Grace Farish 

Champaign-Urbana, IL

Education

2027 MFA, Studio Art, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL (expected)

2021 BFA, Art Studio, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Thesis: Title to Come

Minor in Visual Studies, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

2019 BA, Anthropology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY


Solo Exhibitions 

2021 Title to Come, BFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

2021 Robert C. May Gallery, Solo Exhibition, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 


Group Exhibition

2025 Echoes of Yesterday, LoosenArt, Rome, Italy

2023 PRHBTN, Group Show, The Loudoun House, Lexington, KY

2022 Tangled Roots: Exploring Appalachian Feminisms, Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center, Lexington, KY

2021 PRHBTN, Group Show, The Loudoun House, Lexington, KY

2020 Foundations Exhibition, Group Show, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

2020 Carey Ellis, Juried Exhibition, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 

2019 Carey Ellis, Juried Exhibition, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 

2018 Midwest Society for Photographic Education Student Exhibition, School of Art & Visual Studies, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

2015 6th Annual Youth Arts Council Exhibition 2015, Juried Exhibition The Living Arts and Science Center, Lexington, KY 

2013 The Magic of a Moment, Juried Exhibition, National PTA Reflections Program, Embassy Suites, Lexington, KY


Lectures and Conference Presentations

2021 Presenter, Art and Commerce, University of Kentucky’s Third Annual Symposium hosted by Student Organization for Art History (SOfAH), University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 


Published Work

2021 The Hand Magazine, Issue #34

2021 Using Deer Stable Isotope Data to Test a Niche Construction Hypothesis for an Increase in Prehistoric Human Maize Consumption in the Eastern Woodlands of the United States with Renée M. Bonzani, Katharine V. Alexander, Alexander Metz, Jordan S. Munizzi, Bruce L. Manzano, Matthew J. Davidson, Grace Farish, and Andrea Erhardt


Awards

2024 Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL


Professional Experience

2024-2025 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL

2023-2024 Curator, Robert C. May Gallery, Lexington, KY


Professional Memberships

2018-PresentMember, Society for Photographic Education