Grace Kauder
Grace Kauder is a 17-year old artist from Greensboro, North Carolina, where she lives with her parents and two cats: Misty and Cocoa. She has been drawing her whole life, but started taking art seriously in 2017. She takes inspiration from all aspects of life, but she loves reading and psychology, which often become incorporated aspects of her artwork. Her piece Dissonance depicts the psychological concept of Cognitive Dissonance, and her piece Imposter Syndrome depicts the concept of imposter syndrome. Other works are inspired by various aspects of everyday life. She works mostly in semi-realism, but enjoys drawing stylistically as well.
Past Work
Residency Work
Greek mythology has always fascinated me, thanks to my obsession with Rick Riordan as a child. Yet, outside of the Big Twelve greek gods, I felt as though many myths and stories had been neglected in Western media. Obscure Greek mythology has always been associated with high culture-- with academia and exclusivity. However, I wanted to be a part in changing that: to make the basic stories of the children of Nyx and other greek myths a little more well-known. I chose to make a zine because I wanted my work to be reproducible; I wanted it to be spread. I draw a lot of inspiration from the works of Madeline Miller, the author of Circe and Song of Achilles, and Supergiant Games, the developer of the game Hades. Both of these creators bring Greek mythology into popular culture: helping spread the stories and tales in new, modern ways. It is my hope that, like their works, The Children of Nyx will inspire you to look into Greek myths and legends a little deeper.