john douglas joyce
Mediums Used
John Douglas Joyce is one of those rare Artists that can`t be tied down into any Pigeon Hole or Category with his astonishing Spectrum of Styles and subject matter. He will be a headache to the `Experts` on the Antiques Roadshow in years to come.
What defines a true artist irrespective of his or her chosen discipline is not just the desire, but the need to create. In Joyce`s case that chosen discipline is sculpture.
He is an established sculptor living&working in the UK, and also manages a small bronze foundry, enabling him to cast his own work.
Joyce has been sculpting now for many, many, years. Sculpture is his passion, and this love for his craft, unquestionably reflects in the quality&craftsmanship intrinsic within the work!
He has worked in various mediums, but ultimately, bronze remains best suited to his current work, for its sheer gravitas, integral beauty&subsequent archival provenance.
His current work, although an eclectic mix of varying subject matter&scale, nevertheless strives to encompass a coherent theme throughout. An attempt to deceive the viewer, through manipulation&illusion as to the weight&balance of an object, and thus create a dynamic tension between the two, and subsequently the effect this has on the balance of a composition as a whole.
Sculptures by john douglas joyce
Credentials
Qualifications
2009-2011 MA Fine Art Sculpture (Dist:) UCA FArnham, Surrey
2000-2005 BA Fine Art Sculpture (Hons:) UCA FArnham, Surrey
1998-2000 BTEC Art&Design (Dist:) Brooklands College, Surrey,2009-2011 MA Fine Art Sculpture (Dist:) UCA FArnham, Surrey
2000-2005 BA Fine Art Sculpture (Hons:) UCA FArnham, Surrey
1998-2000 BTEC Art&Design (Dist:) Brooklands College, SurreyExhibitions
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Sculptor: @ John D Joyce Sculptures:
2005 -2015
Company: University for the Creative Arts
Present position: Fine Art Metals&Foundry Tutor/Technician
Responsibilities include: The day to day running&maintenance of the bronze foundry&allied areas, also responsible for fine art metals, both positions supporting the Fine Art programme @ the UCA Farnham
2003-2005
Company: Sculpture Studio:
Address: Taplins court farm, Church lane, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire.
Position held: Self Employed Sculptor undertaking and working to commission: work includes manufacture and fabrication of mild steel sculpture, Mig welding, gas cutting/brazing and fabrication of metal and copper armatures, heat treating and patination of finished works
2000-2003
Company Ridgeway Sculpture Design Studio
Address: Hartley Farm, Great Missenden, Wendover, Buckinghamshire
Position held: Self employed, fabricating resin bronze sculptures, fibreglass mould making and metal armature fabrication and construction, chasing, fettling and patination of finished pieces.
Joyce`s influences include an eclectic mix of artists.
Artists such as:
Jacob Epstein
David Mach
Ron Muick
Javier Marin
& he is inspiration comes from the dynamic tension within a piece of sculpture. The sheer inherent&intrinsic power&grace captured within the `movement of form`.
