Cheryl Anne Grace is a self-taught painter originally from South Carolina. She moved to New Orleansin 2009. She began teaching herself to paint in her early 20’sandhas been showing her work in New Orleanssince 2012. Finally,in 2014 she began working as a fulltime artist, her lifelong dream. Prior to this, she owned 2 art galleries, one in Augusta,GA andone in Aiken, SC. She worked as a non-profit professional for 13 years in Augusta,GA andNew Orleans, LA. Her work is in private collections across the country, internationally,andinthe public collection of the LSU Health Sciences Center, corporate collections and various film productions.Shewas selected fortwoProspect 4 Satellite Exhibitions in 2017. Herwork has beenselected andshown by the New Orleans Arts Council and featured inIron LatticeMagazine(cover andinside frontandfeature), Country Roads Magazine and New Orleans Canvas Magazine.Shehas regularly exhibitedin shows and galleries in New Orleans for the past 10years and has beenselected as a JazzFest artist since2018.In 2019, Cheryl Anne co-foundedthe Renegade Artists Collective. The artists, nationally and internationally known, that make up the Collective are all based in Louisiana and masters of their craft.She and her husband, Mark Hilzim,live in New Orleans with their two rescue dogs, Bill and Tilly.