Joey Center

Studio Member since 2021

Born in 1996, Joey Center was raised in the suburbs of Chicago and was a Chicago Studio artist until 2024. Center’s creative practice was primarily driven by the exploration of his various interests – guitars, classic cars, idyllic landscapes, and space travel. Working from both memory and carefully selected source imagery, his curious graphite drawings are both dreamlike and detailed. Particularly fascinated by iconic cars from pop culture, he cited the Back to the Future DeLorean, KITT from Knight Rider, and James Bond’s Aston Martin as influences. An avid fan of 90s rock and metal, Center played the guitar since he was seven; he usually practiced on a favorite Epiphone Les Paul or his late father’s red Ibanez.