Joy Cador graduated from the Ecole normale supérieure (ENS Paris) with a MA in Art History and from Sciences Po Paris with a MA in Public Affairs. A former Fellow at Columbia University (New York), Joy is a current PhD candidate in Art History at Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University, under the supervision of Prof. Pierre Wat (University Paris I) and Prof. Charlotte Ribeyrol (Sorbonne University). Her first work, a monograph dedicated to Victorian artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), will be published in 2025 by Cohen & Cohen editions.
Joy has worked as an assistant curator, both in France and in the US, and is now enrolled in a PhD program. Her doctoral research explores the imaginary of marble in British paintings, from the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace to the beginning of the twentieth century. Her research interests include history of British paintings, decorative arts and ornament, with a special focus on materiality and material studies.
