Born
1988 - Grand Rapids, MI
Education
2010 - Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI - Graduated with Honors
Exhibitions
Gallery Presentations
2019 - Black Cat Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2018 - Lions and Rabbits Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2017 - Tapu Te Ranga Gallery, Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand
2017 - Alfred Memelink Gallery, Petone, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
2017 - Richard App Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 - Cascade Gallery, Cascade, MI
2016 - Richard App Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Select Solo Exhibitions
2019 - Solo Exhibition at Black Cat Gallery, Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia
2019 - LovArt Studios Soft Opening featuring the paintings of Loralee Grace, Rockford, MI
2016 - “New Futurelands” Creative Artspace, Division Ave, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 - “Futurelands”, Madcap, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 - “Futurelands”, The Sparrows Coffee Tea & Newsstand, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 - “Futurelands”, Rowster Cafe, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 - “Futurelands” Excerpt, Wegner Estate, Rathen Germany
2012 - Color Series “Art Downtown” Louis Benton, Grand Rapids, MI
2010 - Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition, Black Lotus, Clawson, MI
Select Juried Group Exhibitions
2022 - “All Women Anniversary Show”, The Congregation
2022 - “Gifted” Holiday small works exhibition, Irwin House Gallery
2021 - “We Evolve”, A suicide prevention fundraiser pop-up at Spot Lite
2021 - “At Whose Expense”, Environmental Racism Campaign; Billboards around Detroit
2020 - Covid Creative Convention, online at www.covidcreativeconvention.com
2019 - “Glow” 69 Collective, Neon Parlour, Thornbury, Melbourne, Australia
2018 - 90th annual Muskegon Museum of Art Regional Exhibition
2017 - Group Show, Tapu Te Ranga Gallery, Island Bay, New Zealand
2017 - Group Show, Alfred Memelink Gallery, Petone, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
2017 - “Pigment” Matchbox Studios, Wellington, New Zealand
2017 - Art Party benefiting UNICEF, Chicago, IL
2016 - “On Repeat (Part 5)”, Neighbor Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 - “The Spectacle Returns”, Grand Rapids Autonomous Support System Harris Building, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 - Art Party benefiting UNICEF, Chicago, IL
2015 - Visiting Artist Show, Flat River Gallery, Lowell, MI
2015 - International Society of Experimental Artists 24th Annual
2015 - International Art Exhibit, Den- nos Museum, Traverse City, MI
2015 - Art Party benefiting UNICEF, Bucketfeet, Chicago, IL
2015 - 46th Annual Festival of the Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 - “2Little”, ArtisTTable, Richard App Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2014 - 15+ Street Art installations, Metaxourgeio, Athens, Greece
2013 - Art Center, UFO Studios Bulgaria, Ivancha, Bulgaria
2013 - Artist Residency DIONYSIA, Guest Artist, Simbahöllin Café, Thingeyri, Iceland 2012
2013 - Annual Summer Festival, Simbahöllin Café, Thingeyri, Iceland
2013 - “Beauty and the Burden” Fundraiser for SowHope, Goei Center, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 - “100 Grand Show”, The Nice Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 - “Fortified Show” Dinderbeck, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 - “Artprize”, Vertigo, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 - “Fundraiser for Japan” San Chez Grand Rapids, MI
2010 - “First Annual Picnic”, Dinderbeck, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 - “Free Radical” 44 Ionia, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 - “Soup: A Metaphor for Community” Dinderbeck Studio, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 - Kendall College of Art and Design BFA Exhibition, Old Federal Building, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 - “Then and Now” Gallery 602, KCAD Grand Rapids, MI
2011 - “ArtPrize”, Boardwalk Condos, Grand Rapids, MI
2009 - “Portrait Show”, Gallery 602, KCAD Grand Rapids, MI
2009 - “Collaborative Show”, DAAC, Grand Rapids, MI
2009 - “ArtPrize” Boardwalk Condos, Grand Rapids, MI
Artist Residencies
2018 - Sowing Seeds Global Artist Residency, Jaisalmer, India
2018 - Dreamers Garden, artist in residence, Kathmandu, Nepal
2017 - 4 day artist in residence at AIR Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2017 - 8 month self-led residency, Wellington, New Zealand
2016 - 3 month self-led nomadic, campervan residency, South Island, New Zealand
2016 - 1 month residency at the Blasmurphy forest cabin, Baldwin, MI
2016 - 10 day research residency, San Francisco, CA
2014 - 1 month self-led residency in a remote cabin in Ceska Trebova and Prague, Czech Republic
2014 - 3 week Street Art Installation Residency, Meta Studios, Metaxagourio, Athens, Greece
2014 - 1 month remote Winter Residency with local artists, UFO Studios Bulgaria, Ivancha, Bulgaria
2013 - 1 month artist in residence, Mojo Budva Guesthouse, Budva, Montenegro
2013 - 2 week residency at local artist Ivan Tokic’s “New Ruins” Sculpture Park & Gardens, Split, Croatia
2013 - 3 month remote self-led residency, Dyrafjordur, Westfjords, Iceland
Awards
2016 - UICA Exit Space Mural Competition Award Winner
2015 - Best in Show, “2Little” ArtisTTable, Richard App Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2006 - Kendall College of Art and Design Scholarship of Merit
Selected Bibliography
• Viator book “Art Exploring Spaces and Places” second edition - Featured artist (pp. 23-26)
• Lake County Star Newspaper article - “Artistic Inspiration in Lake County”, front page, Baldwin, MI
• Revue Arts Edition, Featured Artist, two-page spread, Grand Rapids, MI
• 24th Annual Juried Exhibition Magazine, Dennos Museum, Traverse City, MI (p. 25)
• MLive On The Town Magazine, “From Where She Comes”, Grand Rapids, MI (p. 18)
• Online Blog review, http://camplinart.blogspot.com/2012/06/loralee-grace.html
Commissions & Collectors
• UICA + Cook Arts Center Mural 2015, Grand Rapids, MI
• Various international private and commercial painting, mural, and street art commissions
• Artworks in private collections abroad: Iceland, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, India, Bali, Australia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, & Ireland
• And in the United States: California, Illinois, Michigan, Louisiana, New Jersey, Kentucky, & Maryland