Grace Vali is a multidisciplinary illustrator based in Toronto and Mississauga. She recently graduated from OCAD University with a BDes in Illustration. She conjures images and stories that carry socio political themes that are synthesized with humour and surrealist aesthetics. Grace works primarily in analogue media as she particularly enjoys the challenge of creating illustrations with a variety of materials to create complex visual narratives. She has a passion for constructing quality artworks and continues to pursue thought-provoking messages about human existence and societal topics.
Grace welcomes personal commissions, freelance, commercial, editorial, and publishing work.
Selected Exhibitions and Events
Group Exhibitions
2024 New Vista's Echoes of Home (Pg. 21), Etobicoke Civic Centre Gallery, Toronto, ON.
Between Ashes and Dreams (Pg. 39 - 40), Great Hall at OCAD University, Toronto, ON.
GradEx 109 , annual graduate exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto.
Major Works: OCADU Illustrative Painting Exhibition, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto.
2016 - 2020 Springfest Visual Arts Showcase, Cawthra Park S.S., Mississauga, ON.
Markets and Fairs
2024 City of Craft's Zine Market, The BMO Incubator Theatre at The Theatre Centre, Toronto, ON.
Critical Distance’s Turning Tables: Art Book and Publication Fair, 401 Richmond, Toronto, ON.
Conduction: GradEx 109 x Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON.
Toronto Comics Art Festival, Table Participant, Reference Library, Toronto.
Press
2024 Artoronto , GradEx109 at OCAD U