UPCOMING:
Once More Encore: The First Year of Benny's Video Remixed, curated by Craig Jun Li, Kiang Malingue, NYC, 26 June – 7 August 2026
RECENT:
Biennale Arte 2026, 61st International Art Exhibition In Minor Keys, curated by Koyo Kouoh, Chapter Nine: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody, Joy Episalla, Zoe Leonard, Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified, with Jo-ey Tang (9 May - 22 November 2026)
Joy Episalla and Carrie Yamaoka, Viewing Room, Ulterior Gallery, NYC, June 13th to 20th
Program 8 Group Exhibition: Missing, Benny’s Vide0, Brooklyn, January 24 - February 22, 2026
Everybody Here Wants You, curated by Craig Jun Li, lower cavity, Holyoke, MA, November 22, 2025 – January 15, 2026
Season 1 Project 1: A Gamut: Mary Helena Clark & Joy Episalla, at BENNY’S VIDEO, Opening Sunday May 4- June 1, 2025, 28 Varick Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Contemporary Art Library: Season 1 Project 1: A Gamut: Mary Helena Clark & Joy Episalla, at BENNY’S VIDEO
Daily Lazy: Mary Helena Clark and Joy Episalla at Benny’s Video / Brooklyn
Holland Cotter, New York Times, What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in May: Nancy Brooks Brody, Joy Episalla, Zoe Leonard and Carrie Yamaoka
Wish You Were Here: Joy Episalla, Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY, Wednesday, April 30, 2025
An Evening with Joy Episalla, MoMA Modern Monday April 28, 2025
HYPERALLERGIC Review: A Collective of Lesbian Activists Is a Fierce Family byNatalie Haddad, 4/28/25
Chapter Eight: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard /Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified, curated by Jo-ey Tang, Participant INC, NYC, March 2 - May 11, 2025
Angelic Transmissions: Joy Episalla, Zoe Leonard and Carrie Yamaoka in conversation with Jarrett Earnest about Chapter Eight of arms / ache / avid aeon at Participant, April 7
Exposure, curated by Carrie Yamaoka, ULTERIOR Gallery, NYC, March 7—April 5, 2025
foldtogram (brackish waters, NYC / Venezia, rcp 95 ft x 50 in), iteration 1 I 2026 I light sensitive emulsion coated paper I 95 ft x 50 in / 2896 x 127 cm, installation dimensions variable I arms ache avid aeon: Chapter 9 in In Minor Keys curated by Koyo Kouoh in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
foldtogram (brackish waters, NYC / Venezia, rcp 95 ft x 50 in), iteration 1 I 2026 I light sensitive emulsion coated paper I 95 ft x 50 in / 2896 x 127 cm, installation dimensions variable I arms ache avid aeon: Chapter 9 in In Minor Keys curated by Koyo Kouoh in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
foldtogram (brackish waters, NYC / Venezia, rcp 95 ft x 50 in), iteration 1 I 2026 I light sensitive emulsion coated paper I 95 ft x 50 in / 2896 x 127 cm, installation dimensions variable I arms ache avid aeon: Chapter 9 in In Minor Keys curated by Koyo Kouoh in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
Detail: foldtogram (brackish waters, NYC / Venezia, rcp 95 ft x 50 in), iteration 1 I 2026 I light sensitive emulsion coated paper I 95 ft x 50 in / 2896 x 127 cm, installation dimensions variable I arms ache avid aeon: Chapter 9 in In Minor Keys curated by Koyo Kouoh in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
foldtogram (chromo white/blue, winter), iteration 1 I light sensitive emulsion coated paper I 40 ft x 50 inches/ dimensions variable I Chapter 8 arms ache avid aeon, Participant Inc., NYC
Detail: foldtogram (chromo white/blue, winter), iteration 1 I light sensitive emulsion coated paper I 40 ft x 50 inches/ dimensions variable I Chapter 8 arms ache avid aeon, Participant Inc., NYC
Detail: foldtogram (chromo white/blue, winter), iteration 1 I light sensitive emulsion coated paper I 40 ft x 50 inches/ dimensions variable I Chapter 8 arms ache avid aeon, Participant Inc., NYC
foldtogram (chromo white/blue, winter), iteration 1 I light sensitive emulsion coated paper I 40 ft x 50 inches/ dimensions variable I Chapter 8 arms ache avid aeon, Participant Inc., NYC
As Long As There’s you — As Long As There’s Me I 8 min except I 2023 I running time 35 mins I Filmed + edited + produced by Joy Episalla I Special thanks to Carrie Yamaoka I A travelogue composed from moments of performance/non-performance filmed by Episalla over the last 18 years, the film evinces their artistic and activist sensibility, creating and sustaining community over time, with moments captured through close observation.
foldtogram (chrmo white I 40 x 30)', 2025 I light sensitive emulsion coated object I 40 x 30 x 6 inches
foldtogram (chrmo white I 40 x 30)', 2025 I light sensitive emulsion coated object I 40 x 30 x 6 inches I Lower Cavity, Holyoke, MA
foldtograms installation view at lower cavity, Holyoke, MA 2025
foldtogram (chromo, b) I 2025 I light sensitive emulsion coated object I 12 x 10 x 3 inches
foldtogram (chromo, w 1) I 2025 I light sensitive emulsion coated object I 12 x 10 x 3 inches
foldtogram (chromo, yb 1) I 2025 I light sensitive emulsion coated object I 12 x 10 x 3 inches
foldtogram (chromo, w 3) I 2025 I light sensitive emulsion coated object I 12 x 10 x 3 inches
foldtograms installation view at lower cavity, Holyoke, MA 2025
covering I 2018/2025 I recycled cotton I dimensions variable
foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August, Iteration 7) I 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023 I silver gelatin object I Installation view: Chapter Four: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody, Joy Episalla, Zoe Leonard, Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified, curated by Jo-ey Tang, in Exposé·es, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August, Iteration 7) I 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023 I silver gelatin object I Installation view: Chapter Four: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody, Joy Episalla, Zoe Leonard, Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified, curated by Jo-ey Tang, in Exposé·es, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
detail: foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August, Iteration 7) I 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023 I silver gelatin object I Installation view: Chapter Four: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody, Joy Episalla, Zoe Leonard, Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified, curated by Jo-ey Tang, in Exposé·es, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
detail: foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August, Iteration 7) I 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023 I silver gelatin object I Installation view: Chapter Four: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody, Joy Episalla, Zoe Leonard, Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified, curated by Jo-ey Tang, in Exposé·es, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August 2018, iteration 6) I 2018 / 2019/ 2020 / 2021 / 2022 silver gelatin object I Installation view: "crack fold burn bright" at Tibor de Nagy, NYC
detail: foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August 2018, iteration 6) I 2018 / 2019/ 2020 / 2021 / 2022 silver gelatin object I Installation view: "crack fold burn bright" at Tibor de Nagy, NYC
foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August, Iteration 5) I 2018 / 2019 / 2020 /2021 I silver gelatin object I Installation view: Omniscient: Queer Documentation in an Image Culture I Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, NYC
detail: foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August, Iteration 5) I 2018 / 2019 / 2020 /2021 I silver gelatin object I Installation view: Omniscient: Queer Documentation in an Image Culture I Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, NYC
detail: foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August, Iteration 5) I 2018 / 2019 / 2020 /2021 I silver gelatin object I Installation view: Omniscient: Queer Documentation in an Image Culture I Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, NYC
detail: foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August, Iteration 5) I 2018 / 2019 / 2020 /2021 I silver gelatin object I Installation view: Omniscient: Queer Documentation in an Image Culture I Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, NYC
foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August 2018, iteration 4) I silver gelatin object I 2018 / 2019 I installation view: Chapter Four: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified, Beeler Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August 2018, iteration 4) I silver gelatin object I 2018 / 2019 I installation view: Chapter Four: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified, Beeler Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August 2018, iteration 3) 2018 / 2019 I silver gelatin object I Chapter Three: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified I Beeler Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August 2018, iteration 3) 2018 / 2019 I silver gelatin object I Chapter Three: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified I Beeler Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August 2018, iteration 1) I silver gelatin object I 2018 I installation view: Chapter One: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified, Beeler Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
detail: foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August 2018, iteration 1) I silver gelatin object I 2018 I installation view: Chapter One: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified, Beeler Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August 2018, iteration 1) I silver gelatin object I 2018 I installation view: Chapter One: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified, Beeler Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
foldtogram (35'2.5' x 44"- August 2018, iteration 1) I silver gelatin object I 2018 I handbag 10 I 2018 I archival archival pigment print & plexiglas I 29 x 34 x .5 inches I installation view: Chapter One: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified, Beeler Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
handbag 10 I 2018 I archival archival pigment print & plexiglas I 29 x 34 x .5 inches I installation view: Chapter One: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified, Beeler Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
foldtogram (rcg anticline / august, iteration 2) I 2023 I silver gelatin object I dimensions variable I installation view at /(slash) Art, San Francisco in An Opera of Whispers curated by Margaret Tedesco
detail: foldtogram (rcg anticline / august, iteration 2) I 2023 I silver gelatin object I dimensions variable I installation view at /(slash) Art, San Francisco in An Opera of Whispers curated by Margaret Tedesco
detail: foldtogram (rcg anticline / august, iteration 2) I 2023 I silver gelatin object I dimensions variable I installation view at /(slash) Art, San Francisco in An Opera of Whispers curated by Margaret Tedesco
foldtogram (rcm, isoclinal august 2, iteration 2) I 2024 I silver gelatin object / photogram I dimensions variable I installation view: Platform Project Space in A Matter Of Time curated by Leslie Wayne
foldtogram (rcg lg 3, iteration 1) I 2024 I silver gelatin object I dimensions variable
foldtogram (rcg lg 3, iteration 1) I 2024 I silver gelatin object + styrofoam I 52 x 42 x 2 inches I installation view: Platform Project Space in A Matter Of Time curated by Leslie Wayne
foldtogram (rcg lg 3, iteration 1) I 2024 I silver gelatin object + styrofoam I 52 x 42 x 2 inches I side view: Platform Project Space in A Matter Of Time curated by Leslie Wayne
foldtogram (daylight 2) I 2018 I silver gelatin object I 24 x 20 x .75 inches
foldtogram 17 rcm I 2020 I silver gelatin object I 20 x 16 x .25 inches
foldtogram 28 rcm I 2020 I silver gelatin object I 20 x 16 x .25 inches
foldtogram (burn 2) I 2013 / 2020 I silver gelatin object I 10 x 8 x .25 inches
foldtogram (pink blk August 1, iteration 1) I 2018 I silver gelatin object I 67 x 42 x 1 inches
foldtogram (pink blk August 1, iteration 2) I 2018 / 2022 I silver gelatin object I 67 x 42 x 1 inches
foldtogram (burn 3) I 2018 I silver gelatin object I 24 x 20 x .5 inches
foldtogram (pink blk August 2, iteration 2) I 2018 / 2022 I silver gelatin object I 63 x 42 x 1 inches
skins I 2001-2025 I velvet, cotton I dimensions, variable I images 1-3: installation view: Chapter Eight: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified at Participant, Inc, NYC, 2025 I image 4: installation view: Salon at Nada, Paris with Shimmer Gallery Rotterdam, 2024 I images 5-7 installation view: Chapter Four: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified, Beeler Gallery, Ohio, 2019 I image 8: skin 7 I 2001/2019 I velvet, wood I 18 x 12 x 2 inches
Les Psychanalystes et le Marché I 2015/ 2018 / 2019 I 3-channel video / audio installation I dimensions variable I installation view: ICA Philadelphia. I The 3-channel video installation, Les Psychanalystes et le Marché, places the viewer directly in the position of a membrane. The source video captures the sculptural and temporal nature of the set up, running, and dismantling of a street market in Paris, shot from a fixed aerial viewpoint. The three channels present three phases of the action concurrently. While the video documents the scene in front of the lens, the audio narrative describes what is happening behind the camera. The artist’s oddly intimate interaction with the psychoanalyst couple, whom have lent their apartment and terrace for the video recording, is mixed with an interior accounting. The viewer experiences outside and inside, the scene and behind the scene, simultaneously.
foldtogram (1152" x 50", August 2019) I 2024 / 2 x 2023 / 2021 / 2019 I silver gelatin object I dimensions variable
1-3: iteration 5 I Everybody Here Wants You, curated by Craig Jun Li at Lower cavity., Holyoke, MA I 2024
1-3: iteration 4 I Front of House: Michele Araujo • Carrie Yamaoka • Joy Episalla at Catskills Art Space I 2023
4: iteration 3 I Direct Contact: Cameraless Photography Now, Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Bloomington, ID I 2023
5-8: iteration 2 I 3 @ 386: Michele Arujo • Carrie Yamaoka • Joy Episalla, Stamford, New York 2021
9-10: iteration 1 in Chapter Five: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified, ICA, Philadelphia, 2019
foldtogram (lg rc black, 63 x 42, iteration 2) I 2018 / 2019 / 2022 I silver gelatin object I dimensions variable
foldtogram (lg rc 5, iteration 2) I 2018 / 2022 I silver gelatin object I dimensions variable
oldtogram (rcs 1, January, 3 part, iteration 1) I 2023 I silver gelatin object I dimensions variable I installation view: Fragment Gallery, NYC
detail: foldtogram (rcs 1, January, 3 part, iteration 1) I 2023 I silver gelatin object I dimensions variable I installation view: Fragment Gallery, NYC
foldtogram (rcs 1, January, iteration 2) I 2023 I silver gelatin object I dimensions variable I installation view: Fragment Gallery, NYC
foldtograms I selection I silver gelatin object,/photogram on Ilford multigrade paper
garage series selection: garage 5 (extended), 2015, archival print on vinyl, dimensions variable I garage 13 , 2015, aluminum, 40 x 60 inches I garage 8, 2017, archival print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 40 x 60 I installation: Participant, Inc, NYC., 2015
Aerial view 7 I Aerial view 5 I Aerial view 3 I 2015 -2018 I mixed media I dimensions variable
Freuds Study series, 2011: 5 Women. Freud’s Bookcase. London I Dreams and Ghosts. Freud’s Bookcase. London I Amulets. Freud’s Bookcase. London I Freud’s Chair. London I all: archival pigment print sandwich mounted to plexiglas
TV series selection: TV 1 (Naples) I TV 2 (Madrid) I TV 3 (London) I TV 4 Barcelona I TV 8 (Chicago) I TV 11 (Amsterdam) I TV 19 (Washington DC) I plexi, C-print,+ wood frame, 2005 to the present
pillow 2 1999 I pillow 4 2015 I handbag 1 1999 I handbag 6 2000 I handbag 7 2001 I All: chromogenic print sandwich mounted to plexi