Joelle McTigue

Montenegro

Born in New York and raised in the Caribbean, Joelle McTigue received her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work is a part of the permanent Rubell Family Collection, The John Paul Getty III-founded Siena Art Institute Library Collection, and the NFT NYC 2022 Diversity of NFTs Art Collection. Selected for the inaugural global NFT Biennial, McTigue has also exhibited in Europe, Asia, and North America, including Photo LA, PhotoIreland, NFT NYC ‘22 & ‘23, NFTBerlin, the Armory satellite fairs Art on Paper and Bridge Art Fair, and satellite events during Photo London, NFT London, and Art Basel Miami Beach. McTigue lives and works in Montenegro.



As an interdisciplinary artist working with photography and design, McTigue explores how power dynamics and influences of identity flatten, amplify, and distort communal narratives and histories. By altering her street photography with mathematical influence, she encapsulates the idea of historical and cultural shifts while leaving documentative remnants.

Bitter Orange, Origin Southeastern Asia. Photograph of Bay of Kotor, Montenegro.

Creeping Prickly Pear, Origin Mesoamerica. Photograph Bay of Kotor, Montenegro.

Yellow Tulip, Seyahatnâme. Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1630s.

Creeping Prickly Pear, Origin Mesoamerica. Photograph Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. - Vertical

Mimosa, Origin Australia. Photograph Bay of Kotor, Montenegro

Olympic Dahlia 4e

Oleander, Origin North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. Photograph Bay of Kotor, Montenegro.

Carnation, Origin France and Spain. Photograph Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. - Vertical

Red Apple, Seyahatnâme. Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1630s.

Chimney Bellflower, Origin Southeastern Europe. Photograph Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. - Vertical

Mimosa, Origin Australia. Photograph Bay of Kotor, Montenegro - Vertical

Angel's Trumpet, Origin Brazil. Photograph Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. - Vertical

Olympic Dahlia 6e

Coconut Palm, Origin Brazil and Mimosa, Origin Australia. Photograph Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. - Vertical

Oleander, Origin North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. Photograph Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. - Vertical

Lemon, Seyahatnâme. Chios, Ottoman Empire, 1670s.

Bitter Orange, Origin Southeastern Asia. Photograph of Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. - Vertical

Olympic Dahlia 3e

Chimney Bellflower, Origin Southeastern Europe. Photograph Bay of Kotor, Montenegro.

Carnation, Origin France and Spain. Photograph Bay of Kotor, Montenegro.

Submarine Tunnel: Entrance. Photograph Lustica Peninsula, Montenegro.

Olympic Dahlia 5e

Crimson Bottlebrush, Origin Australia. Photograph Bay of Kotor, Montenegro.

Submarine Tunnel: Entrance. Photograph Lustica Peninsula, Montenegro. - Vertical

Olympic Dahlia 2e

Olympic Dahlia 1e

Red Apple, Seyahatnâme. Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1630s. - Vertical

Angel's Trumpet, Origin Brazil. Photograph Bay of Kotor, Montenegro.

Coconut Palm, Origin Brazil and Mimosa, Origin Australia. Photograph Bay of Kotor, Montenegro.

Yellow Tulip, Seyahatnâme. Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1630s. - Vertical

Crimson Bottlebrush, Origin Australia. Photograph Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. - Vertical