About
Joana Stillwell is an artist and archivist born in the Philippines, raised around the Pacific and is currently based between Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD. She graduated with a BA in Art History and a BFA in Photomedia from the University of Washington, earned an MFA in Kinetic Imaging from Virginia Commonwealth University, and received her MLIS from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Recent exhibitions and installations include DLECTRICITY (Detroit, MI), Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Greenville, SC), InLight at 1708 Gallery (Richmond, VA), and SOIL (Seattle, WA). Residencies include Mildred’s Lane (Beach Lake, PA), Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT), Sirius Arts Centre (Cobh, Ireland), The Studios at MASS MoCA, (North Adams, MA), and she was the 2023 Studio Fellow at VisArts (Rockville, MD).
Photo credit: Dillon Meyer
Artist Statement
I use digital and material fragments to investigate the collapse of virtual and physical spaces as memories, lived environments, and digital interfaces become overlaid and interchangeable. I am interested in the capacity for technology to propose alternative strategies in which to engage with the world as we continue to extend ourselves in new and enduring methods.
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