Grace DeGennaro was born in Rockville Centre, NY. Her work has been internationally exhibited at galleries and institutions, including Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME; The Painting Center, New York, NY; Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY; Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY; Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY; United States Embassy, Doha, Qatar; United States Embassy, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa; Ellsworth Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Saugerties Performing Arts Factory, Saugerties NY; Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ; Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY; Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY; Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT; Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA; Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME; Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME and New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, MA. Her work is included in various permanent institutional and private collections, including Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY; Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY; Gund Collection, Boston, MA; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; Ballinglen Museum of Contemporary Art, County Mayo, Ireland and Wellington Management, Boston. She is the recipient of grants from the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, Rockland, ME, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ireland, Maine Arts Commission and New England Foundation for the Arts. DeGennaro has completed two residencies at The Catwalk Institute, Catskills, NY and was a visiting artist at numerous colleges on the east coast, including Bowdoin College, Skidmore College and Colby College. She received an MFA from Columbia University and a BS from Skidmore College. DeGennaro lives and works in Yarmouth, Maine.