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

Hawaii 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

Hawaii 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, Hawaii 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