Grace Weaver

Grace Weaver has created a painterly universe of the modern Western world. Her works can be read as social commentary of city life and its inhabitants. Although her protaganists often seem out of place, the scenarios stand in as markers of the mundane – whether working from home, pursuing outdoor recreation or spending leisure time at bars. With an inward gaze, their bodies moving clumsily in space, they seem overwhelmed by the complexities of everyday life. Combining color and story-telling, her works offer vast possibilities of interpretation and depict the vividness of modern experience.

Grace Weaver graduated with an MFA from the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond in 2015. She has been awarded with grants and residencies including a VCUARTS Dean’s Graduate Research Grant (2014), Artist-in-Residence at DakshinaChitra, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IMD (2012) and the Burlington City Arts’ ArtLab residency, Burlington, VT (2012).

Grace Weavers current and recent shows include a solo exhibition at Yuz Museum, Shanghai and Neues Museum, Nürnberg (2023); recent solo and group shows include Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, 24h, BRAUNSFELDER, in collaboration with Super Super Markt, Cologne, DE (2022), How To & Know How, Neue Galerie Gladbeck, DE (2022), DROOP at Soy Capitán, Berlin, DE (2021), Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, DE (2021), O.K., Kunstpalais Erlangen, DE (2019), Little Sister, Oldenburger Kunstverein, DE (2019), Super Busy, Soy Capitán, Berlin, DE (2017); Pedestrian, Kunstverein Reutlingen, DE (2017); Skinny Latte, Soy Capitán, Berlin, DE (2015).

Her work is featured in the collections of Yuz Museum, Shanghai, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France, ARoS Museum, Aarhus, Denmark and the Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, USA.

Grace Weaver, born 1989 in Vermont, United States, lives and works in New York.

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Grace Weaver • 11 Women • Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König • Cologne, 2023

Grace Weaver • Steps • Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König • Cologne, 2023

24h: Özgür Kar, Cécile Lempert, Michel Majerus, Louis Mason, Joanna Piotrowska, Ser Serpas, Grace Weaver, Angharad Williams • Super Super Markt and BRAUNSFELDER • Cologne, 2022

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Grace Weaver • Kunstpalais Erlangen • Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 2020

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Grace Weaver • Auszeit: Von Pausen und Momenten des Aufbruchs • Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, 2021

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Grace Weaver • My Art Book of Friendship by Shana Gozansky • Phaidon Press, New York, 2021

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