Joy Episalla
Joy Episalla (born in 1957 in Bronxville, New York)[1] is an American visual artist known for her hybrid photographic and sculptural works.
Education and early life[edit]
Episalla was born in Bronxville, and grew up in Yonkers, New York. She received a BFA degree from the California College of the Arts. Following graduation she moved to the East Village of New York City.[1]
Work[edit]
In the 1990s she became involved with AIDS activism, and worked with groups such as ACT UP, fierce pussy and The Marys. Episalla has been a member of the fierce pussy art collective from 1991 to the present.[2] Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art[3] and other museums and galleries. In 2003 she received a fellowship from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.[4]
Collections[edit]
Her work is represented in the permanent collections of the Centre Pompidou,[5] the Rose Art Museum,[6] the Victoria and Albert Museum (with fierce pussy) [7] among other venues.
Her oral history is held in the Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Carr, C.; Episalla, Joy. "Oral history interview with Joy Episalla". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Fierce Pussy". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Joy Episalla". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Joy Episalla". Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Artworks - Joy Episalla". Centre Pompidou, Collection search.
- ^ "Yesterday's Tomorrow: Selections from the Rose Collection, 1933–2018". Rose Art Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Collections Search: Joy Episalla". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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