Grace Heutel
(b. 1996)
Denison University, Bachelor of Fine Arts
DIS Scandinavia, Interior Architecture and Design
2017 Seen Your Show I, Kendall at Granville, OH
2018 Seen Your Show II, NIAD Art Center, CA
2018 The Sun is a Pomegranate Seed, Denison Art
Space in Newark, OH
Articulāte, Cover, vol. 21, March 2016
graceheutel@gmail.com
@grazces
Grace is designer with formal training as a fine artist.
In her previous work, she made analog photo-sculptures that acted as the representation of a physical index of memory and its inaccuracies. These images were often larger-than-life and scuffed up as a reflection of faulty internal narratives. Her work encourages dialogue around the ravine between the documented and the decaying web of the lived.
Grace’s BFA was supplemented by a studio practice in Copenhagen dedicated to interior architecture and sustainable design standards. She was based in Jackson Hole at the onset of the pandemic and relocated to the countryside to apprentice on a diversified family farm. Grace has also lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and managed a hydroponic greenhouse that provided produce to vendors, grocers, and shelters. Withal, she is glad to be back in the design world and has loved the soft rumble of Chicago trains in recent years.
Grace is currently the Creative Director at Sabin, a manufacturer specializing in acoustics and lighting for commercial interiors. She leads the marketing team in shaping the brand’s visual identity, developing strategic campaigns, and creating content that communicates Sabin’s design-driven approach to performance and aesthetics.
Grace's interests include: reading sci-fi, birding, backpacking, sewing, cross-country skiing, and woodworking.
Ongoing, she authors a newsletter on Substack called Desire Path1 and develops design systems around human behavior, specifically in interior design contexts.
