Biography

Dearraindrop is an artist collective founded in 1998 and based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Dearraindrop incorporates diverse disciplines that work together to create multifaceted sculptures and installations. Part of the collective's operating philosophy is modeled on the idea that the greatest human capability is to work together to achieve a greater goal. DEARRAINDROP's work incorporates painting, collage, video, large-scale, interactive installation pieces, and hand-fabricated musical instruments. It was originally a clothing line designed by Joe Grillo and Laura Grant. Later Billy Grant joined the collective. 
In the past, Dearraindrop has worked with digital electrician Owen Osborn Chris Kuscinski and painter Alika Herreshoff.
Nowadays the collective is working mostly on clothing.



Solo Exhibitions

2008

  • Dearraindrop, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Scared Straight., Perugi artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy

2006

  • Concrete Trees, Glass Grass and Cream-Filled Stones, Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden

  • Dearraindrop - W. Epaminondas Adrastus Blab, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada

  • Dearraindrop, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark


Group Exhibitions

2012

  • V1x - Tonight We Wont Be Bored, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2011

  • CON AMORE - Leif Djurhuus Collection, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark 

  • New York Minute, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia

  • Status - Somewhere Between Position And Condition, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2010

  • Mutant Pop, Loyal, Malmö, Sweden

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Artworks

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Journal

Special projects, Posted on 19/11/2019

THE TEMPORARY FUTURE STORE LANDS IN SAN MARTINO

by Cellar Contemporary

Inaugurated on the occasion of the Festival of St. Martin, the shop of limited edition objects and unique artist's pieces will extend its opening until Saturday, November 23 .

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no category, Posted on 01/03/2018

CELLAR CONTEMPORARY WAITING ROOM

by Camilla Nacci

We are back from South Africa! While waiting for spring and for the next exhibition, Cellar Contemporary brings Laurina Paperina’s waiting room at home! The project was presented at SetUp Art fair in Bologna (1-4 February 2018).

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Events, Posted on 23/01/2018

CELLAR CONTEMPORARY AT SETUP 2018

by Paola Lecce

Starting from the 1st to the 4th of February, come and visit Laurina Paperina’s “Waiting Room” at SetUp international art fair in Bologna.

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Gallery, Posted on 24/04/2017

DEARRAINDROP

by cellar contemporary

Born as clothing-line brand in 1998, in Virginia Beach, from the idea ofboth artists Joe Grillo and Laura Grant, Dearraindrop is today internationally better known as an artist collective...

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