Grace Athena Flott
Grace Athena Flott
Grace Athena Flott is a Seattle-based painter whose figurative works interrogate the myth of normalcy and social constructions of health, beauty, and gender through a feminist disability justice lens. After experiencing a major biographical disruption, Flott shifted her practice toward dismantling normative representation. Blending classical Italian Renaissance techniques with surrealistic narratives, her emotive, light-filled portraiture invites viewers into intimate spaces that directly challenge the normative gaze.
In 2025, Flott painted the Official Portrait of Washington Governor Jay Inslee. A Neddy Award Finalist, her work is held in the Washington State Art Collection, UW Medicine, and the City of Seattle, and has exhibited internationally, including at the Museum of Modern European Art in Barcelona. Grace is also available for custom portrait and fine art commissions.
Grace Athena Flott is a Seattle-based painter whose figurative works interrogate the myth of normalcy and social constructions of health, beauty, and gender through a feminist disability justice lens. After experiencing a major biographical disruption, Flott shifted her practice toward dismantling normative representation. Blending classical Italian Renaissance techniques with surrealistic narratives, her emotive, light-filled portraiture invites viewers into intimate spaces that directly challenge the normative gaze.
In 2025, Flott painted the Official Portrait of Washington Governor Jay Inslee. A Neddy Award Finalist, her work is held in the Washington State Art Collection, UW Medicine, and the City of Seattle, and has exhibited internationally, including at the Museum of Modern European Art in Barcelona. Grace is also available for custom portrait and fine art commissions.
In Strata, Grace Athena Flott presents works from her scar prints series, mapping biographical disruption directly onto the physical surface. By transferring the raised textures of healed skin into print form, Flott reveals the body as a living archive where somatic memory and trauma form distinct, tactile layers. Curatorially, her prints act as a vital human pivot within Strata—demonstrating that the skin itself is a geographical landscape held under tension. Her work reinforces the exhibition's core thesis: that healing, identity, and personal history build an enduring, physical strata.
In Strata, Grace Athena Flott presents works from her scar prints series, mapping biographical disruption directly onto the physical surface. By transferring the raised textures of healed skin into print form, Flott reveals the body as a living archive where somatic memory and trauma form distinct, tactile layers. Curatorially, her prints act as a vital human pivot within Strata—demonstrating that the skin itself is a geographical landscape held under tension. Her work reinforces the exhibition's core thesis: that healing, identity, and personal history build an enduring, physical strata.
