Joey Kirkpatrick (born 1952) is an American glass artist, sculptor, wire artist, and educator. She has taught glassblowing at Pilchuck Glass School. Since the 1970s, her artistic partner has been Flora Mace and their work is co-signed. Kirkpatrick has won numerous awards including honorary fellow by the American Craft Council (2005). Kirkpatrick and Mace have shared a home and art studio in Seattle, Washington and a farm in the

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Early life and education

Joey Kirkpatrick was born in 1952 in

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. She attended the University of lowa (BFA degree, 1975); and

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(course work 1978 to 1979). Kirkpatrick taught drawing at the Art Center in Des Moines, and used a series of dolls for the still life studies, and the same dolls became inspiration for her later work. She worked as a wire sculptor early in her creations, which is something that has also informed her later work. In 1979, Kirkpatrick met Mace through

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at Pilchuk Glass School in Stanwood, Washington.

Career

Kirkpatrick and Mace are known for their oversized glass fruit and their work highlighting technical glass skills. Their body of artwork has been made from diverse materials including blown glass, glass vessels, and sculptures fabricated with wood, glass, and mixed media. Kirkpatrick and Mace have art in many public museum collections including the Portland Art Museum,

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; the

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; the Museum of Fine Art, Boston; Seattle Art Museum; the

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, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, the

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, and Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne.

References

External links

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Oral history interview with Flora Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick, 2005 August 17-18
from

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, Smithsonian Institution * Video
State of the Art Studio Visits: Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora Mace
by Crystal Bridges Museum {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkpatrick, Joey 1952 births Living people Artists from Des Moines, Iowa University of Iowa alumni Iowa State University alumni Artists from Seattle American glass artists American women glass artists 20th-century American women sculptors 20th-century American sculptors