OPEN STUDIOS / Dec 06 & 07
Address
3094 East 10th Street, Oakland, California 94601, United States
Norton Factory Studios, #6A

Accessibility Information
Bathroom on site and three stairs to get into Norton Factory Studios.

Artist Statement
I'm deeply interested in time, perception and memory ideas that have shaped my work for as long as I can remember. I often return to the sense of solitude and wonder I felt growing up surrounded by a vast untamed landscape. That environment left a lasting imprint on me, especially during a time of major transition: I moved from New York to Virginia to live with my grandparents while my father was away at sea, and my mother was ill.

Those early experiences of absence and displacement continue to inform my practice today through immersive video and hybrid process-based painting, often incorporating photography. I explore embodiment memory and longing. I’m drawn to the spaces where materiality meets absence, and where the personal overlaps with the collective. Influenced by art history, speculative fiction, and emerging technologies, I use my work to imagine alternate futures and to hold space for what has been lost, remembered, or transformed.

www.joytirade.com
joy.tirade@gmail.com

October 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

joy tirade’s Holga Photography Featured in Vanity Fair UK
London, UK – joy tirade, a photographer known for evocative black-and-white film imagery and immersive video, is featured in Vanity Fair UK. This latest recognition highlights joy tirade's striking Holga photography, which explores themes of presence, absence, and the symbiotic relationship between place and identity.

Employing the dreamy imperfections of the Holga camera, joy tirade’s work captures a raw, poetic sensibility—blurring the lines between memory and reality. Rooted in eco-feminism and queering nature, her lens-based practice transforms landscapes into deeply personal narratives.

“I embrace the unpredictability of the Holga to create images that feel both intimate and otherworldly,” says joy tirade. “It’s an honor to have this work featured in Vanity Fair UK.”

For more on joy tirades’s photography, visit www.joytirade.com or @joytirade on Instagram.

Nature: Nurture, Alameda Beach, photography zine, 2024, has been selected for the 2024 SFMOMA Book Festival. I am so excited to bring this to you all in December. Stay tuned or follow along at @joy.tirade on Instagram. xo