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Grace Weaver

Brooklyn based painter Grace Weaver has created a painterly universe in which her figures engage in everyday contemporary life in all its complexities. The figures, oftentimes female and introspective protagonists, unveil vast and psychologically compelling moments that tell stories eluding definite interpretations. In her recent paintings, Grace Weaver continues her distinctive imagery of emblematic figures, portraits, urban scenes and scenarios. Expanding her vocabulary, the new works are painted up-close, direct and present. In a similar manner to how she draws with charcoal—marking, rubbing out, and layering to create new arrangements—Weaver exposes previously buried brushstrokes and compositions.

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).

Weaver’s upcoming shows include a solo exhibition at Soy Capitán, Berlin (2023). Her current and recent shows include a solo exhibition at Neues Museum, Nürnberg (2023), and a group Yuz Museum, Shanghai (2023); as well as 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 Kunstpalais 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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“The Bold New Mode of Artist Grace Weaver” by Marley Marius in Vogue Magazine

Works

Grace Weaver, Floor-painting, 2023, oil on canvas, 185.5 × 185.5 cm Grace Weaver, Floor-painting, 2023, oil on canvas, 241 × 226 cm Grace Weaver, Laptop-painting, 2023, oil on canvas, 140 × 130 cm Grace Weaver, Floor-painting, 2023, oil on canvas, 216 × 206 cm Grace Weaver, Floor-painting, 2023, oil on canvas, 216 × 206 cm Grace Weaver, Floor-painting, 2023, oil on canvas, 185.5 × 185.5 cm Grace Weaver, Floor-painting, 2023, oil on canvas, 216 × 206 cm Grace Weaver, Laptop-painting, 2023, oil on canvas, 89 × 84 cm Grace Weaver, Untitled (Portrait of a Girl), 2023, water color on paper, 141 × 113 cm Grace Weaver, Untitled (Portrait of a Girl), 2023, water color on paper, 76 × 56 cm Grace Weaver, Untitled (Portrait of a Girl), 2023, water color on paper, 76 × 56 cm Grace Weaver, Untitled (Couple in a Parking Lot), 2022, oil on canvas, 241.5 × 226 cm Grace Weaver, Untitled (Block), 2022, oil on canvas, 124.5 × 114.5 cm 24h, exhibition view, Super Super Markt and Braunsfelder, Cologne, 2022 Grace Weaver, Untitled (Head Studies), 2022, charcoal on paper, 4 parts, 32 × 24 cm each Grace Weaver, TRASH-SCAPES, Galerie Max Hetzler, London, Exhibition View Grace Weaver, Untitled (Woman in a Trashscape), 2022, oil on canvas, 200.5 × 190.5 cm HOW TO & KNOW-HOW, 2022, group show, Neue Galerie Gladbeck, exhibition view Grace Weaver, Untitled (Block), 2022 , oil on canvas, 200.5 × 190.5 cm Grace Weaver, Untitled (Boy Waiting), 2022, oil on canvas, 58.5 × 58.5 cm Grace Weaver, Untitled (Girl Waiting), 2022, oil on canvas, 58.5 × 58.5 cm Grace Weaver, Untitled (Night Window), 2022, oil crayon on Arches oilpaper, 62 × 56.5 cm Grace Weaver, Untitled (Couple in a Trashscape), 2022, oil on canvas, 241.5 × 226 cm Grace Weaver, Untitled (Woman in a Parking Lot), 2022, oil on canvas, 200.5 × 190.5 cm Grace Weaver, Untitled (Couple in a Trashscape), 2022, charcoal on paper, 83 × 59 cm Grace Weaver, Untitled (Night Window), 2022, oil crayon on Arches oilpaper, 62 × 56.5 cm Grace Weaver, Untitled (Night Walk), 2022, oil on canvas, 200.5 × 190.5 cm Grace Weaver, TRASH-SCAPES, Galerie Max Hetzler, London, Exhibition View Grace Weaver, Billboard, 2021, oil on canvas, 226 × 241.5 cm Grace Weaver, Bust, 2021, oil on canvas, 124.5 × 114.5 cm Grace Weaver, Billboard, 2021, oil on canvas, 226 × 241.5 cm Grace Weaver, Torso, 2021, oil on canvas, 124.5 × 114.5 cm Grace Weaver, Choker, 2021, oil on canvas, 124.5 × 114.5 cm Grace Weaver, DROOP, 2021, Soy Capitán, Berlin, exhibition view Grace Weaver, Bust, 2021, oil on canvas, 124.5 × 114.5 cm Grace Weaver, Droop, 2021, oil on canvas, 180.5 × 170 cm Grace Weaver, Slip-up, 2021, oil on canvas, 180.5 × 170 cm Grace Weaver, Bud, 2021, oil on canvas, 124.5 × 114.5 cm Grace Weaver, DROOP, 2021, exhibition view, Soy Capitán, Berlin Grace Weaver, Undertow, 2020, oil on canvas, 180.5 × 175.5 cm Grace Weaver, 11:45 A.M., 2019, oil on canvas, 180.5 × 165 cm Grace Weaver, tlc, 2017, charcoal on paper, 61 × 45.5 cm Grace Weaver, 5:30 P.M., 2019, oil on canvas, 180.5 × 165 cm Grace Weaver, super busy, 2017, Soy Capitán, Berlin, exhibition view Grace Weaver, super special, 2017, oil on canvas, 203 × 178 cm Grace Weaver, Promenade, 2019, oil on canvas, 180.5 × 155 cm Grace Weaver, Untitled (portrait of a girl, portrait of a boy), 2021, water color on paper, 9 parts, 61 × 45.5 cm Grace Weaver, Parentheses, 2019, oil on canvas, 226 × 241.5 cm Grace Weaver, forever 21, 2017, charcoal on paper, 80 × 60 cm Grace Weaver, the date, 2016, oil on canvas, 91 × 91 cm Grace Weaver, O.K., 2019, Kunstpalais Erlangen, exhibition view Grace Weaver, see-saw, 2016, oil on canvas, 216 × 254 cm Grace Weaver, gym girl (3), 2017, ink on paper, 30.5 × 23 cm Grace Weaver, expert, 2017, oil on canvas, 203 × 178 cm Grace Weaver, last call, 2017, oil on canvas, 153 × 127 cm Grace Weaver, Pedestrian, 2017, Kunstverein Reutlingen, exhibition view Grace Weaver, finale, 2017, oil on canvas, 153 × 127 cm Grace Weaver, upkeep, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 226 × 241.5 cm Grace Weaver, studies for a selfie, 2017, ink on paper, 4 parts, 30.5 × 23 cm Grace Weaver, timeout, 2017, oil on canvas, 80 × 70 cm Grace Weaver, Untitled (Portrait of a Girl), 2020, water color on paper, 61 x 45.5 cm Grace Weaver, double dutch, 2017, oil on canvas, 228.5 × 203 cm Grace Weaver, peak season, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 226 × 241.5 cm Grace Weaver, gap girl, 2017, charcoal on paper, 61 × 45.5 cm Grace Weaver, american apparel (study), 2017, charcoal on paper 80 × 60 cm Grace Weaver, Moonlit, 2019, oil on canvas, 160 × 145 cm Grace Weaver, Infinite Scroll, 2019, oil on canvas, 226 × 241.5 cm Grace Weaver, Passenger Side, 2019, oil on canvas, 231 × 205.5 cm Grace Weaver, Untitled (Portrait of a Girl), 2021, water color on paper, 61 × 45.5 cm Grace Weaver, Dovetail, 2019, oil on canvas, 180.5 × 155 cm Grace Weaver, Stomper, 2019, oil on canvas, 73.5 × 68.5 cm Grace Weaver, Misstep, 2020, oil on canvas, 175 × 180 cm Grace Weaver, Comma, 2019, oil on canvas, 109 × 99 cm Grace Weaver, lust for lite, 2015, oil on linen, 200 × 240 cm

Exhibitions
Grace Weaver • Neues Museum Nürnberg, 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
How (not) to fit in – Metaphern der Adoleszenz • Villa Merkel, Esslingen, 2022
Grace Weaver • DROOP • Soy Capitán, Berlin, 2021
Grace Weaver • Time-Out: On Breaks and Moments of Awakening • Kunstmusem Ravensburg, 2021
Grace Weaver • BED AND CLOCK, MOON AND BEACH: Edvard Munch • Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, 2020
Grace Weaver • STEPS • James Cohan Gallery, New York, 2020
Grace Weaver • Little Sister • Oldenburger Kunstverein, 2019
Grace Weaver • O.K. • Kunstpalais Erlangen, 2019
Grace Weaver • I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes • Galerie Wedding, Berlin, 2018
Grace Weaver • Girls 3000 • Galerie Martinetz, Köln, 2018
Grace Weaver • The Florine Stettheimer Collapsed Time Salon • Jeffrey Deitch, The Armory Show, New York, 2017
Grace Weaver • Pedestrian • Kunstverein Reutlingen, 2017
Grace Weaver • super busy • Soy Capitán, Berlin, 2017
Grace Weaver • Skinny Latte • Soy Capitán, Berlin, 2015

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Publications

Museumszeitung Nürnberg, Ausgabe 78, 06/2023

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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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