Grace Lee, Artist: Paintings and Shows

Grace Lee standing in front of one of their large dark paintings, wearing a black T-shirt and wide blue jeans — Grace Lee. Courtesy Huxley-Parlour. Cropped and framed by CoolCuration.

Last updated: 28 October 2026

Grace Lee is the London artist, trained at Goldsmiths and the Slade, whose deadpan paintings of objects, animals and borrowed images are both funny and quietly sad. Here you will find our take on their work, where to see Grace Lee now, how to buy a painting, and their two small pieces in this year’s War Child auction.

Our take on Grace Lee

Lee lifts images from books, manuals, film posters and old photographs, then strips them back to line, shape and tone. The results look simple, but they rarely settle on one meaning. Lee sums up the tone neatly: “Everything is a joke, and everything is completely sincere,” as quoted by Huxley-Parlour. In their own essay for the gallery, Lee writes that “our myths and memes act as outfits”.

There are two Grace Lee pieces in the War Child sale, both oil and coloured pencil. Fender Bender shows a blue car with its bonnet crumpled, outlined in peachy pencil, with cartoon starbursts marking the impact. It is a car crash drawn like a comic strip. Foxgloves is softer: tall pink and purple flower spikes rise over a tangle of green and ochre stems.

The pair shows both sides of Lee’s work, the joke and the sincere. They have had two solo shows at Huxley-Parlour in Mayfair, plus one at Solito in Naples, and their paintings usually sell on enquiry. A small, signed panel through a charity auction is a more approachable way in.

Grace Lee: the essentials

Born in the UK in 1995; lives and works in London, according to Huxley-Parlour.
Studied for a BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths from 2015 to 2017, then an MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art from 2019 to 2021.
Won the Prankerd Jones Memorial Prize in 2020 and the Bartolomeu dos Santos Memorial Prize in 2021, both at the Slade.
Received the NOA15 East of England Award and a Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers award in 2015.
Has shown in group exhibitions at HIVE Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, and NOVA Contemporary, Bangkok, in 2024.
Represented by Huxley-Parlour, London.

Where to see Grace Lee now

Coming up: Sound & Vision 2026, a War Child charity auction online from 27 October to 12 November 2026, with the works on view at Iconic Images Gallery, London, 6 to 8 November. The pieces are Fender Bender and Foxgloves (both 2026), oil and coloured pencil, 21 x 15 cm (8.3 x 5.9 in), lot pages for Fender Bender and Foxgloves.
Pencil Test (group), Bolding Gallery, London, 2026.
UNCUT (solo), Solito, Naples, 2025.
Love and Theft (solo), Huxley-Parlour, Swallow Street, London, 24 April to 31 May 2025.
Fitting Room (solo), Huxley-Parlour, Maddox Street, London, 25 October to 25 November 2023.

How to buy a Grace Lee painting

There are no Grace Lee prints or editions on sale. Their paintings sell through the gallery, and two small pieces are in a charity auction:

Fender Bender and Foxgloves, 2026: two small works in oil and coloured pencil in the War Child Sound & Vision auction, bidding from £100 until 12 November 2026 (bid here on Fender Bender or Foxgloves).
Paintings: through Huxley-Parlour, price on request.

Grace Lee FAQs

Which gallery represents Grace Lee?

Huxley-Parlour in London, which has given Lee two solo shows, Fitting Room (2023) and Love and Theft (2025).

Where did Grace Lee study?

At Goldsmiths for a BA in Fine Art, then at the Slade School of Fine Art for an MFA, finishing in 2021.

Can I buy a Grace Lee print?

Not at the moment. There are no prints or editions; their paintings sell through Huxley-Parlour on request.

Is this the same Grace Lee as other artists of that name?

This page covers the London painter born in 1995 and represented by Huxley-Parlour, who donated two works to War Child’s Sound & Vision 2026.

Where can I see Grace Lee’s work in London?

Their two War Child pieces are on view at Iconic Images Gallery from 6 to 8 November 2026.

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