Gail Grinnell

Gail layers and collages fabric as others use paint. Gail layers and collages fabric as others use paint. Her studio is full of works in process hanging to dry from a clothesline. She presents the assembled parts hanging so that light can play through the transparency of the materials. Drawing has remained her main studio occupation since 2005. She has increased her vocabulary of materials to include sheer fabrics such as silk and spun polyester. These collaged fabrics are strong enough to be cut into the shape of the drawings.

Gail’s last solo show (“Bitter Love”) at Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA was in 2006. Gail was awarded residencies at Fundacion Valparaiso in Mojacar, Spain for October 2007 and the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland for February/March 2008. She was awarded an Artist Trust GAP grant in 2008.

Her most recent installation “tinker, tailor” was in April, 2011 at the Anchor Gallery in Anacortes. In 2009/10 Gail installed “Lightly Here” in the front window of the Bellevue Art Museum.

She accepted a residency at the Jentel Foundation in Wyoming in January of 2010 and a two month return Fellowship at the Ballinglen Foundation, Ireland in September and October of 2010.

She is currently developing and installation for the Suyama Space in Seattle for September through December of 2012.

Links:

www.jentelarts.org