Leora Joy Jones
she/her
Leora Joy Jones is a poet, photographer, writer, and arts practitioner. She is interested in the perverted intersections between art, the practise of everyday life, and popular culture. Recently, her art criticism has been trained on ecological art practises and their potential to shift the ways in which people perceive their relationship with the environment. Born in the USA, and raised in South Africa, she now lives and works in Taiwan. Leora holds a degree in Fine Art from the university currently known as Rhodes, and is earning an MA in Critical and Curatorial Studies of Contemporary Art (CCSCA) in Taipei. A founder of the Taipei Poetry Collective, Leora hosts readings and biweekly poetry workshops. She is assistant editor at southerly journal, and her writing can be found in Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, ArtAsiaPacific, Design Anthology, the Newslens International and southerly journal.
