Joy Gerrard

London, United Kingdom

Art Medium

Drawing Painting

Art Style

Contemporary Figurative

About the Artist

Joy Gerrard is a distinguished British artist celebrated for her compelling ink drawings and paintings that depict mass gatherings, protests, and crowd movements. Her distinctive practice involves translating photographic and news imagery of public demonstrations into stark, powerful compositions, often rendered with a minimalist aesthetic. Gerrard's work explores profound themes of collective action, dissent, political power, and the individual within the multitude. By focusing on the human scale of these events, she invites viewers to contemplate the complexities of social unrest and the enduring struggle for agency and voice in contemporary society.