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Joyce Treasure
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𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜
𝙼𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴.
I'm showing work from the same collection this Nov / Dec! ❤️

Two pieces from Break ∀way State, a collection that reimagines Breakaway State (2020) and raw footage (2019) through paintings based on still frames.

Themes of migration echo the layered narratives of #ZoraNealeHurston writings.
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We Stand in Orange

Ursula von der Leyen

Acrylic and oil on wood

#oilpainting
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Please join us on SATURDAY NOV 29th 6-9pm for the opening of the exhibition at Ruby Cruel, 250 Morning Lane, London, E9 6RQ.
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Artwork Open 2025

Private View and announcement of prize awards

Friday 28th November 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

I'll be showing one of my pieces from my Break vway State collection that reimagines the video Breakaway State (2020) through a series of paintings based on stills taken from the tootage.
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Break ∀way State reimagines the video Breakaway State (2020) through a series of paintings. The collection title draws on the universal quantifier '∀' (‘for all’), reframing it as a symbolic prompt toward emotional alignment in the face of a violent state.

#oilonwood #crochet
October 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
And Dat Wuz de Last of Ole Massa (Break ∀way State, 2025).

#endcolonialism #rituals #oiloncanvas
September 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The unfolding and exposure of colonialism in operation is evidence for us to comprehend its insidious and pernicious nature.

As phenomenon, it wants to expose itself.

Like an unfaithful lover, it wants to be seen for the energetic force contained within it.

Sweat

#zoranealehurston #oilonwood
August 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
𝙿𝚘𝚒𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝙱𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗
𝚋𝚢
𝙹𝚘𝚢𝚌𝚎 𝚃𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎

𝙿𝚘𝚒𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚆𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜.
☎️ 𝟶𝟾𝟶𝟶-𝙱𝙸𝚃𝙴 𝚈𝙾𝚄𝚁 𝚃𝙾𝙽𝙶𝚄𝙴 - 𝟷𝟶𝟷
𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐
"𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐"

38-second excerpt from a 2-minute 30-second #performance video.
August 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Crimes against humanity
June 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
If you’ve been curious about my work, and you’re looking to engage at a slower pace, sign up to my mailing list before my next update goes out tomorrow, Wednesday!

I’d love to see you there!

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May 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If you’ve been curious about what I’m working on, or just want to stay connected at a slower pace, my mailing list is where I’ll be sharing updates, reflections, resources, and new work before it goes public on social media.

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May 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is not an artist statement.
This is a prologue.

It’s my voice. It’s Clares voice.

She appears and disappears revisiting past fragments reevaluating, which makes sense as she works as a data analysis. Through her, the work speaks in episodic prose.
May 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Thank you Grand Union for my gift. I’ve had my eye on ‘Grand Union’ by Prem Sahib for sometime. Thrilled to receive my limited edition no 64!

Risograph print, 297 x 420mm

Edition of 80 + 20 APs, signed and numbered by the artist on reverse.

#GrandUnionGallery
April 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sweat

The title, which is in reference to a short story by Zora Neale Hurston.

Oil on wood

#oilpainting
April 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Body as a Site of Resistance. “Is there something like a common root, a shared historicity, of these 2 modes of analysis, which would bring together the subjective and objective in a third dimension that does not treat them as fixed forms, but can account for their mutual and conflicted emergence?”
April 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Artworks from 2014 - 2016 now available on my Online Gallery

Interpolatus
2016, Mixed media collage
31.5 x 12cm

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April 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Reflecting on older works from 2014-2016, where the political voice in my collages became prominent. This collage piece "Swag" (2015) is now part of my online gallery

joycetreasure.co.uk/grenada_port... #art #respectabilitypolitics

#Originalartwork #art
April 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"Their Eyes Were Watching God."

#ArtInProgress #OilPainting #zoranealehurston
April 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
These painting connects to Zora Neale Hurston’s writings, a process of art intersecting literature, breaking down the psychology of a racialised, class, power construct.

#oiloncanvas #performancepaintings
March 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore
Shepherd’s pie

Zanele Muholi
Bourbon vanilla ice cream on
[iced]volcanic stone

Frida Kahlo
Maíz azul, tarragon, lime, rooster, mole

Carson McCullers
Manhattan

PJ Harvey
Pears, spruce, lemon curd, butter crumble
March 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
As performer, choreographer, and witness, I capture authentic movement, painted as remnants of post-performance. These works explore how the performance score operates as both archive and generative tool, examine how embodied knowledge understands personal and collective histories. #performancescore
February 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) dedicated her life to documenting and portraying the complexities of racial struggles in the early 20th-century South.

Today, 28th Jan, is the anniversary of her passing

Her voice resonates today, and the topics she dissects still remain prevalent. #zoranealehurston
January 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM