Joey Kirkpatrick
Born1952 (age 70–71)
Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Iowa,
Iowa State University
Occupation(s)Glass artist, sculptor, wire artist, educator
PartnerFlora Mace
Websitewww.kirkpatrick-mace.com

Joey Kirkpatrick (born 1952)[1] is an American glass artist, sculptor, wire artist, and educator.[2][3] She has taught glassblowing at Pilchuck Glass School. Since the 1970s, her artistic partner has been Flora Mace and their work is co-signed.[4][5][6] Kirkpatrick has won numerous awards including honorary fellow by the American Craft Council (2005).[6]

Kirkpatrick and Mace have shared a home and art studio in Seattle, Washington and a farm in the Olympic Peninsula.[7]

Early life and education

Joey Kirkpatrick was born in 1952 in Des Moines, Iowa.[1] She attended the University of lowa (BFA degree, 1975); and Iowa State University (course work 1978 to 1979).[8]

Kirkpatrick taught drawing at the Art Center in Des Moines, and used a series of dolls for the still life studies, and the same dolls became inspiration for her later work.[7] She worked as a wire sculptor early in her creations, which is something that has also informed her later work.[9] In 1979, Kirkpatrick met Mace through Dale Chihuly at Pilchuk Glass School in Stanwood, Washington.[10][3]

Career

Kirkpatrick and Mace are known for their oversized glass fruit and their work highlighting technical glass skills.[11][12] Their body of artwork has been made from diverse materials including blown glass, glass vessels, and sculptures fabricated with wood, glass, and mixed media.[13]

Kirkpatrick and Mace have art in many public museum collections including the Portland Art Museum,[1] Corning Museum of Glass;[14] the Detroit Institute of Arts;[15] the Museum of Fine Art, Boston; Seattle Art Museum;[14] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[14] Krannert Art Museum,[13] Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[3] and Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Joey Kirkpatrick". Portland Art Museum. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  2. ^ Hollister, Paul (January 1984). "Gefühle—personifiziert: Arbeiten von Flora Mace und Joey Kirkpatrick / Personification of Feelings: The Mace/Kirkpatrick Collaboration". Neues Glas. pp. 14–19.
  3. ^ a b c "Joey Kirkpatrick". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  4. ^ Klein, Dan (1989). Glass: A Contemporary Art. Random House Incorporated. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-8478-1081-9.
  5. ^ "Flora Mace (aka Flora C. Mace)". Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA). Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  6. ^ a b "Flora Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  7. ^ a b "Joey Kirkpatrick". Voices in Studio Glass History, Bard Graduate Center. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  8. ^ American Craft. Vol. 65, Issues 4-5. American Craft Council. 2005. p. 49.
  9. ^ Katz, Ruth J. (1981-05-03). "'American Glass '81' Displays 400 Works". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  10. ^ Greenberg, Jan; Jordan, Sandra (2020-05-12). World of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly. Abrams. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-68335-625-7.
  11. ^ Ward, Gerald W. R.; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts; Muñiz, Julie M.; Kangas, Matthew (2007). Shy Boy, She Devil, and Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft: Selections from the Wornick Collection. MFA Publications. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-87846-720-4.
  12. ^ Fox, Howard N. (2006). Glass: Material Matters. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-87587-195-0.
  13. ^ a b c "Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora Mace". Krannert Art Museum. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  14. ^ a b c "Flora Mace & Joey Kirkpatrick". Craft in America. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  15. ^ "Fruit Still Life". Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). Retrieved 2022-04-25.

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