Joyce J. Scott

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Joyce J. Scott

Mobilia Gallery proudly presents artist Joyce J. Scott

"Fearless, a force to be reckoned with, and as beautiful inside as out, Joyce J. Scott touches the soul and conscience of the viewer with her powerful imagery. A legend in Baltimore, Joyce is an historian, printmaker, weaver, sculptor, performance artist, vocalist and educator. She is perhaps best known for her work in jewelry, beadwork, and glass. Combining a heterogeneous mix of media (glass beads, African sculptures and masks, found objects), she creates powerful sculptural commentaries, rich in color, texture, popular culture, pathos and her own ancestry."

- Lynn Ward, City Paper's Best of Baltimore votes Joyce J. Scott: Best Artist
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" [This is] the one life we know we have. I can't be complacent about the world I live in. It's important to me to use art in a manner that incites people to look and then carry something home - even it it's subliminal - that might make a change in them. Art can be a life force. That's why so many people in other cultures integrate it into everyday use. I know I've got an itch. I guess I just want to keep making work that confounds me. I want to be confused, ignited, knocked down by my own work. I believe in messing with stereotypes, prodding the viewer to reassess."

- Joyce J. Scott


Selected Public Collections
Corning Museum of Glass, NY
The Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
Racine Art Museum, WI
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Detroit Institute of Art, MI
The Taft Museum, OH
Mint Museum of Art, NC
The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Art and Design, NY