Joy Gregory (born 1959) 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 The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

and

Government Art Collection The Government Art Collection (GAC) is the collection of artworks owned by the UK government and administered by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The GAC's artworks are used to decorate major government buildings in t ...

in the UK.

Life and work

Gregory was born in

Bicester Bicester ( ) is a historical market towngarden town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Cherwell (district), Cherwell district of northeastern Oxfordshire in Southern England that also comprises an Eco-towns, eco town at North Wes ...

in 1959 to

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n parents. She grew up Buckinghamshire and went on to study at

Manchester Polytechnic Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has over 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Educat ...

and the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...

. 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 Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, commonly known as the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), is one of the world's oldest photographic societies. It was founded in London, England, in 1853 as the Photographic Society of London with ...

. The exhibition ''Lost languages and other voices'' in 2011 at

Impressions Gallery Impressions Gallery is an independent contemporary photography gallery in Bradford, England. It was established in 1972 and located in York until moving to Bradford in 2007. Impressions Gallery also runs a photography bookshop, publishes its own ...

in Bradford was the first major retrospective of her work spanning over 20 years.

Exhibitions

*''Polareyes: Black Women Photographers'',

Camden Arts Centre Camden Art Centre (formerly known as Hampstead Arts Centre until 1967 and Camden Arts Centre until 2020) is a contemporary art gallery in the London Borough of Camden, England that hosts temporary exhibitions and educational outreach projects. T ...

, London, 1987 *''Autoportaits'',

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, London, 1990 *''Ecstatic Antibodies: Resisting the AIDS Mythology'',

Ikon Gallery The Ikon Gallery () is an English gallery of contemporary art, located in Brindleyplace, Birmingham. It is housed in the Grade II listed, neo-gothic former Oozells Street Board School, designed by John Henry Chamberlain in 1877. Ikon was set u ...

, Birmingham, 1990 *''Who Do You Take Me For?'',

Institute of Modern Art The Institute of Modern Art (IMA) is a public art gallery located in the Judith Wright Arts Centre in the Brisbane inner-city suburb of Fortitude Valley, which features contemporary artworks and showcases emerging artists in a series of group an ...

, Brisbane, 1992 *''4th Istanbul Biennal'', Istanbul, Turkey, 1995 *''Beauty Project'',

Pallant House Gallery Pallant House Gallery is an art gallery in Chichester, West Sussex, England. It houses one of the best collections of 20th-century British art in the world. History The Gallery's collection is founded on works left to the city of Chichester by ...

, Chicester, 1999 *''Blonde'', Metro Cinema, London, 1998 *''Lost Languages and other voices'',

, Bradford, 2011

Publications

*''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: *

, London *

, UK

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gregory, Joy British artists Black British artists British women artists British contemporary artists Royal Photographic Society members Living people 1959 births