Artist CV
Artist's statement
(b 1984GB. Lives and works in London)
Fiona Grady creates site-responsive drawings on walls, windows and floors using sequences of dispersing geometric shapes. The artworks are spatial systems composed from repeating intervals that expand in proportion or direction. The use of repetition is a means to set in place an unconscious balance or understanding, that can be interrupted by the introduction of a changeable factor. This challenges the viewers reading of the drawing asking them to consider its internal logic. Her practice recognizes the relationship between architecture, installation art and decoration; often using traditional media in a modern context. She plays with light, surface and scale; each piece emphasizing the passing of time and the ephemeral nature of the work. The artworks are imaginings of how light moves throughout a space, however she does not seek to literally map light but instead create rhythms; the blocks of colour act as a vessel that pinpoint the viewers’ presence within a particular setting and allows them to contemplate their surroundings. To complement her site-specific artworks, she creates works on paper that explore her artistic process further.Solo exhibitions
- 2019
- LUX, The Eye Sees, Arles, France
- Spectra Waves, North Gallery at University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
- 2018
- Kaleidoscope, Broadgate, London, UK
- Cross Sections, Glass Cloud Gallery at Camden People’s Theatre, London, UK
- Shadow Play, Chapter Gallery Art in the Bar, Cardiff, UK
- 2017
- Light Shifts, The Tin part of the Coventry Biennial Programme, Coventry, UK
- Fractured Visions, St Marys in the Castle, Hastings, UK
- The Movements, Adhoc, Bochum, Germany
- 2016
- Rendered Invisible, The Art House, Wakefield, UK
- 2015
- Tempered Deflections, Footfall Art, London, UK
- 2014
- Fields of Light, Barbican Arts Trust, London, UK
Group exhibitions
- 2020
- MERRY-GO-ROUND, JGM Gallery, London, UK
- Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair (Online Edition), UK
- Cure3 Exhibition curated by Artwise Curators, Bonhams, London, UK
- Abstract Colour, JGM Gallery, London, UK
- MK Calling, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK
- London Art Fair, Eagle Gallery, London, UK
- 2019
- Creekside Open, APT Gallery, London, UK selected by Brian Griffiths
- One of One, 163 Gallery, London, UK curated by After Projects
- Drawing Biennial 2019, Drawing Room, London, UK
- London Art Fair, Flowers Gallery Stand, London, UK
- 2018
- Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
- Matérias Primas, PADA Gallery, Barriero, Lisbon, Portugal
- Defining Structure, Cello Factory, London, UK
- Dialogues: Fiona Grady, Tess Jaray, Bridget Riley and Carol Robertson, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
- Dentons Art Prize, Dentons, London, UK
- Shapes: Fiona Grady + Stephen Jaques, Cannon Place, London, UK curated by ArtMoorHouse
- Light in Plenty, Shadow in Plenty: Yukako Shibata + Fiona Grady, White Conduit Projects, London, UK
- Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti, Griffin Gallery Perimeter Space, London, UK
- The Pink Panther Show, Gallery 46, London, UK curated by Dateagleart and Evangeline Ling
- Expanding Systems, APT Gallery, London, UK
- 2017
- Notes on Painting, Koppel Projects, London, UK
- A Many Sided Thing, Wimbledon Space, UK
- Mono, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
- Colour, Order, System, Sid Motion Gallery, London, UK
- Inside the Shadow, Art House1, London, UK
- Shaping the Void II, Tannery Arts Project Space, London, UK
- A5 x n, dalla Rosa Gallery, London, UK
- 2016
- Exchange Rates - a Sluice Project hosted by Arte 3 (USA) / Saturation Point (UK), New York, USA
- Shaping the Void, Bankley Gallery, Manchester, UK
- STEAM: Ahead, South Square Gallery, Thornton, UK
- The Overview Effect, Lewisham Art House, London, UK
- Youth Uncovered, Gerald Moore Gallery, London, UK
- Prison Drawing Project, Scarborough Old Town Prison, Scarborough, UK
- 2015
- Beyond Repetition, Bowery Gallery, Leeds, UK
- Schichtwechsel, APT Gallery, London, UK
- The Imaginary Museum: Monuments and Landmarks, Leeds City Museum and Leeds University, Leeds - selected by Louise Atkinson
- Spatial Centres, Projektraum, Am Flutgraben, Berlin, Germany
- 2014
- Again, From Here, Harts Lane Studio, London, UK
- A Restless Geometry, Union 105 Gallery at East Street Arts, Leeds, UK - curated by The International 3
- Geometric Sequences, HUSK Gallery, London, UK
- neo:print prize 2014, neo:gallery 22, Bolton, UK – selected by Gordon Cheung, David Cleaton-Roberts, Professor Paul Coldwell and Eileen Cooper RA
- A5, Lubomirov-Easton, Platform Projects, Art Athina Art Fair, Athens, Greece – selected by Iavor Lubomirov and Bella Easton
- 2013
- Leeds Light Night, Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, UK
- APT Open Studios collaborative project, APT Gallery and Studios, London, UK
- Bainbridge Open, Embassy Tea Gallery, London, UK – selected by Francis Tinsley RE and Oona Grimes
- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, ArtLacuna, London, UK
- Synesthesia, Darnley Gallery, London, UK – selected by Gabrielle Cooper, Leap Into the Void Arts
- 2012
- Deptford X, Deptford Rail Station, London, UK – curated by Matthew Cooper
- Postgraduate Printmaking in London 2011, Clifford Chance Gallery, London, UK – selected by Nigel Frank and Jane Hindley
- Print & Design Now!, SW1 Gallery and BEARSPACE, London, UK – selected by Julia Alvarez, Owen Ward and Mary-Alice Stack
- 2011
- MA Degree Show, Wimbledon School of Art - University of the Arts, London, UK
- Students, Patients, Paupers, St Philips (London School of Economics), London, UK
- Fly Tipping, The Centre for Drawing, London, UK – curated by Raf Zawistowski
- Unexpected/Unexplored, Acquire Arts, London, UK
- Futura Oblique, The Nunnery Gallery, London, UK – curated by Julia Alvarez
- 2010
- Salad, Wimbledon College of Art, London, UK
- A Library of Mirrors, Bookartbookshop, London, UK
- 2008
- Ex, Leeds College of Art & Design, Leeds, UK
- UWIC Printmakers, The Millennium Centre, Cardiff, UK
- UWIC Degree Show, Cardiff School of Art & Design, Cardiff, UK
- Contemporary Printmaking, The Old Library, Cardiff, UK
Awards & residencies
- 2020
- Arts Council England Emergency Funding Grant
- 2019
- Mark Rothko Memorial Trust, bursary and residency at the Mark Rothko Foundation, Daugavpils, Latvia
- 2018
- PADA, Barreiro, Lisbon, Portugal
- Griffin Gallery collaborative studio residency with Charley Peters, London, UK
- 2017
- Wimbledon School of Art, London, UK
- 2016
- The Art House, Wakefield, UK
- 2014
- Beacons Music and Arts Festival, Yorkshire Dales, UK
Press & publications
- 2020
- ‘Democratising the Arts: Behind the Artist Support Pledge’ by Dateagleart, published May 2020
- Interview by Martha May Ronson, published April 2020
- ‘Artists in Lockdown’ by Paul Carey Kent, FAD, published April 2020
- 2019
- ‘Leeds Artist’s Artwork Introduces National TV News’ by Yorkshire Evening Post, published April 2019
- Review / Preview by Look Up, published March 2019
- Interview with Heals by Heals online, published February 2019
- 2018
- Review of ‘Defining Structure’ by Art Lyst, published September 2018
- Interview with John Bingham 'From the Windows, To the Walls'
- Review of 'The Pink Panther Show' by Friends of the Art
- 2017
- Elephant Magazine online 'Toolbox: Fiona Grady's Bespoke Drawing Tools'
- ‘There was neither non-existence nor existence then’ essay by Kathryn Lloyd, exhibition catalogue
- Interview with Dateagleart 5x5, published August 2017
- Interview with the Aesthete Hunter, published July 2017
- 2016
- ‘Shaping the Void’ essay by Sara Jaspan, exhibition catalogue
- 'The Overview Effect' essay by Anna McNay, exhibition catalogue
- The Prison Drawing Project including an essay by Lucy O'Donnell, exhibition catalogue
- 2015
- Hexopolis publication, text by Katya Robin
- Woolgather Art Vend publication
- 2014
- ‘A Restless Geometry’ essay by Paulette Terry Brien
- ‘Thoughtful Lightness’ essay by Joss Cole
- Neo:print prize exhibition catalogue, texts by Gordon Cheung and Professor Paul Coldwell
- ‘Home front at Neo print 2014’ by Victoria Herns
- ‘The Breakfast Menu’ essay by Karen David, exhibition catalogue
- 2013
- ‘Synesthesia curated by Gabrielle Cooper from creative hub, Leap into the Void is aimed at encouraging people to experience art in the flesh’, Enfield Independent
- 2012
- Postgraduate Printmaking in London: a survey exhibition catalogue, text by Nigel Frank
- 2011
- Students, Patients, Paupers catalogue, text by Christien Garcia
Collections
Paul Smith Ltd, London
Tim Sayer Collection (bequethed to Hepworth Wakefield)
Various private collections in across Europe, North America and New Zealand
Education
- 2010-2011
- MA Fine Art, Wimbledon College of Art, University of the Arts London
- 2004-2007
- BA (Hons) Fine Art, Cardiff School of Art and Design, University of Wales Institute in Cardiff
- 2003-2004
- Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Leeds College of Art and Design