Kione Grandison is a multi-disciplinary artist based in London, with a strong cross-cultural practice that spans across various interests relating to identity, particularly her own identity as a person of mixed Jamaican heritage born and raised in London.

Working across different forms Grandison's work is interested in numerous subjects – from the Black beauty industry, Jamaican music and dancehall culture to traditional African adornment and tools of 'beautification', such as the hair comb.

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Grandison’s practices marries visual art with ethnography to access a breadth of key interests, including references that trace back to ancient African and Egyptian symbolism. The Black hair and beauty industry is a significant subject of interest, allowing the artist entry points into contemporary and historic cultures and exposing practices that resonate with her own personal experiences. Jamaica and her family connection to the country provide another evident source of inspiration and common motifs in her work include lush green landscapes, references to dancehall and sound system culture, street art and music records.

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Alongside her art practise, Grandison is a self-taught nail artist. Having developed her nail career working at WAH nails she is now a successful freelancer, working with brands, on editorial shoots and music videos. Grandison has always seen nail art as a creative and expressive outlet which can be directly linked to her artistic practice.

Similarly to hair, nail art is a popular tool for self-expression within diasporic African and Caribbean communities. Grandison is interested in how adornment practices have evolved through time and through the forced displacement of African people. Grandison sees her creative process as similar to the type of beautifying that happens within black beauty salon spaces.

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Grandison's work is a process of self-exploration that she uses to interrogate the politics and beauty of visual symbols from past and present- day African and Caribbean cultures.

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In the same year as graduating from Wimbledon College of Arts with a 1st BA in Fine Art, Grandison was one of the recipients of the Woon Foundation Art Prize in 2017. 

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