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