MacArthur Fellow Dr. Joyce J. Scott (b. 1948, Baltimore, MD) works across a spectrum of media, captivating viewers with beauty, horror, and humor while confronting racism, sexism, complex family dynamics, and injustices. Best known for her use of beads and glass, Scott has challenged the hierarchies of art and craft over the course of five decades. Scott earned a BFA at Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA at Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The recipient of countless commissions, grants, residencies, and prestigious honors from institutions such as the National Endowment for the Arts, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, Anonymous Was a Woman, National Academy of Design, Smithsonian Institute, among others, Scott has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from Johns Hopkins University, California College of the Arts, and MICA. The artist has exhibited in museums worldwide, with works included in most major public collections: the Baltimore Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Corning Museum of Glass, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mint Museum of Art, Museum of Art and Design, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Seattle Art Museum, Toledo Museum of Art, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Scott is represented worldwide by Goya Contemporary Gallery (Sculpture) and Moblia Gallery (Jewelry). The artist opened a major 50-year traveling Museum retrospective in 2024 co-organized by the Baltimore Museum of Art and Seattle Art Museum.