Joyce Brienza

Joyce Brienza is a Detroit-based artist and Lecturer at the University of Michigan and Detroit’s College for Creative Studies. Her work explores feminist and community-driven art practices through performance and collaborative installations.

• Education
• BFA, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (1991)
• MFA, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (1993)

She has exhibited nationally and internationally and received Artist in Residence awards at Rutgers University and Detroit Children’s Hospital. Her collaborations with young patients at the hospital have resulted in permanent public installations.

• Scientific Awards
• Artist in Residence award at Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy at Rutgers University
• Artist in Residence award at Detroit Children’s Hospital