Tom Joyce
Tom Joyce | |
|---|---|
| Born | Template:1956 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Metalsmithing, Craft |
| Movement | Metalsmithing, Social Practice |
Tom Joyce (born 1973) is an American Metalsmith living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Joyce received the MacArthur Fellowship award in 2003. Joyce combines metalsmithing with a social practice to get community participation for the creation of large works. Joyce is known for recycling donated or found steel into new works.
Education
When Joyce was 13, he started as an apprentice to a blacksmith and by 16 he had dropped out of high school and has pursued metalsmithing ever since.[1]
Work
Forged a special bowl which was offered to former United Nations Secretary General Kofi A. Annan as part of Annan's accepted of the MacArthur Fellowship.[2]
His has been shown at the Museum of Art and Design in New York, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., Minneapolis and Detroit Institutes of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Art, New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, Museum of Applied Arts in Moscow, Russia, and the Musee Des Arts Decoratifs of Paris.[3]