About me
Grace Stott (b. 1990, Princeton, NJ, she/her) Grace Stott is a graduate of Tufts University and SMFA with additional educational experience at CalArts. Grace's work has been shown in numerous galleries and art spaces around the United States, including The Mint Museum, Charlotte, Mrs., New York, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, and a solo show in 2020 at Fuller Rosen Gallery, Oregon. Grace was a 2017 artist-in-residence at Bunker Projects in Pittsburgh, PA, and is an active member of the Goodyear Arts Collective, an artist-led non-profit residency. In conjunction with her studio practice, she has organized curatorial and community projects. You can also see her work in various public art installations around Charlotte, NC.
Artist Statement
I am a sculptor working primarily in ceramics and mixed-media installations with undulating puzzle-like pieces conceptualized through free association. I am drawn to the unpredictable nature of clay and how it creates a magical separation between me and the end result. I’m fascinated by the historical weight clay brings to my most whimsical works.
I strive to elevate the ordinary and infuse it with surreal playfulness using bright colors and pop imagery to create a dream world of femme empowerment, cherubic cuteness, and decadence, where cats reign supreme. Driven by my experiences and identity, I find inspiration in the emotional complexities of motherhood, the relationship I have to my body, my attempts at connection to my multicultural heritage, and seeing the world through my toddlers eyes.
I'm forever searching for the uncanny feelings, and the heart swells that shape our lives, and I hope to create a world that is both fantastical and relatable.
CV
Selected Exhibitions
2023
Mind Song, Chefas Projects, Portland, OR (4 person)
Pimp My World, Petra’s Art Lounge, Charlotte, NC
Don’t Get Cute With Me, Latent Space, Chicago, IL
2022
Even A Cat Can Look At The Queen, Mrs., NYC
This is not surrealism, Dinner Gallery, NYC
Not In Repose, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC
Object Lounge, Collar Works, Troy, NY
2021
Out of Office, Collar Works, Troy, NY
Reasons to be Cheerful, SOCCO Gallery, Charlotte, NC
It Takes a Village, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Cave Canem, Eve Leibe Gallery, London, UK
2020
Ambrosia, Fuller Rosen Gallery, Portland, OR (solo)
Now, more than ever., Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
Making Arrangements, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC
Down With My Demons, Gallery C3, Charlotte, NC
2019
Collecting Piles and Navigating Messes Gaston College Galleries, Gaston, NC (3 person)
Me and My Girlfriend, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC (2 person)
Terra Incognita, Plant Seven, High Point, NC
2018
House Warming, at Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, PA (solo)
August Show, at Southern Tiger Collective, Charlotte, NC. (2 person)
Spring Show, at Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans. LA
2017
{UN]refined, Studio Shop, San Francisco, CA,
Grace Stott New Works, NJC, Charlotte, NC (solo)
2016
Goodyear Arts December Residency Showcase, Charlotte, NC (3 person)
Grace Stott New Works, The Dwelling Project, Charlotte, NC (solo)
Curatorial
2022
To Hot Too Handle, Summit NoDa, Charlotte, NC
2019
Peach Pie, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC,
2017
Wheeling & Art Dealing, various locations, an ongoing series of pop-up art shows in box trucks
Apple Pie, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC (Director, Co-curator)
2016
UNIBROW, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC (Co-curator/Co-Director) Cherry Pie, Union shop, Charlotte NC (Director, Co-curator)
Education
SMFA / Tufts University, BFA, Studio Art, 2013
CalArts, Art, 2010-2012
Press