About
Joana Stillwell (she/her/hers) is an artist and archivist born in the Philippines, raised around the Pacific, and currently based in Washington, DC. 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.
Her work has been written about in the Washington Post and Hyperallergic. Exhibitions and installations include the University of Mary Washington (Fredericksburg, VA), VisArts (Rockville, MD), DLECTRICITY (Detroit, MI), Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Greenville, SC), 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 VisArts (Rockville, MD).
Photo credit: Dillon Meyer
Artist Statement
In my work as both an artist and archivist, I consider the roles of memory and perception, asking what stories get to be told, who gets to tell those stories, and what ultimately gets preserved. Using everyday digital and material fragments, I investigate the collapse of virtual and physical spaces, as well as the growing overlap between memories, lived environments, and digital interfaces.
CV (PDF)