Photo by Nico Tavella

Photo by Nico Tavella

Gracie Edwards (b.1995) is an Australian visual artist based in Melbourne whose practice stretches across painting and photography. Edwards graduated from RMIT University in 2017 with a Bachelors of Fine Art (with Distinction).

Inspired by the unconventional beauty of the banal, Edwards’ art explores the relationships between various elements such as colour, line, shape, form, composition, layering, texture, material and placement.

Edwards’ abstract painting practice investigates visual elements, such as using bold expressionist colour and geometry as compositional strategies while her photographic practice investigates the same themes with an emphasis on the subtle and subdued urban street imagery.

Predominately working with oils, spray paint and 35mm film photography, Edwards studies the languages and translations of abstraction and uses her methodologies as a platform to start a dialogue between the conception of chance and intention within her work.