Joey Quiñones
Education
2019 MFA, Studio Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2003 Ph.D., English, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Honors and Awards
2024 Augusta Savage Grant, National Sculpture Society
2020 Honorable Mention, James Renwick Alliance Chrysalis Award
2020 Manifest Grand Jury Prize Finalist, 15th Exhibition Season
2020 Emerging Artist, Ceramics Monthly
2019 International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture
Award Nominee
2019 Surface Design Association Outstanding Student Award
2018 Mary Jane McIntire Endowed Fellowship
Select Professional Experiences
2023 Artist-in-Residence/ Head of Fiber Department - Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2021 Assistant Professor of Sculpture – Fibers and Mixed Media, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2004-2021 Associate Professor of English, Earlham College, Richmond, IN
Scholarships, Fellowships, and Residencies
2022 Arts/Industry Residency, Foundry. John Michael Kohler Arts Center, WI
2019 Fellowship, Sculpture Residency, Vermont Studio Center, December
2019 Studio Assistant, Anat Shiftan's Tile Making Workshop. Penland School of Crafts. June 9-21.
2017 Dr. Judith Temple Scholarship. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. June 11-16.
Ceramics. What do you bring to the table? Instructor: Roberto Lugo.
2016 Horn Family Scholarship. Penland School of Crafts. July 24 – August 5th. Ceramics.
Images and Objects. Instructor: Israel Davis.
Solo Exhibitions
*2025 MAROON. The Sculpture Center. Cleveland, OH
2024 AMERICANOISERIES. Wittenberg University. Springfield, OH
2023 AMERICANOISERIES. DePauw University. Greencastle, IN
2022 NUYORICAN. Cohen Gallery. Alfred University. Alfred, NY
2021 LA GRUTA. Belger Arts Center. Kansas City, MO
2019 LACUNA. MFA Thesis Exhibition. Grunwald Gallery. Bloomington, IN
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Back and Forth: Keeping time in Vaiven. Curator: Terez Iacovino. Katherine E. Nash Gallery. University of Minnesota.
Minneapolis, MN
2025 Warp and Weft: Technology in Textiles. Curator: Allison Glenn. Library Street Collective. The Shepherd.
Detroit, MI
2024 Pushing Fiber. University Art Gallery. Central Michigan University. Mt. Pleasant, MI
2024 Fiber Flux. Valade Family Gallery. College of Creative Studies. Detroit, MI.
2024 Transformations. Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library. Winterthur, DE.
2023 Elevation: Jun Kaneko and Contemporary Ceramics. Elaine L. Jacob Gallery. Wayne State University,
Detroit, MI
2023 In this body I persevere. Curator: Blanca Herrada. Lawrence Arts Center. Lawrence, KS
2023 Clay Holds Water. NCECA Exhibitions. Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2023 Distribuqueery. NCECA Exhibitions. Pendleton Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2023 Sethe: Rivers and Refuge. NCECA Exhibitions. Duke Energy Convention Center, Cincinnati, OH
2022 A Gathering. Northern Clay Center. Minneapolis, MN
Crocker Art Museum. Sacramento, CA
D’Armour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
2022 Thee Architects. Curator: Gerald Brown. Invited Artist. Saratoga Clay Arts Center. Saratoga Springs, NY
2022 Body Image. Invited Artist. NCECA Exhibition. Sacramento, CA
2022 Archive of Loose Leaves . Invited Artist. Lee Gallery. Clemson University. Clemson, SC
2021 More is More: Visual Richness in Contemporary Art. Invited Artist. Group Show. Curator Seema Rao. Akron Art
Museum. OH
2021 La Gruta. Solo Show. Belger Arts Center. Kansas City, MO
2021 Layers of Being. PSAD Ceramics Invitational. Invited Artist. Group Show. Curator: Anne Beyer. Paducah, KY.
2020 Paper Pavillions. Invited Artist. Group Show. Columbus, Indiana.
2020 Southern Miss Ceramics National. Juror: Richard Notkin. University of Southern Mississippi, MS
2020 The Space Between History and Hope.. Invited Artist. LH Norton Jr. Gallery. San Joaquin Delta College. Stockton, CA.
2020 Burdens of History. NCECA Exhibition Show. Glave Kocen Gallery, Curated by Anna Walker. Richmond, VA
2020 Manos y Obras. Collaborative Show with Jonathan Christensen Caballero, Leeds Gallery. Earlham College. Richmond, IN
2020 “Seeing Lizzie”. CALL AND RESPONSE: INDIANA REMIX. Wylie House. Indiana University, Bloomington
2019 13th Annual Masterpieces. Manifest Gallery. Cincinnati, OH
2019 Lacuna. MFA Thesis Exhibition. Grunwald Gallery. Indiana University - Bloomington, IN
Collections
2025 Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library. Winterthur, DE
2024 Central Michigan University Permanent Collection. Mt. Pleasant, MI
2023 Demanti O’Bryant, Collector, Atlanta, GA
2022 John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, WI
Kohler Company, Kohler, WI
2020 Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, MO
2019 Wylie House Museum, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
Publications and Press
2025 Kim, Katy. “Warp and Weft: Technologies within Textiles”. Brooklyn Rail. April 2025.
2025 Zimmeth, Khristi. “A common thread: Exhibit at the Shepherd explores intersection of textiles, technology”.
The Detroit News. Feb. 12, 2025.
2025 Beddingfield, Duante. “Ambitious fiber art show featuring dozens of artists opens at Detroit’s Shepherd”. Detroit Free Press.
Jan 25, 2025.
2025 Handyside, Chris. “Warp and Weft weaves history and culture at The Shepherd”. Detroit Metro Times. Jan. 21, 2025.
2024 Haddad, Natalie. “The University of Michigan’s Gender Euphoria”. Hyperallergic. October 6, 2024
2024 “Multiple Cranbrook Artists Among 60 + in Detroit Fiber Club Group Exhibition” Cranbrook Academy of Art News. September 9, 2024
2024 Brooker, Jen. “Detroit Fiber Art Exhibit Debuts Friday”. Bridge Detroit. September 5, 2024
2024 Carter, Ben. Low-Fire Glazes for Potters and Sculptors. Quarto, 2024
2024 Clayton, Dominique. “How Collector Demanti O’Bryant turned his Atlanta home into a Cottage Museum”. Cultured. May 31, 2024
2023 Cook, Ashley. “Wayne State University Art Exhibition – Elevation: Kaneko & Contemporary Ceramics”. Detroit Art Review.
October 25, 2023.
2023 "Joey Quiñones on the ways our past informs our present". Episode 451. Tales of a Red Clay Rambler. Jan 26 2023.
https://www.talesofaredclayrambler.com/episodes/451-joey-quiones-on-the-ways-our-past-informs-our-present
2022 clark, donald, and Chotsani Dean (eds). Contemporary Black American Ceramicists. Schiffer, 2022.
2022 John Michael Kohler Arts Center Arts/Industry Video.
https://www.kohlercompany.com/social-impact/arts/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-iJGw4XmsI
2022 St. Louis Art Museum. “If It Wasn’t for the Women: Hair Sculpting a Culture”, 2022.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiLXlv0UoZc
2021 Diaz-Camacho, Vicky . “How two Latinx artists explore the layers of identity in their bodies of work”. PBS Newshour.Canvas. August 24.
https://artscanvas.org/arts-culture/how-two-latinx-artists-explore-the-layers-of-identity-in-their-bodies-of-work
2021 Quiñones, Joann. "A Multimedia Home Studio." Studio Talk: Process and Perspectives in Clay. Summer.
https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/docs/default-source/uploadedfiles/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/studio-talk-2021-online.pdf
2020 Future Fair/Here Projects New York Tastemakers Lists: Demetrio Kerrison and Joey Lico
https://www.futurefairs.com/journal-posts-2/joey-lico www.futurefairs.com/journal-posts-2/demetrio-kerrison
2020 Carstens, Ian. “Paper Pavilions” Exhibition Looks at Race, Nature, and Public Art”. Limestone Post. Oct 2020. https://www.limestonepostmagazine.com/paper-pavilions-exhibition-race-nature-public-art/
2020 Pelsor, Matt. “The Friday Pitch-IN” All IN. WFYI Indianapolis. October 9, 2020
https://www.wfyi.org/programs/all-in/radio/The-Friday-Pitch-In-10-09-2020
2020 Emerging Artist. Ceramics Monthly. May 2020: 54. https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/ceramics-monthly/ceramic-art-and-artists/ceramic-artists/ceramics-monthly-emerging-artists-2020/ceramicartsnetwork.org/ceramics-monthly/ceramic-art-and-artists/ceramic-artists/ceramics-monthly-emerging-artists-2020/
2020 Gleisser, Faye. Thresholds of Address: Sensorial Returns to Slavery in Jacqueline Tarry and Bradley McCallum’s Topsy Turvy,”
Art Journal. (March 2020)
2020 The Burdens of History. 2020 NCECA Annual Exhibit Catalogue. https://nceca.net/2020-nceca-annual/