Joseph de la Hoyde is a Sydney based multimedia artist whose visual arts practice centres on photography as a vehicle to distil a collage of collected forms.
Drawing inspiration from 18th century Romanticism and Medievalism, Joseph’s work ambles between darkness and light, converging ethereal forms, vast, haunting natural landscapes, and intimate visions of mortality. Linked with a ritualistic connection to the natural world,
Joseph’s current body of work examines how the ideologies of old belief systems transgress modern forms, celebrating life through the lens of death. His collages of curiosities and sculptural works use such things as preserved insects and ossified animal remains found in various natural settings throughout his travels around Australia, telling stories and paying homage to the imprint the soul leaves on the physical as well as to the aesthetic beauty of our underlying forms.
As a visual artist, Joseph explores the juxtaposition of life and death through photography, writing and collaged curiosity work.
His work has been published in international art journals, selected as finalist in Sydney based art prize the Hornsby Art Prize, and amassed a loyal social media following. At his debut exhibition in early 2020, Joseph’s work sold out and was praised for it’s haunting and melancholic appeal.
Joseph is also a composer, record producer and visual artist. With a background as a classical guitarist, he has written/arranged scores for documentaries ‘Life Challenge: Kokoda’ & ‘Road To Peace’, Cannes featured short ‘Old Beginnings’, brands Ram, Coca Cola, Toyota and Finish and contributes to production libraries Extreme Music, KPM, Castle [EMIPM] in AU/UK. In 2018 his remix of the ‘Mission Impossible Fallout’ theme was released by Paramount Pictures
As a songwriter and producer, Joseph has worked in genres from country to pop to RnB, with adds to curated playlists across Spotify and Apple and radio spanning Nova, 2Day, KIIS, BBC1 and SiriusXM. He has attended camps hosted by Sony Publishing & Sony AUS, MFG SWE and The Kennel SWE. His work on Nick de la Hoyde’s ‘A Beautiful Mess’ won ‘Best Pop Album’ at the International Music Awards in 2020. Joseph worked closely with Grammy winning legend producer Keith Olsen (Fleetwood Mac, Rick Springfield) whom he attributes as an early mentor and inspiration in his work. He has toured throughout AU and the USA as a writing and performing member of various projects, including with Nick at Rolling Loud Miami and Music Matters and headline/support dates throughout Australia and America with Australian rock outfit Monks of Mellonwah.
A writing and performing member of D.E.L, Joseph splits his time between personal writing and production projects with various songwriting/composing and creative projects for various independent artists, label acts and brands. Joseph is also a practising visual artist with a variety of exhibitions and art awards to his name.
