Faculty of Art
Drawing and Painting
Meet the Artist
Grace
Darakjian
Drawing and Painting
“GEOME-MATRIX” is a reality that depicts the interpersonal relationships of colours, geomes (geometric-biomes), and tubes, which function as vessels for energy, light, and organized play. Using acrylic on canvas, visual hierarchy is told through moments of intense contrasting fluorescence and darkness, allowing forms to appear in various extreme proximities to our reality. The smooth surface, vibrations, kinetic forces, grids, and vectors belonging to this hard-edge society, reference both the physical flatness of the computer and the infinite depths that can be explored within. It alludes to present and retro aesthetics of technological worlds, while simultaneously prioritizing fine art as a means to represent the digital. “GEOME-MATRIX” is a functioning animated world where inhabitants exist in harmony amid a coordinated chaos. ”

Grace Darakjian is an emerging abstract artist based in Toronto, ON who predominantly creates hard-edge acrylic paintings that explore colour, play, geometry, and multiple realities. Through referencing digital imagery, Grace transports viewers to intergalactic realms. The overlaps of forms, the movements of geomes (geometric biomes), the illusion of depth, fluorescence of hues, and the visual language of systems (digital, mathematical, biological, and/or planetary) create problems akin to puzzles, which make Grace’s work visually interactive and stimulating. Grace has been a children's art teacher for over three years. Both her work and practice influence each other in that she consistently prioritizes play, visual problem solving, artistic instinct, and a curiosity for the unknown.
Hard-Edge Abstraction Acrylic Painting Colour Relationships Reality Creation Kineticism Op Art Art Education Curation
