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 ever- yday life. Combining color and story-telling, her works offer vast possibilities of interpreta- tion and depict the vividness of modern experience.
Grace Weaver graduated with an MFA from the Virginia Commonwealth University, Rich- mond in 2015. She has been awarded with grants and residencies including a VCUARTS De- an’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).
Solo exhibitions include: Painters and Portraits, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, CN (2023); Laundry, Soy Capitán, Berlin, DE (2023); Neues Museum, Nürnberg, DE (2023); O.K., Kunstpalais Er- langen, DE (2019); Little Sister; Oldenburger Kunstverein, DE (2019); Super Busy, Soy Capi- tán, Berlin, DE (2017); Pedestrian, Kunstverein Reutlingen, DE (2017) and Skinny Latte, Soy Capitán, Berlin, DE (2015).
She has also taken in part in several group shows: Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, DE (2024); Yuz Museum, Shanghai, CN (2023); 24h, BRAUNSFELDER, in collaboration with Super Super Markt, Cologne, DE (2022); How To & Know How, Neue Galerie Gladbeck, DE (2022); Aus- zeit. Von Pausen und Momenten des Aufbruchs, Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, DE (2021); Wol- ken in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Oldenburger Kunstverein, DE (2020) and No Man is an Island – The Satanic Verses, Aros Museum, Aarhus, DK (2016).
Her work is featured in the collections of Yuz Museum, Shanghai, CN; Kunstpalast Düssel- dorf, Düsseldorf, DE; Philara Collection, Düsseldorf, DE; 8smicka Collection, Humpolec, CZ; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, US; FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, FR; ARoS Mu- seum, Aarhus, DK and the Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, US.
Grace Weaver, born 1989 in Vermont, US, lives and works in Berlin, DE.
Photo: Eric Degenhardt
Exhibitions
Press
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Grace Weaver's TRASH-SCAPES Channel Beckett by Evan Pricco
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INTERVIEW: Grace Weaver at Galerie Max Hetzler, London, 2022
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Vier Fragen an Grace Weaver by Laura Helena Wurth
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Grace Weaver: Trashscapes by Eddy Frankel
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Interview
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The Bold New Mode of Artist Grace Weaver by Marley Marius
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Critics’ Picks by Louisa Elderton
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Interior Motives: Grace Weaver’s ‘Droop’ at Soy Capitán
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Mach mal ’ne Pause: Das Kunstmuseum Ravensburg lädt ein zur 'Auszeit'
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Figurative and Abstract Paintings Brighten NY Galleries
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Grace Weaver’s Portraits of Urban Anxiety by Daniel Penny
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In Bold Figurative Paintings, Grace Weaver Captures the Mood of Her Generation by Alina Cohan
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Interview: Grace Weaver – The Big Picture by Evan Pricco
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Grace Weaver Paints About Skin Care And Avocado Toast
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Grace Weaver zeigt bei Soy Capitán die Selbstzweifel der Millenials
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Mensch, Grace by Hendrik Lakeberg
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A Pioneering Feminist Artist’s Studio Gets Revived in New York by M. H. Miller
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Six Views of America by Alice Pimrose
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Grace Weaver. Weingummikunst by Emma Stenger
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Neue Malerei by Sebastian Frenzel (PDF upon request)
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Unlimited Freedom by Maria Chiara Valacchi
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These 20 Female Artists Are Pushing Figurative Painting Forward by Casey Lesser
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9 Emerging Artists to Discover at Art Cologne by Andrew M. Goldstein
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Art Cologne 2016 feature
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The 8 Best Booths at Art Cologne by Alexander Forbes
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Grace Weaver’s Skinny Latte at Soy Capitán by Kate Lewin
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Exhibition // Grace Weaver’s Skinny Latte at Soy Capitán by Göksu Kunak
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Grace Weaver at Soy Capitán
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Grace Weaver by Amie Cunat
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Grace Weaver - Studio Visit by Zoë Harris
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First New York solo exhibition of Grace Weaver opens at Thierry-Goldberg Gallery