Grace Qian is a high school student currently attending Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto, Canada. She was born and raised in Hangzhou, China, and moved to Canada in 2014. She started to develop an interest in art when she was 7. Her recent practice revolves primarily around oil painting and drawing. Through portraiture, she aims to explore individual experiences of isolation, vulnerability, and their interaction with each other. Her current paintings question the idea of the self and how it plays into the world.