Oona Grimes (born 1957) is a British artist and lecturer.

Biography

Grimes was born in London and attended the

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from 1982 to 1986 and the

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between 1986 and 1988. She lives in

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. Grimes has been a visiting lecturer at the Slade, the Ruskin School of Fine Art in Oxford and at the University of the Arts. In December 2023, Grimes was elected to the

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in London.

Artwork and exhibitions

Grimes draws, etches, paints and has made animations and films. In 2018 Grimes was the recipient of a

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fellowship. Her themes have included

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and

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. She has worked with

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. Exhibitions have included ''Uncanny Tales'' (2005), ''Hail the new Etruscan #2'' (2018) and ''A Way of Seeing'' (2020). Works by Grimes are held in the

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, the

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and the

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Bibliography

* ''Uncanny Tales'' (2005, catalogue)

References

External links

March Mostra 2018 / Meet the artists…Oona Grimes
(blog of the

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)
June Mostra 2018 / Meet the artists…Oona Grimes
(blog of the

) {{DEFAULTSORT:Grimes, Oona 1957 births Living people 21st-century British painters 21st-century British women artists 20th-century British painters Artists from London People from Hackney, London Alumni of Norwich University of the Arts Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art