women Photographers, Camden Arts Centre, London
- 1990 Autoportaits, Camerawork, London
- 1990 Ecstatic Antibodies: Resisting the AIDS Mythology, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
- 1992, Who Do You Take Me For? Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
- 1995 4th Istanbul Biennal, Istanbul, Turkey
- 1999 Beauty Project, Pallant House, Chicester
- 1998 Blonde, Metro Cinema, London
- 2011 Lost Languages and other voices, Impressions Gallery, Bradford
Selected bibliography
- Joy Gregory. London: Autograph, Association of Black Photographers, 1994..
- Objects of beauty. London: Autograph, Association of Black Photographers, 2004..
Collections
Gregory's work is held in the following permanent collections:
