Grace Mallinson (she/her) is a set, costume, and graphic designer, currently based in Geelong, Victoria.
Grace’s artistic ethos is grounded in sustainable and environmentally conscious design practices. She favours found objects and collage, aiming to collaboratively create works that realise visual storytelling in environmentally responsible ways.
Grace graduated with a Master of Production Design from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) in 2021, and holds a Bachelor of Design from the University of Melbourne, with a double major in graphic and performance design.
Grace has contributed to a variety of theatrical works, including ‘Someday We’ll Find It’ (2024: Adelaide Fringe Festival. 2023: Melbourne Fringe Festival), ‘She Wrote The Letter’ (2022: La Mama), and ‘Little Women’ (2021: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music). Throughout 2021, Grace completed an internship under Nathan Weyers of Form Imagination, contributing to the construction of sets for the Korean tour of Broadway’s ‘Hadestown’, and the Australian premiere production of ‘Moulin Rouge’.
Grace was also the recipient of the VCA Director’s Design Award for excellence in set and costume design.
Theatre/Production
- Set and Costume Designer
2023 Melbourne Fringe Festival - Someday We’ll Find It
Bluestone Church Arts Space
2024 Adelaide Fringe Festival - Someday We’ll Find It
Goodwood Theatre and Studios
- Set and Costume Designer
2022 Melbourne Fringe Festival - Princess Truffles
Theatre Works
2023 Melbourne Fringe Festival - Princess Truffles
The Butterfly Club
- Design Assistant
2022 - The Confessions
Rising Festival
- Set and Costume Designer
2022 - Play: She Wrote The Letter
La Mama
- Set and Costume Designer
2021 - Opera: Little Women
Melbourne Conservatorium Of Music
- Design Intern
2021 - Workshop: Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Working under Nathan Weyers at Form Imagination
- Costume Assistant
2019 - Musical: Legally Blonde
James Terry Collective
Graphic Design
- Media, Design, and Communications Coordinator
2022 - Current
Peace of Mind Foundation
- Marketing Coordinator and Graphic Designer
2020 - 2024
Symphony3
- Freelance Graphic Designer
2020 - Current
Please get in touch if you require a PDF copy of Grace’s CV, her artist biography, or her professional headshot.
Grace would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which she lives and practices, the Wadawurrung people of the Kulin nations, and their elders past, present, and emerging.
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