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Joya Assael is an interdisciplinary artist and educator based in Richmond, VA. She graduated in May 2017, from the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a B.A. in Visual Studies. She worked in the commercial art world in New York City for 4 years before moving to Richmond, VA, to further explore her passion for art education.
Assael creates colorful, textured sculptures and prints, in which she explores the intersection of play and superstition, ritual and comfort, and surrealism and the home. She maintains a practice of public programming, teaching, and activist art making in community spaces. Her personal practice and her community practice have connected through the accessibility of the materials she uses and her admiration of the Why Cheap Art Manifesto of Bread & Puppet.
Joya Assael is an interdisciplinary artist and educator based in Richmond, VA. She graduated in May 2017, from the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a B.A. in Visual Studies. She worked in the commercial art world in New York City for 4 years before moving to Richmond, VA, to further explore her passion for art education.
Assael creates colorful, textured sculptures and prints, in which she explores the intersection of play and superstition, ritual and comfort, and surrealism and the home. She maintains a practice of public programming, teaching, and activist art making in community spaces. Her personal practice and her community practice have connected through the accessibility of the materials she uses and her admiration of the Why Cheap Art Manifesto of Bread & Puppet.
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joya.assael@gmail.com
@joya.___
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Joya Assael and Céline Anderson founded and run Everybody Wins!, a whimsical studio that makes and sells zines, prints, artful food, and more. Everybody Wins! can be found on Instagram and at local markets in Richmond, VA.
@everybodywins_studio
Assael sells work through Fruits & Adders, a home decor brand that playfully explores superstition and food traditions. Fruits & Adders can be found on Instagram, Etsy, and at local markets in Richmond, VA.
etsy.com/shop/FruitsAndAdders
@fruits_and_adders
joya.assael@gmail.com
@joya.___
Click here for Teaching Portolio
Joya Assael and Céline Anderson founded and run Everybody Wins!, a whimsical studio that makes and sells zines, prints, artful food, and more. Everybody Wins! can be found on Instagram and at local markets in Richmond, VA.
@everybodywins_studio
Assael sells work through Fruits & Adders, a home decor brand that playfully explores superstition and food traditions. Fruits & Adders can be found on Instagram, Etsy, and at local markets in Richmond, VA.
etsy.com/shop/FruitsAndAdders
@fruits_and_adders