Our resident artist, Jozie Bullard (they/them) is a nonbinary multidisciplinary artist, illustrator, painter, muralist, community arts freedom organizer based in Detroit MI. Jozie graduated from the College for Creative Studies with a BFA in 2020. As a mixed-media artist, Jozie uses painting, drawing, sculpting, sound-art, fashion design, block printing, and social activism to explore themes of gender, race, trauma, belonging, healing and the human condition.
Their artistry incorporates elements of calmness, mindfulness, sacred geometry, abstract expressionism, surrealism, psychedelic design, spiritual art and healing to combat the clutter, violence, and unrest caused by our industrial society. Embracing and acknowledging their own vulnerability’s, humanity, queerness and creative abilities has strengthened their clarity to use art to advocate for marginalized groups and to spread joy and hope for the liberation of all people.
Jozie’s creative values and entrepreneurship is rooted in social resilience, art empowerment, representation for ( Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, People of Color), and the preservation of safe spaces for LGBTQ+ multigenerational community here in Detroit and abroad.
Jozie collaborated with Kira Appelman in 2021 to create Creative Roots a Queer-run community art space fostering creative exploration, social gathering, body diversity, body autonomy, healing and self-determination for Detroit residents. Jozie continues to create work that is bold, bright, and unapologetically Queer to challenge constraining gender norms by provoking their viewer's perspective towards collective awareness, healing, self-transformation, collective change, and action.
The reception will take place on Saturday, July 13th from 6pm-10pm