Fiona Grady

Fiona Grady is a site-responsive artist. Her colourful geometric artworks are architectural interventions that transform the physical spaces they are situated within. They are allow their setting to become a canvas that defines the size of the artwork and provides inspiration for the motifs used within the designs, to connect them to their location.

Born into a family of mathematicians she has always had a keen eye for balance using ratios of numbers and logical approaches to divide the space. She considers her process as problem solving. She refers to her artworks as giant jigsaw puzzles, as they employs repetition of forms to build a larger image, using each piece to create a whole picture, that has an unconscious equilibrium within its surroundings. Her practice recognizes the relationship between architecture, installation art and decoration. She plays with light, surface and scale; each piece changes with the light of day emphasizing the passing of time and the ephemeral nature of the work to create ambient environments.

Recent solo exhibitions include Spectra Waves, University of Brighton (2019); LUX, The Eye Sees, Arles (2019); and Shadow Play Art in the Bar, Chapter Cardiff (2018). Selected group exhibitions include Cure3 Exhibition organised by Art Wise Curators, Bonhams, London (2020); MERRY-GOROUND, JGM Gallery, London (2020-21); Dialogues Flowers Gallery, London (2018); Colour, Order, System Sid Motion Gallery, London (2017 and A5xn Dalla Rosa Gallery, London (2017).

She has created public commissions for Natural Triangulations, Walthamstow Wetlands Visitor Centre, London (2017); Kaleidoscope, commissioned by Rosie Glenn + British Land, Broadgate, London (2018), A Glimpse of the East, Watts Gallery Artists’ Village, nr Guildford (2019), Art Deco Paradise, Commissioned by K+CAW and Kensington and Chelsea Council, Kensington High Street, London (2020-21) and Kaleidoscopic Prisms, Jubilee Place, Canary Wharf. She was selected by the Mark Rothko Memorial Trust to receive a bursary and residency at the Mark Rothko Foundation in Daugavpils, Latvia (2019).

Grady’s works are held in public collections including Paul Smith Ltd, Tim Sayer Collection (bequeathed to Hepworth Wakefield); and various private collections across Europe, North America and New Zealand. She lives and works in London.