Kady Grant

Kady Grant is based in Queens, New York.  She received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2011. Her most recent solo show was at Dress Shop Gallery, Brooklyn in 2017. She has since participated in group shows at Marinaro Gallery, NYC, Harkawik, NYC, Below Grand, NYC, Big Pictures Los Angeles, CA, Blake & Vargas, Berlin, and Tchotchke Gallery, virtual/NYC. Her work was featured in the London based publication, Buffalo Zine, issue 9, 2019. 

Collect Bean: How do you balance your practice with your daily life?

Kady Grant: Balancing my practice with my daily life is always tricky business. Lately, I’ve been trying to schedule it in, which sounds unromantic but it’s a way for me to prioritize painting in a practical and consistent way. Painting is one of the things I most want to do, so making sure it's given its due share in my schedule helps me feel better about all my other obligations. 

Collect Bean: What is the kindest thing someone can tell you about your work?

Kady Grant: The kindest thing someone could tell me about my work is that it made them want to make something of their own. Whenever I see work that elicits this response in myself, I know it hit the mark.

Collect Bean: What does growth mean to you?

Kady Grant: Growth to me, means reaching higher ground where the view is wider than it had been. Greater perspective as a marker of evolution. 

Collect Bean: If you could give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be?

Kady Grant: Allow your idea of success to be flexible. 

Collect Bean: If you had to describe your work in only three words, what would they be?

Kady Grant: Funny, Sad, Introspective