Joyce Shi

War Dance
April 2025
Ebony, Mahogany, Hemp, Hair From Head of Joyce, Spalted Tamarind, Padauk, Maple, 389 Hours

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Relevant Texts to “War Dance”

Chiang, T. (2019). Exhalation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate
The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling
The Great Silence
Omphalos
Kimmerer, R. W. (2015). Braiding sweetgrass. Milkweed Editions.
Roy, A. (1997). The God of Small Things. Vintage Canada
Le guin, Ursula. (1985). Always Coming Home. Harper Perennial ed., Harper & Row, 2023.
Kesner, L. (1995). Likeness of No One: (Re)presenting the First Emperor’s Army. College Art Association.

(the) Goods
April 2025
Blown Jars, Padauk, Osage Orange, Ebony, Maple, Mahogany

An accumulative collection of residue from sculptural projects...

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Relevant Texts to “(the) Goods ”

Miller, M. (2018). Circe. Little, Brown and Company.
Le guin, Ursula. (1985). Always Coming Home. Harper Perennial ed., Harper & Row, 2023.

Plume
December 2024
Ebony, Hemp, Hair from Head of Joyce, 106 hours

Conduit of War Dance

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Relevant Texts to “Plume”

Chiang, T. (2019). Exhalation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate
The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling
The Great Silence
Omphalos
Kimmerer, R. W. (2015). Braiding sweetgrass. Milkweed Editions.
Roy, A. (1997). The God of Small Things. Vintage Canada.

Witness
November 2024
Ebony, Padauk, Hemp, Glass, Walnut, 115 hours

I see you.

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Relevant Texts to “Witness”

Roy, A. (1997). The God of Small Things. Vintage Canada.
Palahniuk, C. (2005). Haunted. Vintage.
Powers, R. (2018). The Overstory. W. W. Norton & Company.
Dostoevsky, F. translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. (2021). Notes from Underground. Vintage Classics
Euripides. Medea
Sophocles. Oedipus Tyrannus

Prayer II
May 2024
Mahogany-obsidian, Ebony, Hemp, Padauk, 81 hours

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Relevant Texts to “Prayer II”

Miller, M. (2018). Circe. Little, Brown and Company.
Roy, A. (1997). The God of Small Things. Vintage Canada.
Dostoevsky, F. Frank, J. (1987). Crime and Punishment. Bantam Dell.
Palahniuk, C. (2005). Haunted. Vintage.

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About

Bio

Joyce Shi is an interdisciplinary artist exploring ritual and seduction through sculptures made of wood, glass, and stone. She graduated from RISD with a BFA degree in Glass. Her work is informed by her multi-cultural identity, as well as her interest in transformation, craft, and alchemy. She is currently based in Vancouver, BC.

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Contact

email me: studiojoyceshi@gmail.com

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