GRACE EMILY MANNING ARTIST CV
Education
MA Experimental Animation
Royal College of Art 2018 - 2020
First Class Honors
BA Performance Design and Practice
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design 2011 - 2014
First Class Honors
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design 2010 - 2011
Distinction
Awards
The Sally Goldsworthy Bursary
Award Winner 2016
Discover Children's Story Center
Exhibition
CONSEQUENCES by Radical Ritual 2025, Public Artwork toured to three sites across Dorset and Somerset part of Inside Out Festival by Activate Arts and Dorset National Landscapes
EARTHBOUND The New Art Gallery Walsall 2024
Major group exhibition alongside artists Chris Poolman of General Public, Yinka Shonibore, Charmain Watkiss, Laura White…
THE LIGHT WITHIN X CHOOSE LOVE 2024
Refugee charity pop up department store in Regent Street, London
SPACES: MARKS: THINGS 2023
Group Show
Safehouse 2. Copeland Park, Peckham, London.
THE BIRMINGHAM ALLOTMENT PROJECT 2023
The Birmingham Allotment Project
The Library of Birmingham. West Midlands.
RCA 2020 2022
Bargehouse. OXO Tower, London.
THE PLASTIC AGE 2021
Terra Attune CIC
The Hidden Gardens. Glasgow, Scotland.
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE 2021 London Design Festival
Victoria and Albert Museum.
Kensington, London.
CETUS 2020 - 2023
Touring Installation -
Rock Oyster Festival. Cornwall. 2022, 2023
Boardmasters Festival. Cornwall. 2023
Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts. Somerset. 2022, 2023
St. Issey Primary School. Cornwall. 2021
Crowdfunder UK. Cornwall. 2021
On permanent display at Trevisker Garden Centre. Padstow, Cornwall.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART
DEGREE SHOW 2020
Digital Web Platform
NACRE, RED NACRE 2019
Bloomsbury Design Gallery, London.
RED LIST MOTHER 2019
Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts
Glastonbury, Somerset.
LAID OF THE GRAVID 2018
Group Show
Art Hub Gallery. Deptford, London
OVERVIEW 2017
Bloomsbury Design Gallery. London.
TALE OF PUPA 2014
Animation Screening
Whitechapel Gallery. London.
Art Facilitation
MEADOW ARTS 2025 - Ongoing
Our Place Golden Valley
Artist facilitation in collaboration with artist Chirs Poolman.
CONSEQUENCES 2025
Radical Ritual, Nature Calling 25, National Landscapes
Lead Artist delivering natural art material workshops to over 200 participants including neurodiverse teenagers and adults, refugees and asylum seekers and primary school children.
STREETWISE OPERA RE:DISCOVER FESTIVAL 2024
Artist Facilitator
Sculptural workshops with groups who have experienced homelessness in London.
THE BIRMINGHAM ALLOTMENT PROJECT 2023
Artist Facilitator with General Public
Handsworth Primary School, Birmingham.
THE PLASTIC AGE 2021
Terra Attune CIC / Trevisker Community Meadow / Beach Guardian CIC
Large scale collaborative sculptures made using waste plastic cleaned from local beaches.
CETUS 2020, 2022
Terra Attune CIC / Beach Guardian CIC
Large scale collaborative sculpture.
Wadebridge Secondary School, Beach Guardian volunteers.
Padstow, Cornwall.
THE ART OF TRANSATLANTIC INCLUSION 2018
Together 2012 / Discover Story Centre / Richards House Children’s Hospice
Art workshops with Mighty Mega group for disabled children and children with SEN.
Animation workshops with students from Living Film at Richard’s House Children’s Hospice. Newham, London.
ANIMATION WORKSHOPS WITH
GRACE EMILY MANNING 2017
Discover Story Centre
Stop-motion Animation workshops at Discover Story Centre over seven days.
Stratford, London.
Short Film Commission
WHEELS OF TIME 2018
The Community Brain
2D Stop-motion Animation
Artist, Animator
WORRY ANGELS 2017
Barrington Stoke
Book trailer. 3D Stop-motion Animation.
Director, Artist, Animator
POP UP PROJECTS 2017
Online reading and creative writing resource in collaboration with author Sita Brahmachari.
Director, Artist, Animator
'DESTINY' AKIINE 2015
Music Video
Director, Art Director, Costume Maker
PRIMO 2014
Promo Short
Art Director, Animator
RED LEAVES 2014
Macmillan Publisher
Book Trailer. Hand-drawn Animation
Director, Animator
'SWANS' AKIINE 2014
Music Video
Director, Art Director, Costume Maker, Dyer
Art Department
Event and Installation, Film and Television, Theatre
Event and Installation
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY PERFORMING ARTS
2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023
Textile Artist, Dyer, Set Decoration, Scenic Painting
JOANNA GOODMAN SET DESIGN 2017 - 2023
Set Assistant, Prop Maker, Prop Stylist
SITA BRAHMACHARI’S KITE SPIRIT - POP UP FESTIVAL OF STORIES 2014
Pop Up Festival, The Royal Opera House
Installation Designer, Textile Artist, Workshop Facilitator
THE CONRAN SHOP x ITS NICE THAT 2017
Window Display. The Conran Shop, South Kensington.
Textile Artist, Prop Maker
Film and Television
THE BALLAD OF RENEGADE NELL 2022
Disney + / Lookout Point
Prop Maker, Textile Artist
8 OUT OF 10 CATS 2016
Channel 4 / Zeppotron
Prop Maker for Create 180
DOWNTON ABBEY Series 2,3,4 2010 - 2015
ITV Studios / Carnival Films
Prop Maker, Model Maker, Art Department
NOW IS GOOD 2012
Blueprint Pictures / BBC Film / BFI
Stand-by Prop Trainee
GAMBIT 2012
Crime Scene Pictures / Rysher Entertainment
Art Department Work Experience
CENTURION 2010
Canal + / Pathe / Warner Brothers
Prop Making Assistant
DORIAN GREY 2009
Ealing Studios / Fragile Films / UK Film Council
Art Department Work Experience
Theatre
A STAR OF WONDER 2022
Theatre Porto, Whitby, Liverpool
Textile Artist, Dyer
SECRET CINEMA 2013
Troxy, London
Installation Designer, Prop Maker
THIS IS LIVING 2013
CSM Studio Theatre, London
Set Designer, Prop Maker
UNCLE VANYA 2011
Blackheath Youth Theatre
Set Designer, Prop Maker
THE CRUCIBLE 2010
RADA Studios, London
Set Designer, Prop Maker
Event and Exhibition Production
KETTLES YARD GALLERY 2022
Eco Materials Advisor to Georgia Akbar’s Art Now Commission
LATITUDE FESTIVAL 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Lavish Design
Production Assistant, Artist Liaison
KINGDOM FESTIVAL 2018
Lavish Design
Stage Manager, Artist Liaison
Certificates and Technical Courses
Regenerative Bio-Based Materials 2019
Introductory Course
Materiom, London.
Concrete and Plaster Casting
Introduction to Ceramics
Expanding Ceramic Skills
Metal Fabrication for Artists 2017 - 2018
The London Sculpture Workshop.
Fabrication of Puppets for Stop-motion Animation 2016
Certificate for two week intensive course at
Puppets in Prague.
Prague, Czech Republic
Screen Printing
Introductory Course
Royal College of Art. 2019
Software
Proficient in Dragonframe Stop-Motion Software
Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro
Basic Level TV Paint and Cinema 4D