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JOEY TERRILL

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Biography

Joey Terrill (b. 1955) lives and works in Los Angeles, California, where he is Director of Global Advocacy & Partnerships for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. As a high school volunteer for “La Huelga”— the farmworkers’ unionization movement, led by Cesar Chavez—Terrill learned the grassroots activism and skills he used a decade later as AIDS ravaged Los Angeles. Through his involvement with the Metropolitan Community Church, the Gay Community Center, and the “Gay-In’s” at Griffith Park in the 1970s, he befriended fellow queer Chicanx artists Mundo Meza, Gronk, Teddy Sandoval, Robert “Cyclona” Legoretta, Jef Huereque, Victor Durazo, Jack Vargas, Diane Gamboa, and Pattsi Valdez, among others. His solo exhibitions include Just What is it That Makes Today’s Homos So Different, So Appealing?, ONE Gallery, West Hollywood (2013); Worlds of Art (with Theresa Rojas), Ohio Union, Ohio State University, Columbus (2013); Chico Moderno, Norris Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles (1993); Gronk & Joey, Score Bar, Los Angeles (1984); and Chicanos Invade New York, Windows on White Street, New York (1981). His work has featured in the institutional surveys ESTAMOS BIEN–La Trienal 20/21, El Museo Del Barrio, New York (2020–21); Touching History: Stonewall 50, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs (2019); Through Positive Eyes, Fowler Museum, University of California, Los Angeles (2019); Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A., Museum of Contemporary Art at Pacific Design Center and ONE Gallery, Los Angeles; and ASCO: Elite of the Obscure, A Retrospective, 1972–1987, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2011).

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Works

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Joey Terrill, When I Was Young, 1995

Joey Terrill, When I Was Young, 1995

Joey Terrill, Marky and Billy, 1993

Joey Terrill, Marky and Billy, 1993

Joey Terrill, Being Near Him, 1993

Joey Terrill, Being Near Him, 1993

Joey Terrill, Here I am/Estoy Aquí, 2022

Joey Terrill, Here I am/Estoy Aquí, 2022

Joey Terrill, Breaking Up / Breaking Down, 1984–1985

Joey Terrill, Breaking Up / Breaking Down, 1984–1985
 

Joey Terrill, Breaking Up / Breaking Down, 1984–1985 detail  Panel 9: Crying

Joey Terrill, Breaking Up / Breaking Down, 1984–1985 detail

Panel 9: Crying
 

Joey Terrill, Oscar/Ernesto, 1992–1993

Joey Terrill, Oscar/Ernesto, 1992–1993
 

Joey Terrill, Chicanos Invade New York (triptych), 1981  (left to right) Making Tortillas in Soho Reading the Local Paper Searching for Burritos


Joey Terrill, Chicanos Invade New York (triptych), 1981

(left to right)
Making Tortillas in Soho
Reading the Local Paper
Searching for Burritos

 

Joey Terrill Vickie And Sue Say What About Bamboo House?, 1985–1988

Joey Terrill, Vickie And Sue Say What About Bamboo House?, 1985–1988
 

Joey Terrill, Orlando Waiting for Toast, 1999–2000

Joey Terrill, Orlando Waiting for Toast, 1999–2000
 

Joey Terrill, When I Was Young, 1995
Joey Terrill, Marky and Billy, 1993
Joey Terrill, Being Near Him, 1993
Joey Terrill, Here I am/Estoy Aquí, 2022
Joey Terrill, Breaking Up / Breaking Down, 1984–1985
Joey Terrill, Breaking Up / Breaking Down, 1984–1985 detail  Panel 9: Crying
Joey Terrill, Oscar/Ernesto, 1992–1993
Joey Terrill, Chicanos Invade New York (triptych), 1981  (left to right) Making Tortillas in Soho Reading the Local Paper Searching for Burritos
Joey Terrill Vickie And Sue Say What About Bamboo House?, 1985–1988
Joey Terrill, Orlando Waiting for Toast, 1999–2000

Exhibitions

JOEY TERRILL: CUT AND PASTE
Exhibition
JOEY TERRILL: CUT AND PASTE
January 19 – February 25, 2023
Joey Terrill
Exhibition
Joey Terrill
Once Upon A Time: Paintings, 1981–2015 September 10 – October 23, 2021

Press

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Joey Terrill REVIEWED IN MOUSSE MAGAZINE

Joey Terrill “Cut and Paste” at Ortuzar Projects, New York

February 3, 2023

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JOEY TERRILL FEATURED IN T MAGAZINE

Joey Terrill’s Psychedelic Collages, on View in New York by Juan A. Ramírez

January 18, 2023

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JOEY TERRILL FEATURED IN ARTNEWS

LATINX ART GOT MORE VISIBILITY THAN EVER IN 2021 BY MAXIMILÍANO DURÓN

DECEMBER 30, 2021

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JOEY TERRIILL REVIEWED IN ARTFORUM

BY COCO ROMACK

December 2021

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JOEY TERRILL REVIEWED IN FRIEZE MAGZINE

INTIMATE CANVASES OF CHICANO MASUCLINITY BY DAVID EVERITT HOWE

October 8, 2021

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Joey Terrill Reviewed in The New York Times

Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now by Will Heinrich

October 7, 2021

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