ABOUT ME
Deborah is an award winning British landscape painter and printmaker and is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art and The Royal College of Art, London.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I am painter from a small farming village in the East Riding of Yorkshire and currently work from my studio on the banks of the River Humber.
My inspiration is drawn from the philosophy and aesthetics of the nineteenth century romantic landscape painters, particularly Samuel Palmer. By appropriating their visual tropes, I lure the viewer into a sense of familiarity.
On closer viewing I create a disturbance and gentle provocation with the addition of incongruous graphic forms. These forms can take the shape of golden lines, scarlet tee sections and quadrilaterals. The geometric shapes within the paintings are used as a device that not only creates a visual dissonance but asks questions of the viewer.
We are living in a time of unprecedented technological advancement. We exist in a state of flux, simultaneously, reminiscing about when life was set, allegedly, amongst bucolic vistas; and living in the now of information saturation and climate change. Whilst standing at this crossroad, many of us feel anxious and unsettled.
I don’t know what our future holds but through my work; I am attempting to offer hope and a visual space to consider our presence - here, right now.
EDUCATION
1998 - MA (RCA) The Royal College of Art, London
1996 - BA (Hons) First Class, Glasgow School of Art
GALLERIES/ EXHIBITIONS
2024- 'Ethereal Echoes'; Two man show with Andrew Tyzack at Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk
2023-24 'New Light Touring Prize Exhibition; Mercer Gallery, Harrogate; The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle; Bankside Gallery, London; Rheged Centre, Cumbria; Williamson Gallery, Birkenhead
2023 - 'The Ferens Open'; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
2023 - 'Silent Disco '23' - Mixed Show; curated by Graham Crowley, Wickham Market, Suffolk
2023 - 'Royal Scottish Academy Summer Exhibition'; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2023 - 'Rise' at The Old School Gallery, Alnmouth
2023 - 'British Contemporary Art 2013-2023, A Decade of Change'; Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk
2022 - 'Trinity Buoy Drawing Prize' - Short List
2022 - 'Shore, Lines and Brush Marks'; Two woman show - Candie Museum, Guernsey
2022 - 'Royal Academy Summer Show'; Short List
2022 - 'Paint Edgy'; Contemporary British Painting Show, Ropewalk, Barton
2022 - Deborah Grice 'Showcased' at The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle
2022 - 'Border Ballads' at The Old School Gallery, Alnmouth
2022 - 'North East Coastlines', Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk
2021 - Deborah Grice at The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle
2021 - 'North Sea Woman' at The Old School Gallery, Alnmouth
2020 - Deborah Grice 'Headlining' at The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle
2020 - '21st Century English Landscape Painting', Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk
2020-21 New Light Touring Prize Exhibition; Scarborough Art Gallery; The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle; Bankside Gallery, London; Tullie Art Gallery, Carlisle
2019 - Deborah Grice at The Biscuit Factory
2019 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2019
2019 - Spring/Summer Exhibition; Silson Contemporary, Harrogate
2019 - Shortlisted; NEAC, London
2019 - 'Technique'; Saul Hay Fine Art; Manchester
2019 - Lynn Painter Stainer's Prize Exhibition; The Mall Galleries, London
2018 - SOLO EXHIBITION: 'Between the Lines'; Saul Hay Fine Art, Manchester
2018 - 'Showcase'; Zillah Bell Gallery; Thirsk
2018 - Sam Scorer Gallery; Lincoln
2018 - New Light Touring Prize Exhibition; Bankside Gallery, London
2018 - 'Colour and Light'; Studio Eleven; Hull
2018 - Saul Hay Fine Art; Manchester
2017 - 'Discerning Eye' Prize Exhibition; The Mall Galleries, London;
2017 - New Light Touring Prize Exhibition; Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle; Huddersfield Art Gallery; Bankside Gallery, London; Tullie Art Gallery, Carlisle
2016 - Zillah Bell Gallery; Thirsk
2016 - The Biscuit Factory; Newcastle
2014 - Ropewalk; Barton, North Lincolnshire
2014 - Sunny Bank Mills Gallery; Leeds
2014 - 20:20 Hot Bed Press; Bolton, West Yorkshire Print Workshop
2014 - Northern Printmaking Biennale; Northern Print, Newcastle
2011 - International Mezzotint Exhibition; Ekaterinburg, Russia
AWARDS
2017 - 'Award for Best Painting from the Midlands', The Discerning Eye Prize Exhibition
2017 - The 'Saul Hay Award for Emerging Artist'; New Light Prize Exhibition.
2011 - 2nd Prize, Lincolnshire Print Making Exhibition; The Ropewalk
2008 - National Pilot’s License CAA
1998 - First Prize ‘Folio Society’ illustration Award The Folio Society
1997 - Painter Stainer’s Award for Illustration Royal College of Art
1997 - RTZ Travel Scholarship Royal College of Art
1996 - Design Bursary for Excellence Glasgow School of Art
1996 - Bequest for Excellence in Illustration Glasgow School of Art
