GRACIELA BATISTA DE JESÚS

illustrator, writer, and educator
passionate about storytelling.


Currently: Co- Editor in Chief at v.1

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“Dearest”
(2023) approx. 6 x 6 in e/a
digital and hand embroidery, muslin, felt





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"kisses goodnight"
(2023) 6 x 10 x7in, plywood, fabric, felt


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"How I Love You"
(2023) 7 x 7 x 12in, fabric, embroidery thread and stuffing
 
  • Made right after a dear friend’s birthday, this soft scupture aims to celebrate the very practice of celebrating the people around you. It questions if the act of celebration can be a love language too.




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"Memories as Objects"
(2021), 7 x 5in, oil on canvas paper




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"untitled"

(2021), 15 x 11in, graphite on Bristol paper




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"Figure with the yellow lamp"
(2021), 20 x 24in, oil on canvas




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"If I could see me through your eyes"
(2021), 11 x 9in, graphite on Bristol





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"Imposter Syndrome"

(2021), 12 x 10in, graphite on Bristol paper



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"Odd fruit study"
(2020), 20 x 24in,
acrylic on paper



“Avon Theater on Thayer”
(2023) hand embroidery on fabric scraps 




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"December 3rd 2022"
(2022) 5 x 6in, cardstock, vellum,  clipboard

  • A hand bound and illustrated exploration of archived intimacy, internal monologue, and connecting threads between multiple streams of conciousness
  • Collaboration between me, the illustrator, and anonymous journal entry submitters


link to complete pdf
published with the IndyX


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"Rabbits Go Round” 
(2023) 5 x 5 x  in dimensional wood, clay and acrylic





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"untitled"

(2022), 11 x8in, gouache on Bristol paper



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"cuentos del alma"
(2021), 4 x4ft, charcoal and ink



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"Studio Gloom"

(2021), 8 x 11in, oil on canvas paper