Joy Episalla

Lawnchair #2, 2004. C-print mounted to plexi, 38 1/2 x 35 1/4 inches (edition of 5).

Cushion #4, 2001. C-print mounted to plexi,
diptych: 37 1/2 x 58 1/2 x 1/2 inches and 37 1/2 x 55 x 1/2 inches (edition of 3).

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Bronxville, New York, 1957
Resides: New York
Education: California College of Arts and Crafts (B.F.A., 1979); Tyler School of Art, Rome (1977-78)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2004
“for the birds,” Debs & Co., New York. Catalogue.

2003
“for the birds,” Studio 1.1, London.

2002
“removed,” Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York. Catalogue.
“gone,” Clifford•Smith Gallery, Boston. Also 2000.
“removed,” Debs & Co., New York. Catalogue. Also 1999 and 1998.

2001
“Joy Episalla: The Physical Photograph,” Phoenix Art Museum. Catalogue.

2000
“Joy Episalla,” Mercer Union, Toronto.

1999
“inside/out,” Debs & Co. Catalogue. Also 1998.

1996
“Joy Episalla,” Neue Galerie/Interaktion Kunst, Hanover, Germany. Catalogue.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2003
“Sculptural Prints,” The Print Center, Philadelphia.
“Pretty as a Picture: Beauty and Banality in Contemporary Art,” Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago.
“Up & Coming,” ARCO 2003, Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid.

2001
“Surroundings,” Clifford•Smith Gallery, Boston.
“Image in the Landscape,” The Fields Sculpture Park, Art/OMI, Ghent, New York.
“Chelsea Rising,” Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans.

1999
“Photic 2,” Eyewash, Brooklyn, New York.
“Stars of Track & Field,” Debs & Co., New York.

1998
“Skin Deep,” 123 Watts Gallery, New York.

1997
“Home Is Where the Heart Is,” White Columns, New York.
“Silence = Death,” Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück, Germany.

1996
“Graphic Responses to AIDS,” Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

1995
“Interference,” London Artforms Gallery, London.

1994
“Amendments,” Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York.
“Before Stonewall,” White Columns, New York.

1993
“New Jersey Arts Annual,” Newark Museum, New Jersey.

1992
“Urban Alchemy,” OIA Gallery, New York.

1991
“Outrageous Desire,” Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
“Situation,” New Langton Arts, San Francisco.

Selected Bibliography

2002
Griffin, Tim. “Critics’ Picks,” Time Out New York (March 21–28).
Horton, C. Sean. “Joy Episalla,” South End News (Boston, October 20).
“Joy Episalla,” The New Yorker (March 11).
Lewis, Jonathan. “Excavating the Obvious,” City Newspaper (December 18).
McQuaid, Cate. “Joy Episalla,” The Boston Globe (October 18).

2001
Rose, Joshua. “Object Lessons,” Phoenix New Times (March 22–28).

2000
Arning, Bill. “Joy Episalla at Debs & Co.,” Art in America (March).
Foster, Richard. “Episalla’s Tower of Babel,” South End News (Boston, October 19).
Hammond, Harmony. Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History. New York: Rizzoli.
MacKay, Gillian. “Joy Episalla,” The Globe and Mail (March 11).
Vaughan, R.M. “Joy Episalla: Recent Work,” eye (March 16).

1999
“Joy Episalla,” The New Yorker (October 4).

1997
Levin, Kim. “Voice Choices,” The Village Voice (July 15).

1996
Gray, Nicola. “Interference,” Third Text (spring).
“Joy Episalla,” Hannoversche Allgemeine (Germany, February 29).

1995
Smith, Cherry. “Interference,” Time Out London (November 15–22).
Craddock, Sacha. “Interference,” The Times (London, October 14).