Joyce J. Scott (Joyce Scott)
Joyce J. Scott is a versatile artist from Baltimore, Maryland. She is a printmaker, weaver, sculptor, performance artist, and educator, but she is probably most well known for her work in jewelry, beadwork, and glass. Her art reflects her take on all aspects of American popular culture, her ancestry, and the immediate world of her neighborhood.
Her pieces serve as a commentary for issues regarding race, politics, sexism, and stereotypes. Of her own work, Scott says, “I believe in messing with stereotypes…It’s important for me to use art in a manner that incites people to look and then carry something home – even if it’s subliminal…” She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and MFA from the Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. Her work is in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Spencer Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Joyce J. Scott, Man Eating Watermelon¸ 1986. Kanji Takeno photograph Joyce J. Scott, Look Mom, A Doctor, 2008. Courtesy of Goya Contemporary Joyce J. Scott, Mexican-African-American/Casta Family, 2006. Courtesy of Goya Contemporary Joyce J. Scott, Vaulted, 2006. Courtesy of Goya Contemporary Joyce J. Scott, Copper, c. 1990 Joyce J. Scott, Lynching Necklace, 1981 Joyce J. Scott, Yazidi Sex Slave Necklace, 2016 Joyce J. Scott, Yazidi Sex Slave Necklace, 2016 Joyce J. Scott, Yazidi Sex Slave Necklace, 2016 Joyce J. Scott, Red Electricity, 2015 Joyce J. Scott, Ancestry Progeny, 2013 Joyce J. Scott, Ancestry Progeny, 2013 Joyce J. Scott, Ancestry Progeny, 2013 Joyce J. Scott, Ancestry Progeny, 2013 Joyce J. Scott, Peeping Redux, 2010 Joyce J. Scott, Peeping Redux, 2010 Joyce J. Scott, Nightmare #1, 1981 Joyce J. Scott, Nightmare #1, 1981 Joyce J. Scott, Nightmare #1, 1981 Joyce J. Scott, Forest, 2014 Joyce J. Scott, Forest, 2014 Joyce J. Scott, Forest, 2014 Joyce J. Scott, Forest, 2014 Joyce J. Scott, Mirror, 2009 Joyce J. Scott, Mirror, 2009 Joyce J. Scott, Bird Trapped in Shadows, 1981 Joyce J. Scott, Bird Trapped in Shadows, 1981 Joyce J. Scott, Bird Trapped in Shadows, 1981 Joyce J. Scott, Bird Trapped in Shadows, 1981 Joyce J. Scott, Bird Trapped in Shadows, 1981 Joyce J. Scott, Blue Face, 2006 Joyce J. Scott, Cobalt, 2008 Joyce J. Scott, Cobalt, 2008 Joyce J. Scott, Cobalt, 2008