Bio

Grace Mae Huddleston (she/they) is a trans-media storyteller, zine collector, and educator based in Richmond, VA. Grace holds an MFA from UC San Diego and a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Huddleston is an Assistant Professor teaching drawing and 2D design in VCUarts' Art Foundation program.

Huddleston’s current series include “Spiderweb Memories II” and “Accidental Girl, Dirty World”, which deal with themes of narrative, vulnerability, transformation, and connection.

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 with deep ties to activism during the AIDS Crisis (Santa Monica’s “Highways Performance Space”), an art gallery and 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 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.