In October 2018, Tate Collectives curated and commissioned a series of murals across London celebrating the histories of 20 women in the areas which they worked. I was incredibly privileged to have been selected to paint Joyce Guy MBE, a Trinidadian community organiser on the front of Redbridge Library and Museum. Joyce created vital services [more] […]
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From September 2017 to April 2018 I just was artist in residence at Nottingham Contemporary Gallery. During the residency I facilitated workshops at the ACNA (African Caribbean Nottingham Art Centre) encouraging elders to look at the works of Lubaina Himid, Sonia Boyce and others black British artists as prompts for conversations and directional guides for [more] […]
This residency took the form of weekly workshops with classes of students ranging from primary to sixth form level. Workshops were held in the galleries of Tate Modern and Tate Britain during the academic year starting in September 2018. Students and their teachers were led by contemporary artist Jacob v Joyce to encounter artworks via [more] […]
Jacob V Joyce, The Wall of Respect, 2019. Marcus Garvey Park in Hammersmith and Fulham, 2019. Commissioned by Transport for London. Designed by Jacob V Joyce and painted in collaboration with Ailsa Yexley, Buki Bayode, Sola Olalude, Rudy Loewe, Margaret Joyce and the community at Marcus Garvey Park. Photographed by Kojo Apeagyei. In the [more] […]
Participation Gasworks Participation Artist Residency Programme Between November 2018 and July 2019 artist Jacob V Joyce and OPAL (Out and Proud African LGBTI), an African Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,Transgender and Intersex, human rights activist charity, developed a number of creative activities exploring issues of isolation, racism, black history, and LGBTI+ struggles and liberation. These themes were tackled through t-shirts [more] […]