Grace Saint is an avant-garde, contemporary Christian whose alternative darkroom setups and created sacred spaces transmogrify into chambers for both faith deconstruction and reconstruction. Non-denominational, non-binary and hermetically inspired they occupy the ambiguous ‘non’ space as a sacred act, echoing with the growing culture of people who are questioning institutional religion but still seeking spiritual direction.​

 

Traumatised, absurd, eccentric, Saint demonstrates and questions how seemingly controversial and irrational ideas and elements can fluidly coexist for the benefit of anyone that has felt ostracised by The Church. The work is for the rejected faithful, Christian-ish collectors of newly crafted sacred relics, pilgrims of enlightenment.

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Having been approached by a vicar who suggested a calling to ministry, Saint questioned possibility of the traditional routes. Grace Saint the human-rat hybrid evolved into the leader of a Queer Christian RAT ART Ministry, often accompanied by The Monk Homunculus and a mischief of rats scurrying behind. Saint’s relationship with rats is a central aspect of the work embodying mistreatment, misunderstanding, mourning and the multifaceted relationships with the concept of the mother.

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Saint’s practice reimagines religious mysticism, iconography and ritual, creating inclusive theatrical experiences for contemplation and healing which often culminate in immersive performative installations resulting in physical objects and artworks known as 'Relics'. The disciplines centre on performance and photograms, whilst spanning experimental video, haunting frottages and painted figures of man and rat. The works kneel under archetypal and symbolic narratives within Christian traditions in underground constructions of sacred spaces, deconsecrated buildings and thriving Christian places of worship.​​​​