The Intersection of Mechanics and Human Experience
Artist Biography
Grace Tao is a Canadian painter whose work explores the intersection of mechanics and human experience. She began painting at a young age, but her path first led her through Engineering and Economics before she returned fully to art. After immigrating to Canada, she pursued her passion and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montreal, majoring in Painting & Drawing and minoring in Computation Art. These experiences—combined with her life as an immigrant, parent, and entrepreneur—continue to shape the way she approaches art. Over time, she has become fascinated with mechanical themes—vehicles, motorcycles, and cameras—which she sees as metaphors for life itself: layered, structured, and beautiful, yet often governed by forces beyond our control.
Artist Statement
I began painting at a young age, but my path first led me through Engineering and Economics before I returned fully to painting. These experiences—combined with my life as an immigrant, parent, and entrepreneur—continue to shape the way I approach art. Over time, I have become fascinated with mechanical themes, which I see as metaphors for life itself: layered, structured, and beautiful, yet often governed by forces beyond our control.
For me, art is both a process of expression and connection. When the emotions that move me can also move the viewer, a silent resonance is created. My paintings explore the interplay of real and unreal, freedom and discipline, nature and man-made structures. Through color, texture, and composition, I aim to capture these contradictions: the harmony within conflict, and the beauty within imperfection.
Painting is my way of deconstructing and reconstructing experience—a mechanical process that becomes an emotional outlet, a dialogue between myself, the medium, and the world around me.
