Joyce Scott

American, Born 1948

BiographyJoyce J. Scott (born 1948) is a Baltimore native and has maintained an active artistic practice in her native city. She received her BFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD in 1970 and her MFA at the Instituto Allende, San Miguel Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico the following year.

Scott has established herself as an innovative fiber artist, sculptor, jeweler, print-maker, performer, and installation artist whose work creates powerful opportunities for much-needed dialogue on racial, gender, and economic issues. She combines sharp wit, exceptional skill, and explosive honesty to create works that have powerful, if often difficult messages. Her talent to use humor, technique, and a social conscience in her work makes it anything but inaccessible.

Scott is the recipient of prestigious honors from the Tiffany Foundation, the National Endowment of the Arts, and the American Craft Council. She was named a MacArthur Fellow, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL in 2016. Her work is held these and other public collections:

Baltimore Museum of Art, MD

Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY

Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA

Corning Museum of Glass, NY

Detroit Institute of Arts, MI

Hood Museum of Art,

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada

Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI

Speed Museum, Louisville, KY

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

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