News & Press

Shows

Women in Revolt

26 November 2024

Touring from Tate Britain, this major feminist art survey is now at the National Galleries of Scotland until January 26, 2025 before opening at the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester later in 2025. The exhibition celebrates the women who reshaped British culture, exploring themes such as the Women’s Liberation Movement, punk, maternal experiences, the Greenham Common peace …

Awards, Publication

Shining Lights wins Photography Catalog of the Year at Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards

21 November 2024

  I’m overjoyed to announce that Shining Lights has won the Photography Catalog of the Year Award at the prestigious Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards! This recognition feels deeply meaningful, as it reflects the incredible journey this book has taken—rooted in collaboration, discovery, and a deep passion for storytelling through images and text. The awards celebrate …

Article, Shows

Web Wire : The 80’s Photographing Britain

I have been mentioned in WebWire this week in an article discussing The 80s: Photographing Britain, a new exhibition at Tate Britain. Open until 5th May 2025. Read the full article here And here details and tickets for The 80s: Photographing Britain.   

Shows

The 80s: Photographing Britain

20 November 2024

I’m delighted to have my work featured in this landmark exhibition opening on Thursday, November 21 at Tate Britain. I will be showing my early colour work of constructed images as well as Autoportrait in it’s original size. The show revisits the turbulent Thatcher era through the lens of photography, set against a backdrop of …

Article, Interview

The Guardian interview by Chris Broughton and Charlotte Jansen. 

18 November 2024

Hot snogs, fizz-fuelled City boys and a hilltop homage to Duran Duran: 10 photos that capture the 1980s.  As part of the Tate Britain exhibition, I spoke with Charlotte Jansen about my experiences during the 1980s and the stories behind the photographs. The feature offers a fascinating snapshot of the era and its visual culture.

Symposium

Shining Lights: Photography Symposium at the V&A museum

30 October 2024

I hosted a symposium that took place at the V&A Museum on 5th October, discussing Shining Lights. It provided an opportunity to further examine and debate the issues raised in the book, through the voices of the publication’s contributors and leading intergenerational thinkers. It is now accessible online. Thank you to all of you that …

Publication

Contributor to: A Garden Manifesto – Olivia Laing and Richard Porter. 

26 October 2024

I’m honoured to contribute to A Garden Manifesto, a thought-provoking publication exploring the transformative power of gardens edited by Olivia Laing and Richard Porter.  This gem of a book gathers radical visions rooted in the earth from artists, writers, gardeners and activists, among them Lubaina Himid, Derek Jarman, Jamaica Kincaid, Ana Mendieta, Dan Pearson and …

Gregory Class at Mayflower Primary School

1 October 2024

I was more than delighted to be invited to meet and be interviewed by the newly inaugurated Gregory Class at Mayflower Primary School in East London. In preparation for the meeting they had worked with their teacher to use my work to respond to all aspects of the National Curriculum from maths, science and technology …

Article, Interview

Air Miles with Joy Gregory – Taste of Home – In conversation with Hannah Brandler

29 August 2024

In conversation with Hannah Brandler unpacking the ‘Art on the Underground’ commission which  is on view at Heathrow Terminal 4 until July  2025. The Taste of Home is installed on a series of twenty-four billboards in the Piccadilly line ticket hall rotunda of Heathrow Terminal 4 station and brings together excerpts of a poem from …