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Joyce J. Scott
African-American artist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joyce J. Scott (born 1948) is an African-American artist, sculptor, quilter, performance artist, installation artist, print-maker, lecturer and educator. Named a MacArthur Fellow in 2016,[1][2] and a Smithsonian Visionary Artist in 2019,[3] Scott is best known for her figurative sculptures and jewelry using free form, off-loom beadweaving techniques, similar to a peyote stitch.[4] Each piece is often constructed using thousands of glass seed beads or pony beads, and sometimes other found objects or materials such as glass, quilting and leather.[5] In 2018, she was hailed for working in new medium — a mixture of soil, clay, straw, and cement — for a sculpture meant to disintegrate and return to the earth.[4] Scott is influenced by a variety of diverse cultures, including Native American and African traditions, Mexican, Czech, and Russian beadwork,[6] illustration and comic books, and pop culture.[7]
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Born | 1948 (age 75–76) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Maryland Institute College of Art (BFA) Instituto Allende (MFA) |
Known for | Contemporary craft, quilting, beadweaving |
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Scott is renowned for her social commentary on issues such as racism, classism, sexism, violence, and cultural stereotypes,[8] as well as themes of spiritual healing. Her work is about how Scott sees herself in a rapidly changing world: "These works are about personal growth, personal epiphanies and how not to get stuck in the easy ways of life- about art I am fairly fearless but in everyday life I am not."[9]