Grace Mallinson (she/her) is a set, costume, and graphic designer currently based in Geelong, Victoria.
Grace’s artistic ethos is grounded in sustainable and environmentally conscious design practices. She favours found objects and recyclability and reusability of materials, aiming to create collaborative works that realise visual storytelling in ecologically responsible ways.
Grace graduated with a Master of Production Design from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) in 2021 and holds a Bachelor of Design from the University of Melbourne, with a double major in graphic and performance design.
Grace has contributed to a variety of theatrical works, including ‘Someday We’ll Find It’ (2024: Adelaide Fringe Festival. 2023: Melbourne Fringe Festival), ‘She Wrote The Letter’ (2022: La Mama), and ‘Little Women’ (2021: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music). Grace completed internships under Nathan Weyers (Form Imagination), contributing to the construction of sets for the Korean tour of Broadway’s ‘Hadestown’, and the Australian premiere production of ‘Moulin Rouge’.
Grace also received the VCA Director’s Design Award for excellence in set and costume design.
Theatre/Production
- Set and Costume Designer
2024 - Maternal Instink
Victorian College of the Arts
- Set Designer
2024 La Mama Explorations - Holy Fool
La Mama HQ
- Set and Costume Designer
2023 Melbourne Fringe Festival - Someday We’ll Find It
Bluestone Church Arts Space
2024 Adelaide Fringe Festival - Someday We’ll Find It
Goodwood Theatre and Studios
- Set and Costume Designer
2022 Melbourne Fringe Festival - Princess Truffles
Theatre Works
2023 Melbourne Fringe Festival - Princess Truffles
The Butterfly Club
- Design Assistant
2022 - The Confessions
Rising Festival
- Set and Costume Designer
2022 - Play: She Wrote The Letter
La Mama HQ
- Set and Costume Designer
2021 - Opera: Little Women
Melbourne Conservatorium Of Music
- Design Intern
2021 - Fabrication Studio: Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Working under Nathan Weyers at Form Imagination
- Costume Assistant
2019 - Musical: Legally Blonde
James Terry Collective
Graphic Design
- Media, Design, and Communications Coordinator
2022 - Current
Peace of Mind Foundation
- Marketing Coordinator and Graphic Designer
2020 - 2024
Symphony3
- Freelance Graphic Designer
2020 - Current
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