Paola Gracey

Paola's early exposure to the Miami art scene and her background in science academia has culminated in a very unique and distinctive style. She adopts and incorporates science concepts, chemical equations, and symbolic representations into her paintings. “After all isn’t everything chemistry?” Paola says. Her passion is working with the physical aspects of acrylics, oils, resins, gels, and additives, exploring their every combination as well as their limitations on canvas.
In the laboratory she is a precise chemist. In the studio she can experiment by trial and error and the possibilities are endless. Incorporating different techniques such as pouring, dripping, tipping and mixing helps her manipulate the paint; both physically and chemically. She treats each painting as an experiment. During the creative process she takes time to record the variables that were manipulated in route to the finished product. She uses these details to replicate the physical and chemical conditions that are necessary to accomplish her artistic goals. This is where the symbiosis of her two passions climax. Paola truly believes that good science is an art form just as much as good art demands sound scientific principles. Through her art Paol...

B.A. Chemistry Florida International University. 2007

Certificate in Forensic Science Florida International University. 2007

Awards

2001 Florida International University Juror’s Award
2005 Juror’s Award Tom Rossetti Fine Art
2015 Juror's Award Starving Artist Exhibition


Solo Exhibitions

2010 SoMi Art Walk ReMax Realty Miami, FL

2007 Chemical Creations Curated by Barry Fellman. Center for Visual Communication Miami, FL

2005 David’s Café Miami Beach, FL





Two-Person Exhibitions

2015 Paola Gracey and Bunny Yeager Vintage Photos of Bettie Page Curated by Barry Fellman Center for Visual Communication Miami, FL

2009 Thinker, Tinker, Inventor of the Modern World (with David Rohn) Curated by Barry Fellman Center for Visual Communication Miami, FL

2008 Chemical Creations (with Mike Cloud) Curated by Barry Fellman Center for Visual Communication Miami, FL

Group Exhibitions

2016 Young Artist Initiative SLS Hotel Miami Beach, FL

2016 Continuum West Palm Beach Arts West Palm Beach, FL

2015 See. Feel. Be. BluePrint Gallery Delrey Beach, FL

2015 Center for Visual Communication Miami, FL

2015 Spectrum Miami Art Basel Week Art Blend Gallery Miami, FL

2015 Mural for Saatchi & Saatchi New York, NY

2015 CABA Coral Gables Museum. Coral Gables, FL

2015 Last Exit: Painting C...