Artist in Residence 2024
Previously based n Melbourne and now based on Ngunnawal & Ngambri Country in Queanbeyan NSW, Holly Grace is a renowned glass artist, specialising in blown and coldworked glass.
Exploring first with the camera and then with glass, Holly creates a multi-layered glass canvas that is a poetic interpretation of the Australian landscape. She has been collected by various public and private collections and has recently completed three international mentorships, two of which were in Denmark.
“This residency is an opportunity to explore glass as a medium for light and sound; to move beyond the physical to the ethereal and explore themes that relate to self-portraiture and portrait of a place.
How does my story and natures story entwine as I learn more about the landscape and my place within in it? It’s about learning how to walk light, reconciling my cultural inheritance as an interloper in a stolen landscape. “
– Holly Grace
Newly developed works from the residency will be shown at her solo show at Sabbia Gallery in Sydney from 9 January to 22 February 2025.