Joy Dunigan

Joy’s photography and mixed media works demonstrate a palpable and authentic connection to place. Having familial links to Savannah and the Lowcountry has had a considerable influence on what she gravitates towards capturing in her art. Her family were stewards of Callawassie Island: agricultural laborers, hunters and fisherman, proud domestic women and family caregivers. This visual library that was introduced to her is the place she conjures inspiration from, it is the witness of water and land as a conduit to sustenance, stability, wonderment and peace.

She also belongs to a generation when image making had become more accessible to the masses through the introduction of the Brownie, the Polaroid and Super 8mm. She was exposed to a visual world through a creative and enthusiastic family — chance storytellers who valued the provenance that photographic images afforded them. It imprinted upon her the importance of preservation through a creative relationship to culture, place, expression and memory.

As a youth, Joy was drawn to the visual sophistication that dominated music, film, fashion and magazine culture. The well of inspiration was deep, from the provocative content of Andy Warhol’s 15 Minutes to the seductive masthead o...

B.F.A. Savannah College of Art and Design

2024 - Summer Gallery Exhibition - Ossabaw Island Foundation
2024 - ‘Ossabaw Outtakes’, Location Gallery
2024 - ‘Flowers’, SouthxSoutheast Photogallery
2024 - ‘Art in Bloom’, Arts on the Coast
2024 - ‘Same As it Ever Was’, Sulfur Studios/Arts Southeast
2024 - Kobo Gallery Artist Cooperative Member

2023 - ArtNite/Holiday Edition, Arts on the Coast Gallery
2023 - Holiday Opening benefitting Ossabaw Island Foundation, Kobo Gallery
2023 - ‘Holiday Artist Collective’ - Annual group show at Photopoint Gallery
2023 - Isle of Hope Art & Music Festival
2023 - ‘Savannopoly’ - Location Gallery benefitting Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity
2023 - Summer Gallery Exhibition - Ossabaw Island Foundation
2023 - “Through the Looking Garden’ - Arts on the Coast Annual Exhibit
2023 - ‘Days of Ford and Roses’ - ArtNite with Arts on the Coast
2023 - ‘Heart of Gold’ - benefitting Royce Learning Center, Ships of the Sea Museum
2023 - SuperFine Art Fair, Savannah
2023 - ‘Senses of Place’ Location on Location Gallery benefitting Forsyth Farmers Market
2023 - ‘Portals’ - ArtNite with Arts on the Coast
2023 - Kobo Gallery Artist Cooperative Member

2022 - Holiday Opening benefitting Savannah Speech and Hearing, Kobo Gallery
2022 - ‘Ocean’ - benefiting G...