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