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509   <h2>About the Artist</h2><p>Rachael Grad is a Toronto artist, mother, and former lawyer who has studied and worked in the US, France, Italy and Hong Kong. Grad left practicing law to study painting full-time in New York City at the New York Studio School and then New York University (NYU) before transferring to OCAD University. Grad earned a&nbsp;Bachelor of&nbsp;Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from OCAD University as the Governor General's Academic Medal and Mrs. W.O. Forsyth Award Winner and&nbsp;graduated with a&nbsp;Master of&nbsp;Fine&nbsp;Arts (Visual Arts)&nbsp;from&nbsp;York University&nbsp;in 2024.&nbsp;Grad was awarded&nbsp;a&nbsp;Grad was awarded&nbsp;a Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant, including the Michael C. Smith Foreign Supplement Award, CGS Master’s Scholarship, and Ontario Graduate Scholarship.</p><p>Grad's&nbsp;abstract art practice incorporates digital painting,&nbsp;collage,&nbsp;observational drawing and painting. Grad&nbsp;combines her&nbsp;experience as a mother, former lawyer and traveller into her&nbsp;artwork. &nbsp;Creating work&nbsp;based on parenting moments,&nbsp;Grad’s&nbsp;current series&nbsp;include “Mommy Mayhem” and "Motherhood Hit Me Like a Train"&nbsp;abstract paintings.&nbsp;Her paintings and artwork have been shown at Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts) and the Museum of Motherhood&nbsp;(St Petersburg, Florida), and&nbsp;in solo and group shows in Washington, DC, New York City,&nbsp;Miami, Florida, Venice, Italy, Toronto, and Montreal, Canada. Grad’s artwork has been featured in FEMSPEC, MER Literary Journal, MILK Art Journal, Verklempt! and Niv Magazine.</p><p>Rachael Grad lives and works in Toronto, Ontario,&nbsp;Canada. To see her full CV, <a href="/6822304" data-link-type="internal" data-link-value="6822304">click here</a>.&nbsp;</p>  
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Grad left practicing law to study painting full-time in New York City at the New York Studio School and then New York University (NYU) before transferring to OCAD University. Grad earned a&nbsp;Bachelor of&nbsp;Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from OCAD University as the Governor General's Academic Medal and Mrs. W.O. Forsyth Award Winner and&nbsp;graduated with a&nbsp;Master of&nbsp;Fine&nbsp;Arts (Visual Arts)&nbsp;from&nbsp;York University&nbsp;in 2024.&nbsp;Grad was awarded&nbsp;a&nbsp;Grad was awarded&nbsp;a Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant, including the Michael C. Smith Foreign Supplement Award, CGS Master’s Scholarship, and Ontario Graduate Scholarship.</p><p>Grad's&nbsp;abstract art practice incorporates digital painting,&nbsp;collage,&nbsp;observational drawing and painting. 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