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 her community.

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 collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Spencer Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In 2016 she was named a Fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

  • Joyce J Scott
  • Joyce J. Scott, Man Eating Watermelon¸ 1986. Beadworker, Kanji Takeno photograph, Messages
    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, Look Mom, A Doctor, 2008. Courtesy of Goya Contemporary
  • Joyce J. Scott, Mexican-African-American/Casta Family, 2006. Courtesy of Goya Contemporary, Beadworker
    Joyce J. Scott, Mexican-African-American/Casta Family, 2006. Courtesy of Goya Contemporary
  • Joyce J. Scott, Vaulted, 2006. Beadworker,Courtesy of Goya Contemporary, Messages
    Joyce J. Scott, Vaulted, 2006. Courtesy of Goya Contemporary
  • Joyce J. Scott, Copper, c. 1990
    Joyce J. Scott, Copper, c. 1990
  • Joyce J. Scott, Lynching Necklace, 1981
    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, 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, Red Electricity, 2015
  • Joyce J. Scott, Red Electricity
  • 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, Blue Face, 2006
  • Joyce J. Scott, Cobalt, 2008
    Joyce J. Scott, Cobalt, 2008
  • Joyce J. Scott, Cobalt, 2008
    Joyce J. Scott, Cobalt, 2008
  • Joyce J. Scott, Cobalt, 2008
    Joyce J. Scott, Cobalt, 2008
 

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