Gracie CT

based out of oakland, ca /// graciect.bigcartel.com /// gracie-ct.com /// @thegraciefragments

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Someone from @sfaiofficial took a very nice photo of my tattooed lil kewpie baby from my BFA show! 🖤 I want to paint this one a friend... (*´・ｖ・) (at Kewpie and Me)

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Quick lil 8x10” repainting of an old lithograph from about a year ago. 💙 I was trying to create an image that was more playful and wasn’t so visually heavy during a time that I felt like I was drowning. In critique for this piece I saw an ex-friend smirk when I mentioned how important it is to remember to take care of yourself in times of grief and for a while that really made me feel invalidated and kept me from doing anything more with this design. But it’s back, because I think it’s still important. Still in a love affair with blue ink, considering making prints or tote bags. Would anyone be interested? Does it resonate? 🤔 #begentlewithyourself #takecare (at San Francisco, California)

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Just a friendly reminder that everything online is still 50% off thru Monday 🖤 Tag some pals in the comments cause I wanna send out a mystery package or two. Have a nice day! 🙃 (at Lake Merritt)

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TW: Death/Grief: I will admit that yesterday was very very hard for me - I graduated on Mother’s day. This time last year, I was in Colorado at the hospital trying to accept that my mom was going to die after almost losing her earlier that week. We had to have the realest talk I’ll probably ever have with anyone ever - including that I never wanted to see her dead - and that she probably had around 6 months of life left. I stayed with her for awhile and went back to Oakland thinking I’d see her again...trying to figure out how to get her to the beach one last time. Less than a month after Mother’s Day, about 4 hours before I was supposed to get on a plane, her hospice called me that she was gone. In a way I always thought she did that on purpose- as a courtesy to me or something. When she was pregnant, my Mom was given the ultimatum of “abortion or lose your job” when she got together with my dad, her coworker, a known womanizer of her graphic design firm- because a baby from him “wouldn’t amount to anything”. My Mom had me at 40 years old when in the 90’s, giving birth to a healthy baby at that age was a goddamn miracle. My Mom raised me - single handedly - just me and her - through 9/11 days in New York - through assault - through nearly living in homeless shelters - through all the bullshit she had to deal with being an older artist in this yung world. It was her strength, wit and sense of humor that helped us survive and got me here, but it was also what added such a toll on her life. She gave up so much for me, that she really kind of gave up her own life. I know she was immensly proud of me- and okay with leaving this world because of where I am in life. I am positive she was looking over me beaming with pride and probably tears. She had a great big smile and I’m trying to think on that a lot these days. I’m definitetly feeling like a glass house right now, but I’m very positive she is calling me “honey” and telling me its ok. These works will be up for the remainder of the month at SFAI and are also viewable at Gracie-CT.com. Endlessly grateful for support from those who can and can’t relate. I love you 🖤 #begentlewithyourself (at San Francisco Art Institute)

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Graduating today, trying my best ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (at I Love My Mom)

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Big 12x16” #wip; trying to make larger work this year and trade out the pen for the nib. A couple days ago marked 11 months since I lost my mom really suddenly to cancer and I’m thinking a lot about that these days. I graduate with a BFA in Printmaking this Sunday which is also Mother’s day. Life is weird, keep pushing?? #begentlewithyourself (at Love is not fake lovers r fake)

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Happy 20th anniversary @templetattoo13 @freddycorbintattoos ; last night/this morning was a seriously wild one to remember... 🤤 With my girls @slowlikehoney @huniebunni #afterthepartyitsthetemplelobby (at Temple Tattoo)

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!!! This is a fucking Mike Malone/Rollo Banks celluloid tattoo stencil in my hand!! Pure magick- remenants of gentian violet- seriously humbled. Thank you endlessly @kandieverett_chinasea and happy early birthday mi amor @maxxnewman! I know Rollo is a long-time fav and I was so stoked to get this for you- sorry I was too excited to wait for your actual birthday 😈 #rollo #mikemalone #acetatestencil #tattoohistory (at West Oakland, Oakland, California)

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Goodnight 💧 (at Oakland, California)

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After many months I am taking commissions again! 🦂🥀 Printmaking, glass etching, embroidery, painting, etc, I’m ya girl! You out of business cards? Need some shirts or totes for your own hustle? Your name embroidered onto your favorite jacket? Interested in an original painting or just letting me do my thing on an old mirror, pair of boots, or bag? I’m here for all of it! DM or email me 🖤 (Serious inquiries for current projects only please!!) #thanks #supporthandmade (at Oakland, California)

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Developed some film from my time in Mexico 🖤 #analog (at Viva La Mexico)

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A couple favorites from the piles of grave rubbings @remremremy and I did while she was here! Paw for scale - some of these were pretty big! I’m unsure if I’ll do anything with them other than enjoy them as strange objects, but the classism and power structures around burying your dead sure is wild... #absentfromthebody #babyblue #graverubbing #mountainviewcemetery (at Oakland, California)

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Rémy! 💘 Nothing like having a long time pal come visit, and being able to show them all your weird favorite spots in the bay #friendshipismagic #filmphotobooth #bbyscorptours (at Musee Mecanique)

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🌸 DONT TOUCH 🌸 LAST TIME I CHECKED, THIS 1 IS MINE! ψ(｀∇´)ψ Listing a few leftover pairs of panties from @sanjosezinecon, including some assless ones... 👹 #cool (at Oakland, California)

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Sneak peek of one of a few assless pairs of undies I’ll have tomorrow for @sanjosezinecon! 🧡 (at Mountain View Cemetery)

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Ornamental freight stuffs; train is based off an old Gus Wagner design. Might add more to this l8ter?? (;*△*;) #choochoo #guswagner #painteveryday (at Lake Merritt)

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Reprinted a small edition of this old zine of mine from 2015, which uses Victorian mourning photography, text, and archival images of Oakland and San Francisco to touch on themes of death, love and nostalgia. They will be available for just a couple bones at @sanjosezinecon this weekend, and possibly online if there is any interest.🖤 #zine #handmade #victorian #mourningphotography #nostalgia #sjzinecon #keeponrockininthefreeworld (at Oakland, California)