Fiona Grady

Fiona Grady is a site-responsive artist; her multi-disciplinary practice explores the expanded field of drawing through colourful geometric lighting gel window installations, wall drawings, and digital projections. Her artworks interact with the light of day to emphasise the passing of time: using geometric shapes, harmonious colour palettes, and dynamic patterns. They filter light turning it into a tool for drawing. The coloured shapes of light and shadow activate their surroundings to highlight the architecture and character of their environment.

Born into a family of mathematicians she has always had a keen eye for balance using ratios of numbers and logical approaches to divide the space. She considers her process as problem solving. She refers to her artworks as giant jigsaw puzzles, as they employs repetition of forms to build a larger image, using each piece to create a whole picture, that has an unconscious equilibrium within its surroundings. Her practice recognizes the relationship between architecture, installation art and decoration. She plays with light, surface and scale; each piece changes with the light of day emphasizing the passing of time and the ephemeral nature of the work to create ambient environments.

Colour is central to her practice, she is highly sensitive to the arrangement of tones. There is a musicality to her application: creating rhythm in both the placement of colour and shape. The layered works have a sense of order and logic. However the use of transparent materials and reliance on day light activate the works allow a softness and element of magic to present itself. Her palettes vary dependent on the emotions she is seeking to evoke.

Fiona has had solo exhibitions at St John’s Churchyard, Leeds (2024-26); Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool (2022-2024); Foundry Gallery, London (2022); The Art Station, Saxmundham (2021); University of Brighton (2019); Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff (2018); and The Eye Sees, Arles, France (2019). She has been commissioned worldwide by organisations and institutions including: L’Hôpital National des 15-20 Paris, Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, Canary Wharf Group, Guy’s and St Thomas’s Foundation NHS Trust, ITV, Heals London, Walthamstow Wetlands Visitor Centre, British Land, The Glenvale School, Watts Gallery Artists’ Village, and Kensington and Chelsea Council. She was awarded the Mark Rothko Memorial Trust Bursary and she has received grants from Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grant and Developing Your Creative Practice, amongst other organisations.

Her works are held in public and private collections across Europe, North America, and as far as New Zealand. Including Bagri Collection, Linklaters, Paul Smith Ltd, and the Tim Sayer Collection bequeathed to Hepworth, Wakefield.

She lives and works in London.