Grace Leal

I am a multi-media artist working across several disciplines: mixed-media installations, sculptures, and 2-dimensional paintings, collages and monotypes. I work in several media because the content in my work needs to be expressed in different ways, at different times. Sometimes narration takes precedence, sometimes it is a social or political commentary, sometimes it is a sheer expression of passion in an abstract work that includes just shapes, forms and colors.

A recurring theme of my work is the effect and influence of an environment on the shaping of an individual and all living things. My work often addresses the “point of transgression,” the period of time when a choice is being made to displace oneself in order to evolve, change and reach another level.