Joy Curtis
Photo by Kay Hickman
Joy Curtis is an artist who explores her relationship with nature and culture through cloth.
Using both hand dyed and commercially printed fabrics, she incorporates traditional plant, animal, and mineral dyes like Indigo, cochineal, and iron, relating to her interests in plant life, histories of global exchange, and traditional cultures. Striving to imbue her works with a living quality, Curtis’ quasi-figurative sculptures take the form of ribcages, costumes, enclosures, and ladders, invoking visceral shapes and corporeal narratives.
Brooklyn, NY
Born 1976, Valparaiso, IN
2023 MSED Hunter College, New York, NY
2002 MFA Ohio University, Athens, OH
1999 BA University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA