Grace O. C-Dina is a Rhode Island-based artist interested in creating her own speculative mythology, blending her passions for mythology and natural science. Grace earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, a Bachelor of Arts in Digital Media Design, and a minor in Art History from Rhode Island College. She is currently pursuing her studies in the painting program at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University.
Initially inspired by natural elements, Grace's use of color and negative space has evolved into intricate worlds. Grace is currently constructing a new world inspired by the human body in microcosms
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“Pyro-Aerious” (a portmanteau of fire and air) explores this concept in meteorology and mythological elements, with red as the primary color. This series depicts one of the upper worlds in my “cosmographic” series.

"Terraqueous" (meaning forming or consisting of both earth and water) serves as the mid-world in my "cosmographic" series, between the Aquatic and Terrestrial areas.

From the Greek khthonios, meaning “of the earth,” chthonic refers to the deep, hidden forces beneath the surface. This work depicts various structures and false visible light emitting from the lowest point of the underworld.