Joy Miessi

Joy Miessi is an artist based in London. Miessi translates moments, conversations, feelings and intimate thoughts into visual pieces for reflection. Social themes such as race, gender and sexuality recur in Miessi’s work and are translated through abstract shapes, figures and writing.

In 2017 Miessi engaged in conversation with curator Nicole Crentsil for ‘If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it’ held at Iniva.  They discussed Miessi’s journey through embracing her Blackness and how it has impacted her practice as a young Black British artist. They examined the influence of hair and skin as a cultural catalyst for wider conversations on self love and mental health, retracing Miessi’s artistic timeline and literary influences.