Joanna Stuart

New Have, Connecticut, United States

Photographs are the foundation of my art. I make photographs that stand on their own, and also combine fragments of many different photos to create entirely new images—photographic collages. Some fragments may show just a single color or texture. A close-up of a glass bead may become the canopy of a tree; a stack of books, a building; or silk fabric, the wing of a bird. These photo fragments are the building blocks for my collages. In some collages, I place imagined images together with real images, such as a window or a cup of tea. Imaginary interiors and outdoor scenes are the subjects of many of my collages. Others are non-representational images.

While making my art, my imagination flies; I don’t know where it will take me. At the same time, completing a collage demands intense focus, as I work to create an imaginary image and couple it with the real. At first, viewers sometimes perceive my collages as paintings, and my photographs as collages.

My roots in Brooklyn NY, education in cultural anthropology, and experiences in Latin America, shape many of the choices I make in creating art. In all my artistic efforts, my inspiration comes from delighting in discovering the unusual in the everyday. I hope that viewers feel a sense of surprise and enjoyment from my art.

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Untitled, 2022

Archival pigment print

13.5" x 18"

$1050

In The Deep, 2022

Archival pigment print

15" x 20"

$1300

This Way, Please, 2022

Archival pigment print

14" x 13.5"

$850

Private, 2022

Archival pigment print

16.5" x 22"

$1350

Flowers In Orange, 2022

Archival pigment print

16.5" x 22"

$1350

The Green Hill, 2022

Archival pigment print

16.5" x 22"

$1350

Porto Scene, 2022

Collage

13" x 17"

$1000

Hometown Summer, 2018

Collage

12" x 14.5"

$850

La casa con perro, 2021

Collage

13" x 17"

$1000

Room with Lightening & Lamp, 2016

Collage

18.5" x 24.5"

$2200

Alter, 2021

Collage

13" x 17"

$1000

Venetian Straws, 2017

Archival pigment print

14.5" x 18.5"

$2000

Limited Edition of 15

Watching, 2021

Collage

13" x 17"

$1000

Construction, 2018

Archival pigment print

17" x 22"

$1350

Limited Edition of 15

Shelter in the Wood, 2016

Archival pigment print

16.5" x 22"

$1350

Limited Edition of 15

Calling Birds, 2016

Archival pigment print

12.5" x 17"

$1000

Limited Edition of 15