Bio

Grace Mae Huddleston (she/they) is a multi-media visual arts, storyteller, zine collector, and educator based in Richmond, VA. Grace holds an MFA from UC San Diego and a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Currently, Grace teaches drawing and painting at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond.

Huddleston’s work is deeply inspired by the relationships between humans and nature. Through her drawings, paintings, textile pieces, creative writing, and comics, she explores the themes of vulnerability, transformation, and connection that come into play as humans interact with the so-called “natural world”.

Grace has shared work in many contexts, including an Austin-based all-ages educational Zine (“Animal Facts Club”), a community-oriented performance event (1708 Gallery’s “10x10” series), a historical performance venue (Santa Monica’s “Highways Performance Space”), a cultural hub on the US/Mexico Border (San Ysidro’s “The FRONT Arte y Cultura”), at a site of massive economic and environmental collapse (The Salton Sea’s “Bombay Beach”), and in traditional art venues such as the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.

Grace Huddleston’s self-published artist’s books were collected by the Geisel Library in 2019. She is the recipient of the Russell Foundation Grant and the Pollak Society Award.

In addition to her visual art work, Grace seeks to use zines, curation, and education to make a positive impact on her community. Her long-standing archive project “Grinning Moon ZINE Library” collects an dpreserves over 150 zines and artist ephemera for public education purposes.