Joy Wade at Metropolitan Gallery



Joy Wade at Metropolitan Gallery
Artist's reception Friday, January 20, 2012, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. The show continues through March 2, 2012.
Gallery hours Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday by appointment only.

Joy Wade Biography:

I am an Illustrator by Profession and an Artist by Heart

Joy Lalita Wade’s Saint Louis childhood provided the setting for the first stirrings of the artist within. A strong Christian up-bringing and a richly diverse family gave her the inspiration that would set her on a journey to externalize, with great passion and emotion, the pride and respect she has for her own culture.

It is her appreciation for that culture that has allowed her to embrace and appreciate the human condition of all cultures. You could call it a “Spiritual Humanitarian” that best describes this observer and interpreter of the human soul.

Joy has very strong feelings about how the African-American image is presented and viewed in society. It serves her well, and provides her with endless subject matter. As a realist, Joy seeks to convey the true essence, beauty, and grace of her people.

Through Joy’s chosen signature mix media style of acrylic paint and paper, she can enchant immediately. Her work immerses a viewer with serenity, a mood that’s elegantly orchestrated with strength, beauty, dignity and gentility of the complexities of the human form.

Joy has had her work displayed in galleries from Saint Louis to Chicago. She works as an illustrator for her freelance company, Commercial Illustrator as well. She is currently working on illustrations for children books, when work is available, commissions and exhibiting throughout the area when the opportunity presents itself.

In additional to her pursuit of art, Joy acts in an advisory capacity to the University city municipal Commission on Arts & Letters, a commission dedicated to promoting artistic, cultural and scholarly programs within University City Mo.

Joy’s work celebrates and respect life. She possesses a breadth and depth that facilitates her ability to give expression to her own soul and to stir the souls of others.

The Nu-Art Series is a Not-for-Profit Arts Organization.