© Grace Mallinson 2025
Grace Mallinson (she/her) is a Melbourne-based designer working across set, costume, and graphic design. An alum of the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), her practice centres on sustainable, environmentally conscious design, favouring found and recyclable materials.
Her graphic design work spans print, digital, and spatial media, creating bold, accessible designs for government, not-for-profit, festivals, and community organisations. Her collaborations with the City of Melbourne, RISING Festival, and Stage School Australia have delivered campaigns and collateral seen by national audiences.
Grace’s set and costume designs have featured at both Adelaide and Melbourne Fringe Festival, performance venues across Melbourne, including La Mama, and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. She completed set fabrication training at Form Imagination on productions including Hadestown (Korean tour) and Moulin Rouge! (Australian premiere).
Grace is a proud member of MEAA.
Training
Master of Production Design / Victorian College of the Arts (VCA)
Bachelor of Design / University of Melbourne
• Recipient of the VCA Director’s Design Award for excellence in set and costume design
Graphic Design
Graphic Designer
2025 - Current. Full Time.
Stage School Australia
2025 - Current. Full Time.
Stage School Australia
Graphic Designer and CAD Draftsperson
2024 - Contract
2024 - Contract
2024 - Contract
Media, Design, and Communications Coordinator
2022 - 2025
Peace of Mind Foundation
2022 - 2025
Peace of Mind Foundation
Marketing Coordinator and Graphic Designer
2020 - 2024
Symphony3
2020 - 2024
Symphony3
Freelance Graphic Designer
2020 - Current
2020 - Current
Theatre/Production
Set and Costume Designer
2024 - Maternal Instink
Victorian College of the Arts
2024 - Maternal Instink
Victorian College of the Arts
Set Designer
2024 La Mama Explorations - Holy Fool
La Mama HQ
2024 La Mama Explorations - Holy Fool
La Mama HQ
Set and Costume Designer
2024 Adelaide Fringe Festival - Someday We’ll Find It
Goodwood Theatre and Studios
Goodwood Theatre and Studios
Set and Costume Designer
2023 Melbourne Fringe Festival - Princess Truffles
The Butterfly Club
The Butterfly Club
2022 Melbourne Fringe Festival - Princess Truffles
Theatre Works
Theatre Works
Design Assistant
2022 - The Confessions
Rising Festival
2022 - The Confessions
Rising Festival
Set and Costume Designer
2022 - Play: She Wrote The Letter
La Mama HQ
2022 - Play: She Wrote The Letter
La Mama HQ
Set and Costume Designer
2021 - Opera: Little Women
Melbourne Conservatorium Of Music
2021 - Opera: Little Women
Melbourne Conservatorium Of Music
Design Intern
2021 - Fabrication Studio: Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Working under Nathan Weyers at Form Imagination
2021 - Fabrication Studio: Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Working under Nathan Weyers at Form Imagination
Costume Assistant
2019 - Musical: Legally Blonde
James Terry Collective
2019 - Musical: Legally Blonde
James Terry Collective
Please get in touch if you require a PDF copy of Grace’s CV, her artist biography, or her professional headshot.