Grace Stevenson
Grace Stevenson is a painter living and working in Naarm (Melbourne). Her portraits explore the anonymity of identity through portraiture and the found image. Predominantly from 19th and 20th century collections, Grace’s work is inspired by found portrait photographs of anonymous individuals, which she collects from op shops, online stores, and markets. Although her work reveals a certain veracity, each subject is often covered by a vivid, alien-green mask. Her uncanny portraits create an alternate vision of portraiture, challenging the inauthenticity of the portrait as a representation of identity. The way Grace collects, references and re-presents photography in her artwork, offers the ability to question and reinvent the boundaries of understanding and representing identity.
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EDUCATION
2023 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 FOR THE DECKADE, FORTHEART, Sorse Gallery, Melbourne
2024 Fundraiser, TCB Gallery, Melbourne
2024 FORT EARTH Project, FORTHEART, Fortyfivedownstairs Gallery, Melbourne
2024 Closer, ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne
2023 Honours Graduate Show, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2023 Fundraiser, AN/ARI, Melbourne
2023 Unplayable Games, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
2023 Echoes of a Gaze, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2023 Echoing Portrayals, Stray Neighbour, Melbourne
2023 Faces of Capital, VCA Artspace, Melbourne
2022 Graduate Show, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2022 Feeling a Bit Sick in Green and Pink, Temporalities Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Ellen in Purple and Green, VCA Artspace, Melbourne
2021 Open Up, VCA Artspace, Melbourne
2020 Fast Forward, National Gallery of Victoria
2019 Society Shapes, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
AWARDS / GRANTS + RESIDENCIES
2023 ARC ONE Artist Opportunity
2023 Artist in Residence, Fintona Girls’ School, Melbourne
2022 Fiona Myer Award, Victorian College of the Arts
2022 Stuart Black Memorial Scholarship, Victorian College of the Arts
2022 Tolarno Art Prize for Pretty in Pink and Yellow, and Fierce in Orange
2020 Finalist, Top Arts exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria
2019 Finalist, Lester Prize Youth section