Grace Slick

Grace was born on October 30, 1939, in Evanstan, a suburb of Chicago, IL. Her father was an investment banker, and her mother was a singer in the early ‘30s. After moving to Southern California in the mid ‘40s, they finally settled in Palo Alto, California. Grace stayed in the Bay Area until she left to attend Finch College in New York. She later attended the university of Miami and studied art before returning to San Francisco shortly before she joined the Great Society in 1965.

After a short time she and some of the members of the band formed the Jefferson Airplane and recorded the songs “White Rabbit” and “Somebody to Love.” Through the next 20 years, Grace participated in several incarnations of the band including The Jefferson Starship, Starship, and several solo albums with Paul Kantner.

Grace retired from rock and roll in 1989 and began a new career in the visual arts in the mid ‘90s. Her first show was in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, in 2000. Since then she has had over 30 exhibits and is represented by some of the best galleries in the US.

Grace now lives in Malibu, CA, and travels to exhibits when she is not painting.