heather joi (b. 1979) is a cutting edge multi-disciplinary contemporary artist working in fiber, paint, textile, wood, performance and installation art. In 2016 she was a featured artist in a 2-person exhibition entitled humanity? in Atlanta, GA. Her first solo exhibition, sister: an ode to the black girl/woman, was held in 2017 at The Gallery at The Bailey Agency in Atlanta, GA and featured her visual, installation and performance art.

She aims to create work that inspires thought and provokes conversations about humanity, race, the Black/African experience in the US and oneness.

Through her work she acknowledges the role her love of humanity, scholarly African American/Black Studies writing, and music plays in her process of creation. She includes books with the public display of her work in order to inform the art experience. She also loves to play with vibrant colors, creating abstract shapes and colors.

Her work embodies the themes contained in her vast library and her sociology and law background helps to engage her art in subtle activism.

Her work “adorn her with these things” was featured alongside 100 artists at The Imaginary Million by Wonder Root in December 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. During the event, her piece was selected as one of the top 10 entries, and received the highest bid at the live auction.  She also wrapped up 2017 with a successful showing of her work at two events at Art Basel in Miami, Florida, “Basel Black Art Experience” and “Entwine” at Gallery 88 on South Beach.

Along with her visual art, she uses song to emphasize the themes of her work and to glorify the subjects contained therein. heather joi, a graduate of Spelman College and the Howard University School of Law, is a self-taught artist.

In 2021, she is working one her largest solo exhibitions to date, “doors as masks. roots as truth.” Conceived in 2017, the large scale traveling exhibition will explore the roots of human history and the diversity of humanity in hopes of helping humans comprehend our oneness.

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heather joi
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