Artist Bio

Grace Atchison is a multidisciplinary artist based in Houston, Texas. She will receive her bachelor’s degree in 3D Studio Art with a teaching certification from Sam Houston State University in Fall 2026. Within her work, Atchison discusses women’s rights, the social pressures and stereotypes women face, and the bonds that women create and share through their hardships. She expresses these ideas through ceramics, oil painting, woodwork, drawing, collage, embroidery, weaving, and mixed media. Her work has been displayed in the Student Art Association's Juried Show for the past 2 years at the Satellite Gallery in Huntsville, Texas. Her work was also featured in the Huntsville Item Newspaper in 2024. She was awarded the James and Carol McTee Roach Art Endowed Scholarship and the Smither Family Art Endowed Scholarship for the 2026-2027 academic year, as well as the Penland scholarship, the Distinguished Art Faculty Endowed Scholarship, and the Patrick E. Brown Scholarship in the 2025-2026 academic year.