Joe Yorty
[Image description: A photo of Joe looking off to the side with an inquisitive expression. He is a white man with short, blondish-white hair and a mustache, and wears a black t-shirt with white writing on it.]
Joe Yorty is an interdisciplinary artist who employs a range of materials, objects, and methods to make work that largely addresses the anxieties and absurdities of American domestic culture. Including sculpture, collage, video, and photography, his studio practice grapples with the stuff of thrift store refuse, last-minute estate sale deals, and the occasional dumpster dive. These objects are used to rub against the pathos of the ceaseless search for fulfillment in the accumulation of things that, to a large extent, defines the American experience in the 21st century. His work has been shown on both coasts of the United States and some places in between. Yorty was born in southwest Utah, raised in Southern California, served 11 years in the U.S. Navy, and received an MFA in Visual Art at UCSD in 2013. He currently lives and works in San Diego where he serves as the founding Creative Director for the not-for-profit gallery and project space BEST PRACTICE.
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