Grace Jolicoeur is a Chicago based artist and yoga teacher who received her BA in Fine Arts and Environmental Studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She trained in California and North India, deepening her study of Vedic and Tantric philosophy, meditation, and yoga.

Her work explores the cohabitation of stillness and movement, masculine and feminine, effort and ease—resulting in meditative color-scapes and biomorphic abstractions. Influenced by Tantric views of the universe, she depicts the unity between the microcosm and the macrocosm, inviting a felt sense of interconnection.

Grace is currently exploring a wave motif—both linear and logical while fluid and emotional. These layered lines often appear simultaneously still and in motion, evoking a kind of visual hovering, like watching water shimmer. A byproduct of each line wave is a space- the concept that "nature abhors a vacuum" gives logic to these spaces being gently filled.

Her paintings pulse between looking like something and looking like nothing, giving the viewer space to contemplate or fully let go. It is used as a visual tool for grounding, reflection, and nervous system regulation—offering an embodied support to the healing process. Through color, form, and rhythm, her work cultivates spaciousness and invites a return to simplicity and balance.

Rooted in experience, Grace’s work carries an autobiographical tone. Each painting offers a glimpse into her inner inquiry and intuitive knowing.

Her art plays with the sense and the science of wellbeing.

Contributing video for CICA Museum in South Korea, 2026.

Showings & Recognition

  • Juried Show at Vicinity Art at Norris Cultural Center. St. Charles, IL. September 2026.

  • Ten by Ten Exhibition at Jackson Junge Gallery. Chicago, IL. Two paintings contributed to the show. The exhibition will open on Friday, November 6, 2026, and will run until January 10, 2027.

  • Featured artist in Sept 2026 exhibition in CICA Museum, Korea. Speaker at the Sept 2026 symposium at Montgomery College, USA. Print Publication feature in “New Media Art 2027”.

  • DragonFLY Gallery & Creative Spaces. Chicago. August 2026. 3 pieces shown: Anger as Symptom, Gentle Welcome and Nearly Departed.

  • Aponteart Gallery. Chicago. July 24th 2026

  • “Art As A Response to Mental Health Exhibition 2026” - 7th Edition at the Chinwe Russel Art Gallery

  • Happen Space Gallery. Chicago. March 2026

  • Blue Koi Online Gallery - Jan 15, 2026

  • Madison, WI

  • Undergradulate Symposium

  • Summer Work Retrospective at Overture Center of the Arts - Madison, WI

  • SOHE Gallery Fiber Arts Exhibition

  • Eco Byway Arts Exhibition - Grace’s piece was used as the advertisement for the event.

  • Madison Hospital Women’s Art Exhibition

  • UW- Madison Undergraduate Arts Scholarship

  • Oak Park River Forest HS Fine Arts Scholarship

Private Commissions

  • Oil on 55” x 40” canvas. (Rob C). September 2026.

  • Acrylic on canvas. “Anger as a Symptom”. (Jeremy). 2025

  • Acrylic on canvas. “Circles”. (Imani C). Chicago, IL. 2025.

  • Acrylic on canvas. “Jazz Wave”. (Rhoda B). Chicago, IL. 2024.

  • Acrylic on canvas. “Blue Wave”. 2024

  • Acrylic on canvas. “Earth Wave”. 2022

  • Acrylic on wood panel. Custom Astrology Abstraction. (Olivia B). June 2019

  • Acrylic on wood panel. Custom Astrology Abstraction. (Lindsay L). January 2019

  • Acrylic on wood panel. Custom Astrology Abstraction. (Cass J). June 21, 2019

  • Fabric labyrinth at women’s day retreat. (Cass J). Starved Rock, IL. September 2018

  • Acrylic on wood panel. Custom Astrolgy Abstraction. (Julie B). Chicago, IL. September 2018

  • Acrylic on canvas cloth. Custom brand logo made as painting. Jamaica. October 2016

  • Acrylic on wood panel. Custom Astrology Abstraction. Madison, WI. 2015

  • Acrylic on wood panel. Custom Astrology Abstraction. Madison, WI. 2014.