DEARRAINDROP, US

Dearraindrop is an artist collective 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 our greatest human capability is the ability 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.
Joe Grillo and Laura Grant founded DEARRAINDROP in 1998 as a clothing line. The collective is composed of three artists: Joe Grillo, Laura Grant, and Billy Grant.
In the past, Dearraindrop has worked with a 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