Grace Rosario Perkins (b. 1986, Santa Fe, NM, lives and works in Albuquerque) is a self-taught Diné/Akimel O’odham painter. Recent exhibitions included her first solo museum exhibition, The Relevance of Your Data (MOCA Tucson, curated by Laura Copelin, 2022), which featured large-scale paintings alongside contributions from Lonnie Holley, Fox Maxy, Olen Perkins, and Eric-Paul Riege; and Best Western, Santa Fe (2023). Two -person and group shows include Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis (2023); Marvin Gardens, New York (2023); Oakland Museum of California (2019); and ONE Archives, Los Angeles (2021). Perkins most recently served as an Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at Mills College and was Artist in Residence at Skowhegan in 2023. Perkins's work is included in the permanent collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA).

Selected Works

**Grace Rosario Perkins**
*Baby, Sweetie Doll, and Lover*, 2023
acrylic, spray-paint, photograph, mylar, smashed orange calcite, cut canvas, and flashe on canvas
53.5 x 64.5 in. (135.89 x 163.83 cm)

**Grace Rosario Perkins**
*Me and Leili Joke About New Technology,* 2023
acrylic, spray-paint, flashe, and cut canvas on linen
46 x 36 in. (116.84 x 91.44 cm)

Exhibitions

**Grace Rosario Perkins**
*A Mirror, a Window, a Songbird*
21 October - 31 December, 2023
de boer, Los Angeles

NEWS

Deep Relationships: Teresa Baker and Grace Rosario Perkins in Conversation

November 14, 2023