Biography
Working with silicone since 2019, Ever Grainger creates works that are a hybrid of sculpture, drawing and painting. By hand extruding with a DIY sealant gun and experimenting with freestanding and wall based works, dialogues are held with art materials and tools, disciplines and genres.
This evolving practice is the development of a long-term testing of the nature of materiality and process, examining the push-pull of tools versus the input of the artist's hand. Settling more recently on silicone 'sealant' as an uber-medium; art's histories, conventions and subject matters are all potential candidates for exploration during this more recent period of research and development.
Grainger was born in Liverpool and studied BA (Hons) Fine Art at Birmingham City University. After graduating with a first, she was selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries (Victoria Miro London & Manchester Cornerhouse),followed with a residency and solo presentation at New Art Gallery, Walsall. Recent works have been selected for the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, 'Samples' curated by Plinth at Cromwell Place London, two works for the ING Discerning Eye and twice for The Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Show.
As a second phase of R & D, Ever is currently embarking on an MA in Sculpture at The Royal College of Art, London, graduating summer '26.
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