"For me, there are no hierarchies among media. I don’t call myself a painter. I call myself an artist." - Joyce Kozloff, Artillery Magazine
Joyce Kozloff, born in 1942 in Somerville, New Jersey, earned her BFA from Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1964 and an MFA from Columbia University in 1967. A key figure in the Pattern and Decoration and Feminist art movements of the 1970s, she shifted her focus to public art in 1979, creating large-scale installations. Her major public commissions include works for the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul, the Los Angeles Metro, and San Francisco Airport.
Since the early 1990s, Kozloff has used mapping to integrate her interests in history, culture, and the decorative arts. Notable projects include "Targets," a globe depicting places bombed by the U.S. since WWII, and "Boy's Art," a series examining young boys' fascination with war. Her work has been featured in several major exhibitions, such as "With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972-1985" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and "Pattern and Decoration: Ornament as Promise" at Ludwig Forum, Aachen.
Kozloff's work is included in the collections of prestigious institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Whitney Museum of American Art. She has participated in important shows like the Venice Biennale and exhibitions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.