Painting + Drawing
My process-based paintings and my lens-based practice share a deep concern with transmission, material transformation, and the mark as a communicative gesture. In my early work, I experimented with bleach on velvet, allowing chemical reactions to alter the surface unpredictably—an approach that later extended to leaving paintings exposed to rain, snow, and sun, letting natural forces inscribe their own messages onto the material. This emphasis on time, decay, and environmental intervention overlaps with my photographic and video work, where I explore how landscapes hold traces of past presence. My engagement with cyanotype and indigo-dyeing processes similarly foregrounds transmission, using light-sensitive materials to capture ephemeral imprints.
In both painting and photography, I am drawn to the tension between control and surrender—how an image, like a message, is partially shaped by forces beyond the maker’s hand. These works become dispatches from unseen processes, revealing how materials, environments, and histories communicate without a fixed subject.
For inquiry on available works, please email: joy.tirade@gmail.com
