Background
Grace was born in New York City. Daughter of Gerhard Julius and Else (Stern) Graupe.
Grace was born in New York City. Daughter of Gerhard Julius and Else (Stern) Graupe.
Bachelor of Arts, City College of New York. Art Students League, 1967.
Design team New Jersey Light Rail Systems, New Jersey Transit, 1995, 97-98. Workshop leader National Academy Museum Fine Arts, New York City, 2003-2008, teacher, 2003-2010.
Executed murals Peat Marwick Main, Montvale, New Jersey, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Corporation, Liberty Corner, New Jersey, Bridgewater, New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Public Art Project for City of Orange, New Jersey, 1996, Public Art Commission, New Jersey Transit Station, Hoboken 2nd Street Station, (New Jersey Transit), Hoboken, New Jersey, 2004, Jersey City and Newport Station, 1997-1999, New Jersey Transit-Matawan Station, 1998-1999. One-woman shows include Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, 1985, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1986, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut, 1986, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York City, 1986, 87, 89, Aljira Gallery, Newark, 1991-1995, The Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York City, 1992, Klarfeld Perry Gallery, New York City, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, Donahue, Sosinski Art Gallery, New York City, 1997, Donahue, Sosinski, 2000, Frist Ctr. For Visual Arts, Nashville, 2004-2005, Westnorth Studio, Baltimore, Maryland, 2004, The Proposition Gallery, New York City, 2005, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, 2006, Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 2008, Brookdale College, Lincrott, New Jersey, 2010.One women show, Rupert Ravens Contemporary Show, New York, 2008, Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, 2010. Exhibited in group shows at Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, 1986, Indianapolis Museum, 1986, New Museum, New York City, 1986, Hallwalls, Buffalo, 1987, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Connecticut, 1988, Hebrew Union College, New York City, 2003, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2004-2005, Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, New Jersey, 2007-2007. Contractor: "Here is New York", New York City, 2001(Response to 9/11-book) Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey, 1996, The Eye of the Collector, 2006-2007, 183rd International National Academy Museum, 2008.Artist Absolut ad Bomb Magazine, fall 1995, Big Apple Fest, New York City, 2004, (video) New Media Fest, Art Fm television-Art Feminism, 2010.
Grace married to Stephen L. Pillard.