London-based, German-born artist Grace Schwindt works across a variety of media including video, performance, photography, drawing and other wall-based works.

In 2009, Film and Video Umbrella worked with Schwindt as part of the Free to Air Development Artists programme. This 4 year long annual bursary programme invites two London-based artists, who are selected by a panel, through an open submission, the opportunity of a six-month mentoring and research development programme with Film and Video Umbrella. In line with the theme of Free to Air, Schwindt was given an open brief on what ideas (and skills) she chose to develop in collaboration with the organisation. Among these were Schwindt’s interests in the shaping influence of political discourse, and the power of interpersonal debate and exchange, in both articulating ideological positions and moving beyond them.

Schwindt studied at the University of Westminster and completed an MA in Fine Arts at the Slade School of Fine Art in 2008. She has exhibited nationally and internationally participating at group shows which include EASTInternational, Norwich; S1 Salon at S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK; Jeune Creation, Paris, France and ‘Territories, Identities, Nets’ at the Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia. In 2009 she received the Boise Travel Scholarship to produce a work in NYC and participated in the Associate Artist Programme at LUX.