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Grace Mattingly (b.1991, Chicago) is a London-based artist whose work has been shown internationally in solo and group exhibitions. 

Her paintings depict a bright, playful, and fantastical universe where feminine and androgynous figures, animals, and symbolic motifs, such as boots, snakes, and candles, coexist in arcadian landscapes. Saturated colors, energetic brushwork, and glowing, misty atmospheres create scenes that feel exuberant yet slightly dangerous, often structured around a dominant pastel tone.

Working mainly in large-scale oil on canvas, alongside smaller works on panel and paper, she explores a distinctly feminine visual language that is both inviting and provocative. Beneath their sweetness, the works engage themes of desire, gaze, and fantasy, carrying a raw, unapologetic sensuality rooted in the act of creation itself, informed by pop culture, mythology, and feminist reinterpretation.

Education 

2021 The Slade School of Fine Art, University College of London, MA in Painting, London, UK

2017 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, US, Painting and Drawing

Solo Exhibitions 

2025 Dancers, Haricot Gallery, London, UK; 2024 Sundown, Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago, US; Monster Party, Arusha Gallery, Bruton, UK; 2022 Untitled Miami Art Fair with Huxley Parlour, Miami, US; Yellow Horses, The Artist’s Room by Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK; 2021 Secret Sunshines, Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026 The Drunken Boat, Haricot Gallery, London, UK; 2025 REVERB, Florence Trust, London, UK; PAPER, Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London, UK; 2024 Neon Jungle Nocturne, Lychee One, London, UK; 2023 Luminous Terrain, Atipografia, Arzignano, IT; Art Verona Art Fair with Atipografia, Verona, IT.