Grace Tobin (b. 1993) investigates how the complex relationships we hold to the spaces we inhabit impact our sense of self and identity. Grace employs the figure and abstracted botanical forms to re-imagine how an environment can mirror the psychological and physiological connections we create to our world and inform a sense of identity through time. The graphical painting style paired with the repetitive pattern that Grace deploys mirror the themes of imperfection and repetition in our lives and routines.
Grace Tobin
First Impressions, 2021
Oil on canvas
120 cm x 90 cm
Grace Tobin
First Impressions (Detail), 2021
Oil on canvas
120 cm x 90 cm
The spaces Grace paints with much subtracted material, present a segmented reality. Her work presents the speculative, contemplative times in which we are formed, informed, and reminded by our surroundings. The unknown, the intangible, and the waiting expressed through her work embody the idle and languorous sense of self that we often only meditate on in environments in which we find comfort. With paint and pattern combined, Grace expresses how feelings, experiences, and understandings can all change with a bit of perspective.
Grace Tobin
Amidst, 2021
Oil on canvas
120 cm x 90 cm
Grace Tobin
Amidst (Detail), 2021
Oil on canvas
120 cm x 90 cm
Grace Tobin
Sisters, 2021
Oil on canvas
122 cm x 154 cm
Grace Tobin
Sisters (Detail), 2021
Oil on canvas
122 cm x 154 cm
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Artist Profile
Education
2022
MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2016
BA Visual Arts, Oberlin College, Ohio, US
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Bushwick Open Studios, Eye of the Beholder, New York, USA
Group Exhibitions
2021
Royal College of Art, Work in Progress Show, London, UK
2016
Fisher Gallery, The Nature of Chaos, Ohio, USA
Baron Gallery, Going Places, Ohio, USA
Space Gallery, Community Spaces, Ohio, USA
2015
Fisher Gallery, Halftime Showcase, Ohio, USA
Ginko Gallery, Critter Collection, Ohio, USA
2014
She Is A Problem, zine exhibition, Illinois, USA
Kendal Home, Compilation of Students Yearly Work, Ohio, USA
2011
Sloan Fine Art, Single Fare: Please Swipe Again, New York, USA
Awards
2012
John Frederick Oberlin Merit Scholarship, Oberlin College, Ohio, USA
Press
2016
plain china, online literary magazine, Vermont, USA
The Plum Creek Review, Oberlin College, Ohio, USA
2015
The Plum Creek Review, Oberlin College, Ohio, USA
