Grace Exhibition Space

GRACE:
Grace, n. - simple elegance or refinement of movement, courteous goodwill
Grace Period - an extended period granted as a special favor
The Three Graces (Greek Mythology) – charm, grace, and beauty

Grace Exhibition Space, founded in 2006 by Jill McDermid is the sole gallery in New York City exclusively devoted to Performance-Art. We are committed to exhibiting premier artists whether emerging, mid career or established and whether local, national or international. Located in a Brooklyn loft, our events are presented in an environment where the performances are presented on an equal level as the viewers, where the boundary between artist and viewer is dissolved. We believe strongly that this is how performance-art is meant to be viewed, presented and experienced.

We have no religious affiliation, except to the glorification of Performance-Art.


Grace Exhibition Space is Directed by Jill McDermid and Erik Hokanson, who participate in international performance-art festivals as artists and curators in Europe, Asia, Central and South America.

Jill McDermid, Founder/Curator/Director of The Grace Exhibition Space for Live Performance Art has established herself on the international performance art scene by participating in international festivals in China, South Korea, Italy, France, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Spain, Indonesia, Canada, Mexico and Chile since 2000. She has organized the events, 21st Suffragettes: Art + Performance by Women; Egeszegedre! Performance Art, Installation and Video Art Monthly Series and Time Shadows Series of Performance Art. Over the past 10 years she has initiated and presented events that have promoted over 400 artists, local and international.
She was the 5th Week Curator for the 10th Open Art International Performance Art Festival in the 798 District, Beijing, China. She holds a Master of Art and Master of Fine Art in Intermedia from the University of Iowa, under Professor and artist Hans Breder

Jill McDermid is also director of The Alice Chilton Gallery for Performance Art Documentation and Jill’s Shop of Ephemera in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE is affiliated with the following organizations:

- ARKA (H.C.E.) INTERACTIONS Performance Art Festival Sardignia, Italy
- TRANSMUTED FESTIVAL Mexico City and San Luis Potosi, Mexico
- KoPAS: Korea Experimental Arts Festival Seoul, Korea
- PERFO PUERTO International Festival Valparaiso, Chile
- DIVERSE UNIVERSE Performance Art Festival European Tour 2009, 2010
- MEME Gallery Boston, Ma
- MOBIUS GROUP Boston, Ma
- B+PAF Bandung, Indonesia