EDUCATION
School of the Art Institute of Chicago MFA 2023
Ox-Bow School of Art 2023
Sarah Lawrence College BA
Sarah Lawrence in Florence, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Momentary Afterlife, Nickerson Projects, Spring/Break Los Angeles
2023
a mirror with breath like stone, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster CA
Conjuring the Ghost Kingdom, or The Insufficient Archive, MFA Thesis Exhibition at the School of the Art Institute Chicago IL
Watching / Waiting (with Christine Ferrouge), Gearbox Gallery, Oakland CA
2021
Ghost Visions, ShockBoxx Project, Hermosa Beach CA
2020
Stop/Motion, Wailoa Center, Hilo HI
2019
Beyond/Within (with Samuelle Richardson), Launch LA, Los Angeles CA
2017
Signal and noise, site-specific installation, Sonoma CA
Flags of unseen nations, site-specific installation, Santa Monica CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
The Golden Thread: A Fiber Art Exhibition, BravinLee, New York NY (upcoming)
Considering January, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2023
Entanglements, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos CA
Scope Art Fair, Nickerson Projects, Miami FL
Art Basel Ping Pong, Miami FL
TRYST Art Fair, ShockBoxx Projects/Torrance Art Museum, Torrance CA
Ghost Shadows, ShockBoxx Projects, Hermosa Beach CA
2022
Art Basel Ping Pong, Miami FL
The Milk of Dreams, 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Venice Italy (independent intervention)
Abstraction II, ARC Gallery, Chicago IL
No Man’s Land, Shockboxx Project, Hermosa Beach CA
Red Hot Wicked, Studio C Gallery, Albuquerque NM
Spooky Camp, Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles CA
Moods of Winter, Shockboxx Project, Hermosa Beach CA
Leftovers, Shockboxx Project, Hermosa Beach CA
2021
Art Basel Ping Pong, Basel Switzerland
Grayscale Wonderland, bG Gallery, Santa Monica CA
Psychopomp: Guiding Death and Transformation, Marne Lucas/Kipaipai
Habitat Restoration, Vojislav Radovanovic & Jason Jenn/Art Documents LA
Apocrypha, Gallery 825, Los Angeles CA
Sarah Lawrence College Alumni Show, Bronxville NY
Intergalactic, Shockboxx Project, Hermosa Beach CA
2020
Minimalism, Shockboxx Project, Hermosa Beach CA
Kipaipai Fellows 2020, Kahilu Galleries, Waimea HI
Abstract Only, Wailoa Center, Hilo HI
Spectrum Gestalt 6, bG Gallery, Santa Monica CA
Time in the Time of Isolation, Curated by Cynthia and Renato Penna (view)
Collaborate and Create, Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster CA
Hobson’s Choice, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance CA
ARTINTIME, Hawai‛i State Art Museum, Honolulu HI
Type, GWC Art Gallery, Huntington Beach CA
Call + Response, Kahilu Galleries, Waimea HI
Collaborate and Create, The Loft at Liz’s, Los Angeles CA
Craft Nouveau, Blue Line Arts, Roseville CA
2019
New School Abstract, ShockBoxx Project, Hermosa Beach CA
3Elements, Issue #24
Abstract Only, Wailoa Arts & Cultural Center, Hilo HI
Woven Stories, Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster CA
Transformative Forces: Creation Through Destruction, Kahilu Galleries, Waimea HI
2018
Miniature Art Show, ShockBoxx Project, Hermosa Beach CA
Hawai‛i Craftsmen 51st Annual Statewide Exhibition, Honolulu HI
Art of Labor, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose CA
Abstract Only, Wailoa Arts & Cultural Center, Hilo HI
1st Annual Women's Exhibition, Hawai‛i Museum of Contemporary Art, Hilo HI
In Black and White, Springfield Art Association, Springfield IL
Intersections -- Considering Imbalance, Kahilu Theater Galleries, Waimea HI
Not Just Drawing -- A Line With Intent, ARC Gallery, Chicago IL
Red Hot Wicked 2, Studio C Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2017
Hawai‛i Contemporary Arts Exhibit 2017, Hawaii Museum of Contemporary Art, Hilo HI
2nd Annual Contemporary Craft Juried Exhibition, Wailoa Arts & Cultural Center, Hilo HI
Small Works: SDA at 40, Surface Design Association, Portland OR
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2024: Residency, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences
2017: Honorable Mention, Conceptual Category, Hawai‛i Contemporary Arts, Hawaii Museum of Contemporary Art, Hilo HI
2017: Honorable Mention, Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Wailoa Center, Hilo HI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
whitehot: Joy Ray’s Duplicated Spirits
LA Weekly: Meet Mixed Media Painter Joy Ray
Diversions LA: Joy Ray Haunts in Ghost Visions
Diversions LA: Joy Ray Will Conjure the Other Worldly
The Living Artist Podcast: Interview with Joy Ray
Artillery: Loft at Liz’s: Collaborate and Create
Union-Bulletin: California museum of art acquires artists’ collaborative work
Il Mattino: Gli artisti s’interrogano sul tempo immobile
West Hawai‛i Today: Solo Exhibition by West Hawaii Contemporary Artist
Big Island Now: Art Exhibition Opens Monday at Wailoa Center
Art and Cake: Textile Artists Today
LA Weekly: Art Pick: Joy Ray and Samuelle Richardson: Beyond/Within
Art and Cake: Avian Hieroglyphics: Joy Ray and Samuelle Richardson at Launch LA
Riot Material: Samuelle Richardson and Joy Ray in Beyond/Within
LA Weekly: Ready, Steady, Art!
Diversions LA: Joy Ray: There’s a Darkness on the Edge of Light
EMS Legacy Films: Joy Ray: Post-Apocalyptic Petroglyphs
Artillery: Starting Off With a Bang
Voyage LA: Meet Joy Ray
ShoutoutLA: Meet Joy Ray