Born in France, Joyce jocelyne Saunders-diop started painting at the age of 4 and has now been living and practicing her art in London for the longest part of her life.

Very skilled at painting and drawing in a variety of styles, media and techniques, as well as designing with softwares such as 'Photoshop', 'Illustrator' and 'QuarkXpress', 'Director', 'Dreamweaver', 'Word', 'Excel' and 'Power Point', either on Mac or on PC, she can manage time, prioritize, design and speak in public when prepared. She has taught and instructed others, mainly on a one-to-one basis, and has had a great willingness to learn at a tangent to her life-long fine-art practice, in a late bout of study, during a ten years effort to expand the scope of her practice. Creative and resourceful, she has supervised and lead others on her art related projects and knows how to work towards long term goals. Years of financial struggle as an artist have also taught her to be economical if needed, a most useful asset management style when working in the Arts, as a trade in for the most valuable commodity of all, time. She likes accuracy and is attentive to detail, can analyse, edit written material, conduct surveys and carry out research. Bilingual in French and English, she also possesses a foundation in verbal and written Spanish.

She has travelled to the USA, in particular California and Texas, throughout Europe in Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Holland, Danemark, Germany and Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, but also to Morocco, Zimbabwe and Senegal.

However, in the later years, it seems the cultural diversity and riches of London's 'melting pot' providing her with the ultimate 'citizen of the world's experience, leaves her quite content with a comparatively small carbon foot-print and presently reduced international travel to only visiting her mother mentor, the animals and nature in the South of France, as well as a brother and small human beings she can call nieces and nephews.

Education

• June/July 2009: Animation Workshops with BAFTA nominated Kevin Griffiths

• 2006-2007: Master's Degree in Enterprise and Management for the Creative Arts, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London
• 2005-2006: Post-Graduate Diploma in Enterprise and Management for the Creative Arts, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London and London Business School (spring term)
• 2001-2004: BA(hons) degree 2.1 in Digital Media Production, London College of Communication (formerly London College of Printing), University of the Arts London (formerly London Institute)
• 2000-2001: Diploma in Digital Media, London College of Printing, London Institute
• 1999-2000: Certificate in Digital Origination, London College of Printing, London Institute

• 1998-1999: Multimedia LOCN Access course, Lambeth College, London
• 1997-1998: City & Guilds in Computer Graphics, Lambeth College, London
• 1997-1999: City & Guilds in Specialist Decorative Techniques, Lambeth College, London

• 1997: Specialist Decorative techniques, Morley College, London
  
• mid-eighties: Life drawing, Etching, Photography, Sculpting, Morley College, London
• 1980: French Baccalaureate, Perpignan, France
  
• 1976: First group exhibition, Northbridge Junior High, L.A, California, USA.
  

Joyce's first exhibited artwork, age 4, Paris, France.

It shows hieroglyphic like text at the bottom.

Exhibitions

Solo shows

• 'The Cars Series' exhibition, 6 murals on paper and smaller related artworks with 3 short animations, printed tee-shirts and a rack of archival prints, Lewisham Art House, SE14 6PD, London, 18 November to 29 November 2009
• 'The Horses Tableaux', mixed drawings and oil on canvas, at restaurant 'Chez Ecosium', Harefield road, Brockley, SE4, February 2008
• Giclee archival quality prints of black & white drawings as well as colour digitally imaged work at restaurant 'Chez Ecosium', Brockley, SE4
• Joyce's writer's blogg, initiated on 24 October 2008

http://joycesart.weebly.com

• 'Open Studio', Lewisham Art House, London SE14, September 2009
• 'Open Studio', Lewisham Art House, London SE14, 3, 4, 5 October 2008
• 'Open Studio', Lewisham Art House, London SE14, Summer 2007
• 'Open Studio', Lewisham Art House, London SE14, Summer 2006
• 'Open Studio', Lewisham Art House, London SE14, Winter 2005
• 'Open Studio', Lewisham Art House, London SE14, Spring 2005
• 'Open Studio'', Lewisham Art House, London SE14, December 4 and 5, 2004
• 'Open Studio', Lewisham Art House, London SE14, May 8 and 9, 2004
• 'Open Studio', Lewisham Art House, in conjunction with "Open House" London wide event, London SE14, September 12 to 13, 2003

• 'Home Open Studio', Camberwell Arts week 2004, SE5 London
• 'Backdrops', a retrospective exhibition, Red Gate Gallery, SW9 London, August 16 to September 20, 2003
• 'Home Open Studio', Camberwell Arts week 2001, SE5 London

• 'Various works” and 'Graffiti series', Joyce’s Gallery and Studios, Bonnington Square, SW8,Vauxhall, London, September 95 to April 1996
• 'Bonnington Square Street Art Festival 1995', 3 stage and 1 large 3 story high wall backdrop with opening of 'Joyce’s Gallery', September 1995
• 'Dance tableaux' series and backdrops, Oval House Arts Center, London, November 1994

• 'Dance tableaux' series, Cafe gallery 'La Belle Époque', Paris, August 1994

• 'Brixton sand paintings' series, Jacaranda cafe gallery, Brixton, November 1994
• 'Thirty squares', Joyce' s Ephemeral Gallery, Russell Square, London, March 1993
• 'Various works', Bonnington Square Arts Cafe, Vauxhall, April 1988.

Duos

• 'Various works', Alternative Arts Market #5 and at The Cafe, Deptford, with Eric Dubbs, painter-musician (former member of 'The Foundations', achieving 'Top of the Pops' hits on numerous occasions in the 60's) , Autumn 1994
• 'Dance tableaux' series and backdrops, Brixton Festival 1996, The Crypt, with another Brixton based female painter.

Group shows

• 'Working on a groovy thing', Group show, Lewisham Art House Gallery, concordant with the last Friday of the month Deptford Art Map openings and the Brockley Max festival of art events, 28 May to 13 June 2010.
• 'A piece for Peace', celebrating International Women's Week, Lewisham Art House Gallery, London SE14, March 2010
• 'Deptford Art Map' Group show at the Art House, last Friday of the month, February 2010
• 'Object of Love', Lewisham Art House Gallery, London SE14, February 2010
• 'Group Show', Lewisham Art House Gallery, London SE14, September 2009
• 'The Value of Nothing', Group show, Frameworks Gallery, Creekside, with Deptford Arts Network, September 26 to October 19th 2008
• 'The New Cross Art Prize', Lewisham Art House Gallery, 15 September to 15 October 2008
• 2 'Group Shows', 'Gallery in the Friars', Canterbury, England, between June 2008 and December 2008
• 'Group Show', Lewisham Art House Gallery, London SE14, Summer 2008
• 'The Power of Drawing', Lewisham Art House Gallery, London SE14, Winter 2008
• 'Group Show', 'SUGAR in mi tea', Lewisham Art House Gallery, London SE14, Summer 2007
• 'Group Show', Lewisham Art House Gallery, London SE14, Summer 2006
• 'Group Show', Lewisham Art House Gallery, London SE14, Winter 2005
• 'Group Show', Lewisham Art House Gallery, London SE14, spring 2005
• 'The A6 show 2004', Lewisham Art House Gallery, London SE14, December 4 to 19, 2004
• 'Group Show', Lewisham Art House Gallery, London SE14, May 5 to 16, 2004

• Sun and Doves, Camberwell Arts Week 1998, London
• Clapham church, London, March 1994
• Alternative Arts Markets, Liverpool Street Market, Summer and Autumn, every other week-end, 1993.

Large scale paintings

• One night only night-club, 'The Dirt Box', Charing Cross road, paintings and backdrops, August 1997
• 'Miss West Africa 1995', Willesden green, October 1995
• 'Goree Video Production', 'Big Mo' preview, Bonnington Square Arts Center, October 1995
• 'Abashanti', Vauxhall arches, 1994
  
• 'Nose Paint Experimental Arts', Vauxhall, March 1994
• 'The Vox', reggae bands, Brixton, January 1994
• 'RDK' dubb sound system, Cool Tan Arts, Brixton, December 1993
• 'Balafon nights', African live music and dance, St Peter’s Heritage Center, Vauxhall, October and November 1993
• 'Five squares, Energies', in conjunction with the London School of Samba, St Peter’s Heritage Center, Vauxhall, 20 December 1992.

and days

• 'Glastonbury Festival' (over tent adjacent to main stage), July 1995
• 'Bonnington Square Street Festival 95', September 1995.

• Exhibition of 3 large backdrops, 'The Jazz Musician', 'The Dancers: couple', 'Balafon Nights', and one small backdrop,'The Dancers: trio for the signing of the book "N'Dongo", "Lire" by the author Cheickh Bamba Diop, at Portobello Green's 'Inn on the Green", W10, Ladbroke Grove, London. January 26 2008 to mid February 2008 (see Dancers Gallery page).
  

Set design

• 'Chequered', 'Battersea Arts Center' and the 'Onion Shed Theatre', Camberwell, December and November 2001.

Murals

• Completion of the first mural of oil on canvas on the subject of 'HORSES', 'The Galloping Horses', 5m X 1m, January 2008, as well as the second, 2 m X 1.5 m, 'The Mare', part of a series also comprising small artworks on canvas. Third Horses mural, 'Red Horses', completed as well (approximately 2.5 m X 1.5 m), spring 2009. 'Portrait of London', fantasy with horses (1.8 m X 2 m), exhibited at 'Open Studios' September 2009 and the painting of which has been completed in January 2010.
  

• Completion of the last of 7 murals on the subject of 'CARS', July 2006, part of a series ranging from 6 m X 1.5 m to 2 m X 1.5 m, mixed media by brush, accompanied by smaller related works. Exhibited - See 'Solo shows' above, November 2009.
• 'The Bible Mural', Stockwell Green United Reformist Church and day nursery, created Easter 2000
• 'The Space Mural', The Playstation, children creche and kindergarten, Wood green, created 1999
• Artistic 'Floor Mural', leather goods shop, Camden Town, 1997
• 'Graffiti Mural - The dancers', central stairway 'Cool Tan Arts' Center, Brixton, Winter 1994
• 'Pink Jungle' creche mural, 'Lambeth Unemployed Resource Center', Brixton, Winter 1994
• Two large 'Dancer Mural Posters', Belushi' s cocktail bar, Covent Garden, 1994.

Additionally

• Abstract works. From the the mid-eighties onwards.
• The 'Horses Series' of murals on canvas and smaller related works. Until January 2010. Not yet exhibited except for a number of smaller "Horse Tableaux"

• Completion of specialist decorative technique of 'sienna marble' effect on filling cabinet, February 2005
• Interior design and artistic decoration, a studio flat in Portobello, W10, November 2004
• Some illustrations for books and a newspaper, once, the 'Caribbean Times' (from 1988 to 2006)
• Opening of 'Joyce' s Gallery', 80 Bonnington Square SW8 ITG, London, on the occasion of 'Bonnington Square Street Festival 95', September 1995. Only Joyce' s work.

Other creative arts and industry work

• Design and update of Joyce's CD-Rom interactive catalogue comprising 30 paintings and six black and white illustration in varying close-ups, as well as 4 animations and a 2004 self-directed interview. Ongoing
• "JOYCE Publishing" is an established publisher in the UK. April 2010
• Correction and editing, design, page layout, illustration, print-buying and publishing of the book "N'Dongo", 3rd edition, by the author Cheikh Bamba Diop, aka Dallas, 2010. A copy resides at the British Library: 

ISBN number: 978-0-9565435-0-9 Visit http://cheikhdallas.weebly.com to order a copy

• Colour illustration and book cover, correction & editing, design and publishing of the book "Toumouranke", "Tourmente" by the author Cheikh Bamba Diop, April 2009
• Some music related activities, ongoing
• Illustration and book cover, correction, editing, design and publishing of the book "N'Dongo", "Lire" by the author Cheikh Bamba Diop, December 2007
• Illustration, page-layout design and publishing for the prototype hard-cover bound copy of Cheikh Bamba Diop aka Dallas' first book which is based on his biography up until 2007 
• PR activities: graphic design, photography, filming and editing at the 'Lewisham Art House', London SE14
• Cooperative arts administration and management, Lewisham Art House
• Art direction and graphic design, 'Crussh', Green Park, London
• Pre-press Mac Operator and Graphic Designer, Lilford business Center, SE5
• Scanning Operator and Image Manipulator, 'V&A Images', V&A Museum of Art and Design, South Kensington, London
• Individual Art Tuition, at the studio, the 'Lewisham Art House', London SE14
• Mac operator and Graphic Designer with '2810 Designs' studio, Soho, London WC1
• Part-time administration and general upkeep of 'Red Gate Gallery', SE5
• Mac Operator with 'Flying Monkey' graphic design studio, Dulwich
• Extra & Background Artist for film and television
• Modelling for american fashion designer Lamonte at 'Heavens night club', Charing cross, London, 1995
• Freelance cell-painting in animation, for 'Animation City', 'Animation Partnership', 'Animus', 'Grand Slam', 'Impossible Dream', 'Ink Crowd', 'Passion Pictures', and other London animation studios, for productions such as 'Wind in the willows', 'Roger rabbit', 'The thief', 'PG tips', BBC 2 special effects and numerous other TV adverts in the nineties.

Agents

Two agents have represented her to businesses and corporations:

• Louisa Howick Art Consultancy, Hampstead, London
• Long and Ryle Arts International, Pimlico, London.

On the internet:

www.bigart.co.uk