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Born 1984, Leeds, UK
Lives and works in London, UK
EDUCATION2010-2011MA Fine Art, Wimbledon College of Art, University of the Arts London2004-2007BA (Hons) Fine Art, Cardiff School of Art and Design, University of Wales Institute in Cardiff2003-2004Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Leeds College of Art and DesignSELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024-26Patterns Through Time, St John's Churchyard, Leeds, UK2022-23Illuminated from Within, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, UK2022Radiant Auras, SUMMER x The Eye Sees, Lyon, France2022Capturing Light, Foundry Gallery, London, UK2021Connection Points, The Art Station, Saxmundham, UK2019LUX, The Eye Sees, Arles, France2019Spectra Waves, Brighton CCA, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK2018Kaleidoscope, Broadgate, London, UK2018Cross Sections, Glass Cloud Gallery, Camden People's Theatre, London, UK2018Shadow Play, Chapter Gallery Art in the Bar, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, UK2017Light Shifts, The Tin part of Coventry Biennial, Coventry, UK2017Fractured Visions, St Marys in the Castle, Hastings, UK2017The Movements, Adhoc, Bochum, Germany2016Rendered Invisible, The Art House, Wakefield, UK2015Tempered Deflections, Footfall Art, London, UK2014Fields of Light, Barbican Arts Trust, London, UKSELECTED COMMISSIONS
2024Pastilles and Coloured Droplets / Gouttelettes Colorées, L'Hôpital National des 15-20, Paris, France2024Polygon Shuffle, Glenvale Park Primary School, Wellingborough, UK; commissioned by Midtown Capital with the support of NN Contemporary2024Rounding the Corner, Vincent Square Eating Disorder Unit, Chelsea, London, UK; commissioned by Nightingale Projects for NHS for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust2024Patterns Through Time, St John's Churchyard, Leeds, UK; commissioned by Leeds City Council in partnership with Historic England and the Diocese of Leeds2024River of Hope, Education Project with 10 schools in Newham, London, UK; commisioned by Thames Festival Trust with support from the British Council2023Sun-Kissed, Wembley Park Arts Trail; commissioned by Acrylicize and Wembley Park2023Barbican Confetti, City of London School for Girls, Barbican Estate London; commissioned by the City of London School for Girls2022Radiant Auras, SUMMER, Lyon, France; commissioned by The Eye Sees More2022Triangulations, Guys Hospital Teenage and Young Adults Cancer Ward, London, UK; commissioned by Guy's and St Thomas' Arts NHS Foundation Trust2022Ripple Effect, St Charles Centre for Health and Well-Being, London, UK; commissioned by Nightingale Projects for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust2021Pedestrian Crossing, Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery, London, UK2021Waves of Light, St Charles Centre for Health and Well-Being, London, UK; commissioned by Nightingale Projects for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust2021Kaleidoscopic Prisms, Jubilee Place, Canary Wharf Group PLC, London, UK2021Meeting Points, The Ridings Centre, Wakefield, UK; commissioned by Art Walk Wakefield2020Art Deco Paradise, Kensington High Street, London, UK; commissioned by Kensington and Chelsea Council for High Street Windows initiative2020London Style, Nishura East Headquarters, London, UK2020Shatterproof, Kings Road, London, UK; commissioned by Kensington and Chelsea Art Week2019A Glimpse of the East, Watts Gallery Artists' Village, nr Guildford, UK2019Encased Light, ITV Creates - Week 16, aired nationally on ITV Channel UK2019Heal's Tottenham Court Road, London, UK; as part of 'Designs that stick' campaign2018Twister, Haru Showroom, London, UK2017Natural Triangulations, Walthamstow Wetlands Visitor Centre, London, UK; commissioned by Waltham Forest Council2016Count the Hours, Scarborough Old Town Prison, Scarborough, UK; commissioned for the 'Prison Drawing Project'2015Sunrise Shuffle, Jealous Gallery, London, UK; commissioned for Jealous Rooftop Project2014Parallax, Beacons Music and Arts Festival, Yorkshire Dales, UK2013Illumination III, Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, UK; commissioned for Leeds Light Night2012A Field of Light, Deptford Rail Station, London, UK; commissioned by Deptford X FestivalSELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025Women in Abstract Art, The Conrad curated by Long-Sharp Gallery, Indianapolis, USA2025Archive 192 - Abstract Photographs by Women, Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, USA2025Cure3 Exhibition organised by Artwise Curators, Bonhams, London, UK2024Anonymous Drawings, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany2024Eye Candy, Rabbet Gallery, London, UK2024Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London, UK2024Colour From Life, First White Cloth Hall, Leeds, UK2024Art on a Postcard, The Bomb Factory, London, UK2023Making Connections, The Old Waiting Room, London, UK2023Definitions of Drawing II, Sunny Bank Mills Gallery, Farsley, West Yorkshire, UK, curated by Courtney Spencer2023Equilibrium: Spring Arts Trail, Arena Square, Wembley Park, London, UK2023Side Step, SET Gallery, London, UK2023Inside a Rainbow: Annual Schools Exhibition, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, UK (Lead Artist)2023Cure3 Exhibition organised by Artwise Curators, Bonhams, London, UK2022-23An Exhibition of Small Things with Big Ideas, White Conduit Projects, London, UK2022-23Front Page, Long Sharp Gallery, Indianapolis, USA2022Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, The Fireworks Factory, London, UK202240 Years of South Square, South Square Gallery, Thornton, West Yorkshire, UK2022AORA VI: Light, AORA Gallery, online2022Rough or Smooth, Coles Gallery, UK2021Recreational Grounds, The Factory Project, Thames-side Industrial Estate, London, UK2021Pulp, The Florence Trust, London, UK2021Close to Home, JGM Gallery, London, UK2021Cloud Nine, Grey Space Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand2021Recreational Grounds: Off-Site, Thames-side Gallery, London, UK2021Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London, UK2021Drawing Biennial, Cromwell Place, London, UK2021The Unfolding Terrace, Passengers, Brunswick Centre, London, UK2021The Waiting Place, The Art Station, Saxmundham, Suffolk, UK2020MERRY-GO-ROUND, JGM Gallery, London, UK2020Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, online2020Cure3 Exhibition, organised by Artwise Curators, Bonhams, London, UK2020Abstract Colour, JGM Gallery, London, UK, online2020MK Calling, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK2020London Art Fair, Eagle Gallery Stand, Business Design Centre, London, UK2019-20Push and Pull, Circus Gallery, London, UK2019Creekside Open, APT Gallery, London, UK2019One of One, 163 Gallery, London, UK, curated by After Projects,2019Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London, UK2019London Art Fair, Flowers Gallery Stand, Business Design Centre, London, UK2018Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, London, UK2018Matérias Primas, PADA Gallery, Barriero, Lisbon, Portugal2018Defining Structure, Cello Factory, London, UK2018Dialogues: Fiona Grady, Tess Jaray, Bridget Riley and Carol Robertson, Flowers Gallery, London, UK2018Dentons Art Prize, Dentons, London, UK2018Shapes: Fiona Grady + Stephen Jacques, ArtMoorHouse, Cannon Place, London, UK2018Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti, Griffin Gallery Perimeter Space, London, UK2018Light in Plenty, Shadow in Plenty: Yukako Shibata + Fiona Grady, White Conduit Projects, London, UK2018The Pink Panther Show, Gallery 46, London, UK, curated by Dateagleart and Evangeline Ling2018Expanding Systems, APT Gallery, London, UK2017Notes on Painting, Koppel Projects, London, UK2017A Many Sided Thing, Wimbledon Space, Wimbledon College of Art, London, UK2017Mono, Flowers Gallery, London, UK2017Colour, Order, System, Sid Motion Gallery, London, UK2017Inside the Shadow, Art House1, London, UK2017Shaping the Void II, Tannery Arts Project Space, London, UK2017A5 x n, dalla Rosa Gallery, London, UK2016Exchange Rates - a Sluice Project hosted by Arte 3 (USA) / Saturation Point (UK), New York, USA2016Shaping the Void, Bankley Gallery, Manchester, UK2016STEAM: Ahead, South Square Gallery, Thornton, West Yorkshire, UK2016The Overview Effect, Lewisham Art House, London, UK2016Youth Uncovered, Gerald Moore Gallery, London, UK2016Prison Drawing Project, Scarborough Old Town Prison, Scarborough, UK2015Beyond Repetition, Bowery Gallery, Leeds, UK2015Schichtwechsel, APT Gallery, London, UK2015The Imaginary Museum: Monuments and Landmarks, Leeds City Museum and Leeds University, Leeds, UK2015Spatial Centres, Projektraum, Am Flutgraben, Berlin, Germany2014Again, From Here, Harts Lane Gallery, London, UK2014A Restless Geometry, Union 105 Gallery, East Street Arts, Leeds, UK, curated by The International 32014Geometric Sequences, HUSK Gallery, London, UK2014Neo:print Prize, neo:gallery, Bolton, UK2014A5, Lubomirov-Easton, Platform Projects, Art Athina Art Fair, Athens, Greece2013Leeds Light Night, Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, UK2013APT Open Studios, APT Gallery and Studios, London, UK2013Bainbridge Open, Embassy Tea Gallery, London, UK2013The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, ArtLacuna, London, UK2013Synesthesia, Darnley Gallery, London, UK2012Deptford X, Deptford Rail Station, London, UK - curated by Matthew Cooper2011Postgraduate Printmaking in London, Clifford Chance Gallery, London, UK, curated by Nigel Frank and Jane Hindley2011Print & Design Now!, SW1 Gallery and BEARSPACE, London, UK2011MA Degree Show, Wimbledon College of Art, UAL, London, UK2011Students, Patients, Paupers, St Philips, London School of Economics, London, UK2011Fly Tipping, The Centre for Drawing, London, UK2011Unexpected / Unexplained, Acquire Arts, London, UK2011Futura Oblique, The Nunnery Gallery, London, UK2010Salad, Wimbledon College of Art, London, UK2010A Library of Mirrors, Bookartbookshop, London, UK2008Ex, Leeds College of Art and Design, Leeds, UK2008UWIC Printmakers, The Millennium Centre, Cardiff, UK2008UWIC Degree Show, Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff, UK2008Contemporary Printmaking, The Old Library, Cardiff, UKRESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2024Retina Residency, Paris, France2023Developing Your Creative Practice Grant awarded by Arts Council England2022Time Space Money Bursary award by a-n2021National Lottery Project Grant awarded by Arts Council England2021Being in Architecture, Artist in Residence at Passengers, London, UK2020Arts Council England Emergency Funding Grant2019Mark Rothko Memorial Trust, bursary and residency at the Mark Rothko Foundation, Daugavpils, Latvia2018Artist in Residence at PADA, Barreiro, Lisbon, Portugal2018Griffin Gallery collaborative residency with Charley Peters, London, UK2017Drawing Connections collaborative residency at Wimbledon College of Art, London, UK2016Artist in Residence at The Art House, Wakefield, UK2014Artist in Residence at Beacons Music and Arts Festival, Yorkshire Dales, UKCOLLECTIONS
Bagri Foundation
Canary Wharf Group PLC
Guerrini-Maraldi Collection
Linklaters Collection
Oakdale Centre Collection
Paul Smith Ltd
Tim Sayer Collection (bequethed to Hepworth Wakefield)
Various private collections in across Europe, North America and New Zealand