“Space junk” which from afar resembles tiny paint specks, are debris left over by humans satellites that are now trapped into the universe. The debris have different scales depending on the point of view.
The shapes were inspired by the forms of actual debris, the paint specks laser cut on each shape represent the perception of space junk in the universe. The sculpture plays with lights and shadows to disorient the viewer.
DEBRIS
These works focus on debris accumulated on a surface.
The wood was carved to create the dimensional effect of the paint. It challenges the traditional ways of painting
The carving is very delicate in order to almost be perceived as a thin layer of paint. When looking closer at the carved areas, the wood grain becomes visible and creates a beautiful natural dynamic.
SABER'S BEADS
SABER'S BEADS
SABER'S BEADS
These works are inspired by the duality between dark and light alluding to an eclipse. Saber’s beads is the broken arc of illumination surrounding the moon. The gold has been carved with a laser cutter to be damaged and broken. They are references to the relationship between nature and humanity.
These works are inspired by the duality between dark and light alluding to an eclipse. Saber’s beads is the broken arc of illumination surrounding the moon. The gold has been carved with a laser cutter to be damaged and broken. They are references to the relationship between nature and humanity.
These works are inspired by the duality between dark and light alluding to an eclipse. Saber’s beads is the broken arc of illumination surrounding the moon. The gold has been carved with a laser cutter to be damaged and broken. They are references to the relationship between nature and humanity.
Photo credit : Romain Maurice Photography
JOYCE BILLET
Joyce Billet is a visual artist that merges her forward-looking technical expertise with conceptual ideas. Her background in architecture has influence on her work which plays with materials and scale to mix the sensations of painting and sculpture. She explores the tensions and relationships, between the natural and the artificial, between the unique and the mass produced, between tradition and progress. Her studio is located in Miami, at Fountainhead Studios. She has been selected to participate in group shows by curators such as Maurizio Pellegrin, Heather Darcy Bhandari, Margaret Carrigan (The Art Newspaper), Nic Brierre Aziz (from New Orleans Museum of Art), Grela Orihuela ( VP,Design Miami) and talks/ Podcasts with FIU. Her project “Rising” a sculptural seating installation, was selected for Untled Art fair (2021) as part of the Special Project Program curated by Omar Lopez Chahoud.
Billet graduated with a Bachelor’s in Architecture from Pratt Institute and in 2010 she received a Master of Science degree in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University. She worked at firms such as Norman Foster in London and Studio Daniel Libeskind in New York, her last role was as Director of Store Design at CHANEL.
Education
2018 - 2019
Arts Intensive Program,
New York School of the Arts
2009 - 2010
Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design,
Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
2004 - 2008
Bachelor in Architecture,
Pratt Institute School of Architecture
Exhibitions
2022
Art by Architect, curated by AIA, Center for Architecture, New York, NY
Under the surface, artist residency and solo exhibition, Scribner's, Hunter, NY
2021
Rising, curated by Omar Lopez Chahoud, Untitled Art Fair, Miami, FL
Patterns in Nature, curated by Christina Massey, Woartblog
And the Story Continues, curated by Grela Orihuela , Sagamore Hotel, Miami, FL
Works on view, at Par Excellence , New York, NY
2020
Everyone Has a Story to Tell!, curated by Grela Orihuela, Sagamore Hotel, Miami, FL
Sunday Painter x Missoni Baia, curated by Alex Nunez, Missoni Penthouse, Miami, FL
New Directions, curated by Nic Brierre Aziz ( from New Orleans Museum of Art), Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
American Contemporary Craft, curated by Kathryn Gremley, LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
Solo exhibition and artist talk Scribner’s Lodge, Catskills, New York (cancelled due to COVID)
Gesture and Motion, curated by Margaret Carrigan ( The Art Newspaper), SITE:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Works and Inspirations, The HUB Center for the Arts, New York, NY
2019
Patterns, The HUB Center for the Arts, New York, NY
Small and Smaller, curated by Heather Darcy Bhandari, SITE:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Art by Architect, curated by AIA, The Church of the Heavenly Rest,New York, NY
Burn This,, The Raw Gallery,Long Island City, NY
Wish You Were Here 19, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Nuance: Craftsmanship, Imagination and Innovation, Sally D. Francisco Gallery, Layton, NJ
Paper Thoughts and Inspirations, The HUB Center for the Arts, New York, NY
Practices in Printmaking, The Gallery, New York School of the Arts, New York, NY
Artist Registry, White Columns
2018
Printfest, IPCNY, New York, NY
A Sweet Day of November, The HUB Center for the Arts, New York, NY
Dreams on the Pond, Center Island, NY
Art by Architects, curated by AIA, New York Genome Conference Center, New York, NY
Tantrums, The HUB Center for the Arts, New York, NY
Practices in Painting, The Gallery, New York School of the Arts, New York, NY
Practices in Sculpture, The Gallery, New York School of the Arts, New York, NY
Bibliography
2021
Eliza Jordan, “Favorites from Untitled Art Miami Beach 2021”, Whitewall Art, web
Friend of the Artist, “Studio Project”, web
Artist Registry, White Columns
What Inspires Me with Joyce Billet, Par Excellence, April 7th
Omar Lopez-Chahoud in conversation with artists Joyce Billet and Loriel Beltran, Art Talk
2020
We have a story to tell , Art & Company Podcast
Artist Joyce Billet Interview ,Exploring Art Podcast, episode 15
2019
2018
Nuance: Craftsmanship, Imagination and Innovation, exhibition catalog pp.9
A Sweet Day of November, exhibition catalog pp.90
Dreams on the Pond, exhibition catalog pp. 16-17
Tantrums, exhibition catalog pp. 8-9
Practices in Sculpture, exhibition catalog pp.15-16