Join us on Sunday October 5 from 4 to 7pm for " Grace Bristow: Sticks and Stones " at Vorderzimmer!  At 6pm, enjoy live music with  Konstantin Howard on sax, Gabe Chalick on trumpet, and Rohit Ooman on guitar. Enter under the stoop. Refreshments will be served. XXVZ

  My work re-cycles and re-contextualizes the physical qualities of natural materials. What does it mean to build with burnt wood, to draw with corroded steel, or to create a chair out of paper? Through a process of sincere consideration of each material’s specificity, I “misuse” materials to undermine their structural and metaphorical integrity. Physical materials have physical constraints that demand the same openness and attention essential to practicing tolerance.  Art is a vehicle to practice tolerance. I define tolerance as the immersion of the self into otherness. The tolerant attitude I bring to my materials and artistic process mirrors the attitude I hope to bring to my relationships outside the studio in the world, where the risks are higher. Immersing myself into otherness requires mistake-making, introspection, and maintenance. The notion of consistency over time becomes the asymptote— how might quantity be just as much a form of love as quality, and what cracks em...

  GRACE BRISTOW Born in Charlottesville, VA Lives in Philadelphia, PA  www.gracebristow.myportfolio.com   EDUCATION University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design Expected May 2027 MFA Candidate (Studio Art)   Washington University in St. Louis Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts May 2022 BA (Studio Art)   EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS 2024 Threaded Together, group exhibition, Tremaine Art Gallery, Lakeville, CT 2024 Gowanus Open Studios, open studio, 62 18th Street, Brooklyn, NY 2024 Glass Tools, self-organized curatorial project and group exhibition, The White Barn, Norfolk, CT 2022 CURIO POP-UP SHOP, group exhibition, Granite City Art and Design District, Granite City, IL 2022 Site Work, group exhibition, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, St. Louis, MO 2021 Stay Back I’m Lonely!, group exhibition, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO 2020 Student Pop-Up, group exhibition, The Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO   AWARDS 2025 Merit-b...