Grace Weaver

Grace Weaver (b. 1989, Vermont) lives and works in New York and Berlin. In her paintings and drawings, Grace Weaver explores the possibilities of the human form. In recent works, the artist turns to archetypal motifs, including the mother and child, and the female nude. For Weaver, the body is not just a subject but a site – a stage on which line is choreographed in lyrical gestures, and through which emotion comes to the fore. Her compositions are made with a consciousness for the procedure of painting itself: whether in water colour, oil or acrylic, she develops a unique choreography of chroma and brushwork, resulting in works that disclose an all-over, wet-into-wet, coming together of the surface.
Weaver’s work abounds with art historical and literary references, from Cranach, Georg Baselitz and Henri Matisse, to Homer and James Joyce. Interweaving symbols which are at once contemporary and eternal, her pared-back compositions speak to the female experience.
Solo exhibitions of the artist’s work have been held in international institutions including Neues Museum Nürnberg; Yuz Museum, Shanghai (both 2023–2024); Oldenburger Kunstverein; Kunstpalais Erlangen (both 2019); Kunstverein Reutlingen (2017); and DakshinaChitra Museum, Chennai (2012). Weaver’s work has also been exhibited in group exhibitions including Kunsthalle Helsinki; The Arts Club, London (both 2025–2026); Oldenburger Kunstverein (2025); Yuz Museum, Shanghai (2023); Braunsfelder, Cologne; Wilhelm Hallen, Berlin; Miettinen Collection, Berlin; Neue Galerie, Gladbeck; Villa Merkel, Esslingen (all 2022); Kunstmuseum Ravensburg (2021); Galerie Wedding, Berlin (2018); ARoS Aarhus Art Museum (2016).