HBSP artist's film commission

We were thrilled to welcome Grace Currie as our inaugural Home Based Situated Practice (HBSP) Artist-in-Residence, a virtual residency, commissioning programme and peer-support network conceived and delivered by DASH to nurture, mentor and platform artists who work from home or at a studio space nearby to home.

In her residency spanning one month, January - February 2026, we welcomed Grace from her home-studio in North Shropshire. During the residency, Senior Curator Oli McCall and Folk Art Curator Ila Colley from Compton Verney joined members of the DASH team and artist (previous DASH trustee) Tanya Raabe-Webber at Grace's studio for an in-person visit whilst our Future Curators Programme partners enjoyed a virtual studio tour and Q&A with the artist. Grace also participated in a 1-1 online mentorship session with artist Corinne, a disabled artist who makes work from their 2 by 1.5 metre artist studio space, their bed.

The residency gave Grace the opportunity to develop a new film entitled Grace Currie Magic Artist: Potions For My Animated Life which is included in the exhibition Troublemakers and Prophets: Elizabeth Allen and Other Visionary Artists at Compton Verney, Warwickshire (28 March - 31 August 2026). ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​


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Grace Currie Magic Artist: Potions For My Animated Life was made in collaboration with filmmaker Aaron Child (Painted Life). It explores Currie's processes of making large-scale paintings from her home studio, animating the stories, rituals and characters that influence and evolve from them. The title of the film references the alchemy of her paintings/potions that offer a portal to her autobiographical world.

The film is projected onto a piece of unstretched canvas cut to the shape and profile of Grace’s studio building. The unused canvas was found in Grace’s studio during a visit by Ila Colley, Curator of Troublemakers and Prophets: Elizabeth Allen and Other Visionary Artists. The film will be on show for the duration of the exhibition, and visitors will be able to sit comfortably in bespoke seating designed to accompany the film.

Grace Currie Magic Artist: Potions For My Animated Life was supported by DASH through a Home-Based Situated Practice (HBSP) residency, commissioned by DASH and Compton Verney and generously supported using public funding by Arts Council England, the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and Compton Verney.