Born February 28, 1996
Profile
Since graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, I have continued my artistic journey in my studio located in the city center of Glasgow, Scotland. Working independently has deepened my understanding of the practical aspects of being an artist, turning my experience into a constant learning process.
Over the years, my work has evolved significantly, with my patterns becoming increasingly intricate.
Selling through galleries in London, Oxford, and Japan has also enhanced my awareness of the art market, leading to my paintings being acquired by individuals and businesses across the UK, Europe, USA, and Australia.
Awards
2020 Fleming-Wyfold Foundation Award, ‘best painter or draughtsman/woman’
2020, The Royal Scottish Academy, New Contemporaries
2019, The Royal Scottish Academy, John Kinross Scholarship, Florence
2019, Dock Street Studios, Certificate of Outstanding Achievement and Work
2023, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Scottish Artists Benevolent Association Award
Exhibitions
2023
Solo Exhibition, 'Windows of Colour', The Variety Bar, Glasgow
Group Exhibition, '197th Annual Exhibition', The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2022
Group Exhibition, Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel, Edinburgh
2021
Group Exhibition, 'The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition', The Royal Academy, London
Solo Exhibition, 'Wanderings' Upright Gallery, Edinburgh
Group Exhibition, 'Afro-Scoulture' A.Scot Gallery, Glasgow
Group Exhibition, 'Annual Exhibition', The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Group Exhibition, 'Let us eat cake', Middlesbrough
Group Exhibition,'RestART the Planet', Scattered Gallery, London
Group Exhibition, 'New Tenants', Around the House Productions, London
2020
Group Exhibition, 'F L O W', Visual Arts Scotland, Edinburgh
Group Exhibition, ' Interactions of Colour: Little Works, Big on Colour', The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, Glasgow
Group Exhibition,'Resonant Strangeness', Marram Arta, Edinburgh
Group Exhibition, 'Restriction. Intervention. Connection.' Glacuratorial, Glasgow
Group Exhibition,'Art at the Theatre', SKT Spaces, London
Group Exhibition, RSA New Contemporaries, Edinburgh
Group Exhibition, Tatha Gallery, Fife
2019
Group Exhibition, Duncan of Jordanstone, Degree Show, Dundee
Group Exhibition, Generator Projects, Dundee
Shortlisted
Trinity Buoy Wharf, Drawing Prize 2021, London
Education
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design 2016-2019 BA HONS Fine
Glasgow Clyde College, Contemporary Art 2013-2016 Art
Publications
Glasgow Times 'One of the Scottish art world's hottest new talents...'
SKT Spaces 'her patterns are a testament to flux. Informed by a deep sense of intuition, spirituality and landscape, Grady is an artist that never ceases to entice and excite'
The Scotsman 'Nor is there any shortage of ambition in Emma-Louise Grady's paintings... the results are certainly impressive, big paintings, richly coloured and densely patterned...what is remarkable, however, is that for all their intricate complexity, they keep their freedom and spontaneity.'
Artmaguk 'Emma-Louise Grady's large-scale, intricate fabric- like paintings are more about the free intuitive enjoyment of painting and dense pattern-making.'
Fleming Collective 'Emma-Louise's Grady has been awarded the 2020 Fleming-Wyfold Foundation Award for her majestic patterned works in mixed media which stand out for their ambition and complex beauty'
Dundee University Review of the Arts 'Emma-Louise Grady creates dense patterns of colour in her oil and acrylic paintings...her work conjures worlds within worlds.'